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Antoni Tàpies

ANTONI TÀPIES

Creus Galerie Lelong 17 March–7 May 2022 13 Rue de Téhéran, Paris
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The act of intersecting two lines is considered to be one of humanity’s first written signs. The cross is a constant presence in the work of Antoni Tàpies (1923–2012). The artist was fascinated by invariables that permeate human history, art in its diverse places, the echoes that can be felt between a prehistoric cave marking, a Christian symbol, graffiti on a wall, even the letter T (the initial of Tàpies and Teresa, his wife), this Phoenician tau that was adopted by the Greeks and then the Latin languages. In Tàpies’ work, where fragments of bodies and familiar objects abound, sometimes the cross is associated with a leg, a mouth, a head, becomes the structure of a wooden panel; it is the mark that obscures or underlines, joins or opposes, juxtaposes or additions.

This exhibition, through a selection of works spanning six decades (from 1960 to 2011), including papers, collages, paintings and sculpture, examines Tàpies’ use of the cross, creus in Catalan.

Antoni Tàpies was born in 1923 in Barcelona and died in 2012. An exhibition, Melancholia, dedicated to his works from the early 90s, will open on 16 March at the Tàpies Foundation in Barcelona. A major museum retrospective is being prepared in Madrid to mark, in 2023–2024, the centenary of the artist’s birth.

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Antoni Tàpies was born in 1923 in Barcelona, Spain. Died in Barcelona in February 2012.

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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
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France
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Tues - Fri, 10.30am - 6pm
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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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