Clisson Gérard | Contemporary Artist: Artworks & Biography
Clisson Gérard
- France
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On principle, I don't like to know what I'm going to do at the start: I like to surprise myself.
Born in 1942 in Saint-Maixent-School (France), Gérard was model maker and scene painter for the theatre. He has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions. Salvage materials have an important place in his work, used to make tables, lamps and sculptures. It was for this reason that he was given a commission in 1996 from the City of Roanne (France) entitled "Star War in Roanne" made mainly from salvaged agricultural machinery. In Paris, in the trendy café Chez Lomi, he recently exhibited the creations that have inspired him using coffee filters. An artist as endearing as he is unclassifiable.
"Constructive destruction." Gérard heard this term recently used to describe his work and has to agree: "It suits me perfectly."
The artist admits that he needs material to create. In local carpenter shops he salvages strips or hardboard which he transforms in his studio. At first the work is created without any certainty. Pieces of wood with random shapes are glued onto a square format. Once the first phase of work is completed, a second ensues which is more structured. "I add elements that bring new colours, give rhythm to my paintings". Assembled, these modules form parallel paths, but with uncertain horizons aligned rhythmically. The result looks like scales or bark suspended in a void. Colours and accumulations create a real dynamic.
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- 2011Solo exhibitionIsle-sur-la-Sorgue, France
- 2004Exhibition at Musée des TumulusBougon, France
- 1996Solo exhibitionMojacar, Spain
- 1988Solo exhibitionSao Paulo, Brazil
- 1942BirthSaint-Maixent-l’Ecole, France
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(92 Artworks)
92 Artworks
Clisson Gérard
Bleu Roy
13 x 13 cmUSD 185Clisson Gérard
Ondes roses
13 x 13 cmUSD 185Clisson Gérard
Quel signe êtes-vous ?
25 x 25 cmUSD 465Clisson Gérard
Ocre doré
36 x 36 cmUSD 800Clisson Gérard
december roses
25 x 25 cmUSD 465Clisson Gérard
Three lights in the night
13 x 13 cmUSD 185Clisson Gérard
Put on your sunglasses
25 x 25 cmUSD 465Clisson Gérard
1936
13 x 13 cmUSD 185Clisson Gérard
White chocolate
13 x 13 cmUSD 185Clisson Gérard
Le chant du signe
25 x 25 cmUSD 465Clisson Gérard
Il neige
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Clisson Gérard
Bonbons fraise
13 x 13 cmUSD 185Clisson Gérard
Noel
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Clisson Gérard
Quelques poèmes Sumériens
36 x 36 cmUSD 800Clisson Gérard
Nacré
36 x 36 cmUSD 800Clisson Gérard
Broken
36 x 36 cmUSD 800Clisson Gérard
Mordoré
13 x 13 cmUSD 185Clisson Gérard
Blue bird
25 x 25 cmUSD 465Clisson Gérard
Brume
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Clisson Gérard
Bon présage
13 x 13 cmUSD 185Clisson Gérard
Beige and blue and more
36 x 36 cmUSD 800Clisson Gérard
Etincelle
13 x 13 cmUSD 185Clisson Gérard
Deux coulées d'or pur
13 x 13 cmUSD 185Clisson Gérard
Five pinky girls
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Clisson Gérard
Central
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Clisson Gérard
Fleurs de printemps
13 x 13 cmUSD 185Clisson Gérard
Chrismas night
13 x 13 cmUSD 185Clisson Gérard
White on white
36 x 36 cmUSD 800Clisson Gérard
Red on Grey
13 x 13 cmUSD 185Clisson Gérard
Une rose pour toi
13 x 13 cmUSD 185Clisson Gérard
hollyhock
25 x 25 cmUSD 465Clisson Gérard
Volcanic nature
36 x 36 cmUSD 800Clisson Gérard
Mékanic
25 x 25 cmUSD 465Clisson Gérard
Un air de fête
36 x 36 cmUSD 800Clisson Gérard
Good sign
25 x 25 cmUSD 465Clisson Gérard
Splash
13 x 13 cmUSD 185Clisson Gérard
Signe de feu
36 x 36 cmUSD 800Clisson Gérard
Ressac
25 x 25 cmUSD 465Clisson Gérard
Six écrevisses
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Clisson Gérard
black bird
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Clisson Gérard
Girly
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Clisson Gérard
Un peu d'or, pour égayer
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Clisson Gérard
Soudain, la nuit
25 x 25 cmUSD 465Clisson Gérard
Sir John S. and children
25 x 25 cmUSD 465Clisson Gérard
Il aimait tant les roses
25 x 25 cmUSD 465Clisson Gérard
Jaune verticales
36 x 36 cmUSD 800Clisson Gérard
Silvery red
13 x 13 cmUSD 185Clisson Gérard
Métalik blue
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Clisson Gérard
4 poses
36 x 36 cmUSD 800- Sold
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VOL DE CORBEAUX
36 x 36 cmUSD 800 Clisson Gérard
Blue staircase
13 x 13 cmUSD 185- Sold
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Non traduit à ce jour
36 x 36 cmUSD 800 Clisson Gérard
Théâtral, non ?
36 x 36 cmUSD 800Clisson Gérard
Be happy !
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Clisson Gérard
3 roses pour toi
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Clisson Gérard
Sanza
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Clisson Gérard
Happy day
36 x 36 cmUSD 800Clisson Gérard
C'est l'été
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Clisson Gérard
Rouge riche
13 x 13 cmUSD 185Clisson Gérard
Flash
19 x 19 cmUSD 275