Clisson Gérard | Contemporary Artist: Artworks & Biography
Clisson Gérard
- France
Painter / Plastician
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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.
- China :
- France :
- 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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(101 Artworks)
101 Artworks
Clisson Gérard
Sans titre 2
50 x 50 cmUSD 1,450Clisson Gérard
Léger flou
13 x 13 cmUSD 175Clisson Gérard
3 boutons de roses
25 x 25 cmUSD 450Clisson Gérard
Poissons rouges
13 x 13 cmUSD 175Clisson Gérard
Parenthèses
25 x 25 cmUSD 450Clisson Gérard
Le signe rouge
36 x 36 cmUSD 730Clisson Gérard
cheerful
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Clisson Gérard
Cadence
36 x 36 cmUSD 730Clisson Gérard
black roses
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Clisson Gérard
Quadri
13 x 13 cmUSD 175Clisson Gérard
Flamboyant
36 x 36 cmUSD 730Clisson Gérard
Trois piments
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Clisson Gérard
Conflagration
36 x 36 cmUSD 730Clisson Gérard
SEPT ECAILLES BLEUES
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Clisson Gérard
Jaune verticales
36 x 36 cmUSD 730Clisson Gérard
Antilles, sous la mer
36 x 36 cmUSD 730Clisson Gérard
Un peu d'or, pour égayer
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Clisson Gérard
Central
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Clisson Gérard
Ecailles roses
36 x 36 cmUSD 730Clisson Gérard
Quel signe êtes-vous ?
25 x 25 cmUSD 450Clisson Gérard
Be happy !
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Clisson Gérard
PETTITES ECAILLES ROUGES
25 x 25 cmUSD 450Clisson Gérard
1936
13 x 13 cmUSD 175Clisson Gérard
Argent bleu
13 x 13 cmUSD 175Clisson Gérard
Les bougainvilliers
50 x 50 cmUSD 1,450Clisson Gérard
ECLATS ROSES
36 x 36 cmUSD 730Clisson Gérard
steel window
36 x 36 cmUSD 730Clisson Gérard
2600 av. J.-C
36 x 36 cmUSD 730Clisson Gérard
Amarillo
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Clisson Gérard
En haut, à droite...
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Clisson Gérard
Théâtral, non ?
36 x 36 cmUSD 730Clisson Gérard
Girly
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Clisson Gérard
La tour rose
36 x 36 cmUSD 730Clisson Gérard
POSHDRESS
25 x 25 cmUSD 450Clisson Gérard
Il neige
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Clisson Gérard
Six écrevisses
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Clisson Gérard
TROIS ECAILLES D'OR
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Clisson Gérard
Un phare dans la nuit
36 x 36 cmUSD 730Clisson Gérard
White ladder
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Clisson Gérard
Bleu Roy
13 x 13 cmUSD 175Clisson Gérard
Bonbons roses
13 x 13 cmUSD 175Clisson Gérard
Quelques poèmes Sumériens
36 x 36 cmUSD 730Clisson Gérard
De satin bleu
13 x 13 cmUSD 175Clisson Gérard
Sans titre 4
80 x 80 cmUSD 3,200Clisson Gérard
Ondes sombres
13 x 13 cmUSD 175Clisson Gérard
La nuit irisée
36 x 36 cmUSD 730Clisson Gérard
Verticale joyeuse
36 x 36 cmUSD 730Clisson Gérard
Tout doux!
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Clisson Gérard
Partage
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Clisson Gérard
goplden days
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Clisson Gérard
Deux zabeilles
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Clisson Gérard
Eden
25 x 25 cmUSD 450Clisson Gérard
Made in China
36 x 36 cmUSD 730- Sold
Clisson Gérard
Total flashy
25 x 25 cmUSD 450 Clisson Gérard
Pépite
13 x 13 cmUSD 175Clisson Gérard
Deux fleurs, petit matin
13 x 13 cmUSD 175Clisson Gérard
intravenous
25 x 25 cmUSD 450Clisson Gérard
3 piments
25 x 25 cmUSD 450Clisson Gérard
Au milieu du désert
36 x 36 cmUSD 730Clisson Gérard
LES PRUNES JAUNES
36 x 36 cmUSD 730