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David Nash

DAVID NASH

Columns, Peaks and Torso Galerie Lelong 19 May–13 July 2016 13 Rue de Téhéran, Paris
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The British sculptor and artist, David Nash, has lived since 1967 in the small town of Blaenau Ffestiniog in North Wales, where he works mostly with wood, maintaining a keen interest in the local landscapes and natural environment. A member of the Royal Academy since 1999, his work is widely exhibited in the leading museums in Europe, America, Australia and Japan.

Galerie Lelong has been showcasing the work of David Nash in its Parisian gallery as well as in many art fairs around the world for more than 15 years, and this year is exhibiting a collection of new works. Pastels and charcoals will be displayed alongside sculptures in rough-hewn wood in a range of sizes and Tall Torso, a large bronze inspired by a burnt tree trunk. For Nash, wood (the trunk, branches and stumps) is what guides the artist.

It inspires a sculpture that evolves as it is being carved from the material itself. “They look at me,” says the artist referring to the material at his disposal, and it is from this call, this confrontation, this conversation that the work of art is born. The drawing comes later. In the works being exhibited, we find natural forms, either flat or voluminous, barely modified, enlarged, simplified, disconnected from their role and occupying the space just for themselves. Columns, peaks and mountains, torsos and trunks - simple and unadorned.
About the Artist

David Nash was born in 1945 in Esher in England. He lives and works in Blaenau Ffestiniog in north of Wales.

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About the Gallery
Galerie Lelong is located in Paris and New York. It was founded by Jacques Dupin, Daniel Lelong and Jean Frémon.

The Paris gallery has been exhibiting recent works from artists of international standing since 1981. The 1980s were notable for artists who went on to become household names, including Joan Miró, Antoni Tàpies, Francis Bacon, Louise Bourgeois, Eduardo Chillida, Paul Rebeyrolle, Pierre Alechinsky, but also for the next generation of artists: Konrad Klapheck, Jan Dibbets, Donald Judd, Robert Ryman, Richard Serra, Jannis Kounellis, Arnulf Rainer, Nicola De Maria and Jan Voss.

In the 1990s, the gallery hosted artists who represented major movements in contemporary art: Sean Scully, Günther Förg, Andy Goldsworthy, Ernest Pignon-Ernest, Antonio Saura. The gallery also increased international recognition of the work of Ana Mendieta.

Since the turn of the century, Galerie Lelong has accentuated the geographical and expressive diversity of its artists: from sculpture and objects by Jaume Plensa, David Nash, Wolfgang Laib, Kiki Smith, Rebecca Horn, Barry Flanagan to installations by Barthélémy Toguo and Lin Tianmiao, without forgetting painting, namely David Hockney, Robert Motherwell, Kate Shepherd, Nalini Malani, Nancy Spero, Juan Uslé, Leon Kossoff.

Galerie Lelong has a large publishing department which produces and distributes engravings, lithographs, digital prints and multiple objects, and collates these works in catalogues raisonnés.

It produces monumental sculptures to order for public spaces and private clients.

The gallery is present at the leading international contemporary art fairs (Art Basel, Art Basel Miami Beach, Art Basel Hong Kong, Fiac Paris, Frieze London, Frieze New York, Arco Madrid, Art Brussels, Expo Chicago...).

The directors of the gallery are Jean Frémon, Daniel Lelong and Patrice Cotensin in Paris and Mary Sabbatino in New York.
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13 rue de Téhéran
Paris
France
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Tues - Fri, 10.30am - 6pm
Sat, 2pm - 6.30pm
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Paris 13 rue de Téhéran
Galerie Lelong contemporary art gallery in 13 Rue de Teheran Paris France
Galerie Lelong
13 rue de Téhéran, Paris, France
+33 145 631 319
http://www.galerie-lelong.com

Opening hours
Tues - Fri, 10.30am - 6pm
Sat, 2pm - 6.30pm
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