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Fundación Almine Y Bernard Ruiz-Picasso Para El Arte

Almine Rech and Fundación Almine y Bernard Ruiz-Picasso para el Arte (FABA) are delighted to announce the exhibition 'Hymn' by Gerasimos Floratos in Picasso’s historic sculpture studio at Château de Boisgeloup, Gisors, France.

Adjacent to Floratos’ Brussels show, the Boisgeloup exhibition includes many sculptures relating to a selection of paintings.

The title of the exhibition, Hymn, might surprise some at first, but the sculptures do have a sonic quality. They seem to be singing, shouting, or speaking. The artist leaves his works to open interpretation, like the mouths of his figures.

Floratos wholeheartedly believes that facial recognition is a crucial neural ability that allows us to survive in cities. The brain is capable of deciphering a fake smile from an honest one, a sincere word from irony.
His paintings bear a similar ambiguity.

— Anne Dressen, curator at Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris

Opening dates:

October 29 - 30, 2022
November 5 - 6, 2022
November 12 - 13, 2022
(10 am - 6 pm)

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Gerasimos Floratos, Untitled, 2021-2022 - Wood, clay, aluminium, glue, oil, acrylic - 50.8 cm x 25.4 x 17.8 cm, 20 x 10 x 7 in / Courtesy of the Artist and Almine Rech - Photo: Thomas Müller

Almine Rech and Fundación Almine y Bernard Ruiz-Picasso para el Arte (FABA) are delighted to announce a momentous exhibition of French sculptor César celebrating the centenary of his birth, taking place in Picasso’s historic studio at Boisgeloup (Gisors, France).

César (born January 1, 1921, Marseille, France—died December 6, 1998, Paris) is best known for his use of compressed cars or « Compressions », recycled metals, fantastic representations of animals and insects, and expansions. This exhibition will feature a selection of works by the artist set throughout the enchanting setting of the 18th century Château de Boisgeloup, from Picasso’s former studio itself to the 13th century chapel and dovecote.

Opening dates:
October 2 - 3
October 9 - 10
October 16 - 17
October 23 - 24
(10 am to 6 pm)

Access to the Château de Boisgeloup is strictly conditional upon presentation of a valid health pass or EU COVID Certificate showing a valid QR Code on your smartphone or on paper.

For the safety of our visitors and staff, masks must be worn by all visitors upon entrance.

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On the occasion of the first public opening of the Château de Boisgeloup, the Fundación Almine y Bernard Ruiz-Picasso para el Arte is pleased to announce an exhibition of new sculptures by American artist Joe Bradley in Pablo Picasso’s former studio.

Since the beginning of his career, Joe Bradley has developed a dense pictorial aesthetics, which explores a wide range of techniques and styles, from modular canvases assembled in anthropomorphic shapes and abstract expressionist compositions, to his more cartoonish Schmagoo paintings. More recently, Bradley has also initiated a sculptural body of works, in which two divergent tendencies seem to coexist: his figurative bronzes based on previously found objects versus the minimalist forms of his monolithic sculptures. Like his “modular” paintings, the artist’s aluminum and Plexiglas sculptures open onto a constructivist alternative. 

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Joe Bradley (born 1975, Maine, USA) lives and works in New York. He studied at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, where he received a BFA in 1999. Since his participation in the 2008 Whitney Biennial, Joe Bradley has aroused increased attention. His previous solo exhibitions include BOZAR, Brussels, Belgium (2016-2017); Le Consortium, Dijon, France (2014); PS1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York, USA (2006); and ConTEMPorary, New York, USA (2003). His work has also been exhibited in various group shows, such as New York Painting, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany (2015); The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA (2014–2015); The Inevitable Figuration, Centro per l’arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy (2013); and New York Minute, MACRO Future, Rome, Italy (2009). In 2017, a monographic exhibition will be organized at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, USA.

Un soir à Boisgeloup. L'atelier de Pablo Picasso, Castle of Boisgeloup, Gisors, France, October 20, 2012

On the occasion of the soirée held on 20 October 2012, the Foundation asked the Estates of Franz West, David Smith and Cy Twombly for their permission to present a sculpture by each of these artists in the Boisgeloup studio, works in dialogue with Pablo Picasso’s Head of a Warrior, which he created there in 1933.

The Foundation has chosen these three artists for their close ties with Picasso’s sculptural work. These ties are either aesthetically evident or have been substantiated in several interviews and essays, in which these artists have claimed that their study of Picasso’s sculpture led to the emergence of a dialogue with their own work.

Outside the studio, in the park of the property, visitors could admire a work by Ugo Rondinone as well as several other sculptures on permanent display.

Never before shown films shot by Pablo Picasso were screened in the chapel in the course of the evening. These films capture moments of family life featuring Paul, Olga and Pablo himself.

A catalogue has been published by the Foundation on this occasion