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The human figure, which had been somewhat overlooked in favour of triumphal abstraction, is now back with a vengeance in contemporary artistic production. Three artists of the same generation, but coming from different traditions and horizons, illustrate here their contrasting visions of the human figure.

Jaume Plensa, born in Barcelona, creates, sometimes on a very large scale and in a variety of materials (marble, alabaster, bronze or aluminium), very subtly distorted portraits of young women with their eyes closed. Two major exhibitions recently opened at the Palacio de Cristal in Madrid and the MACBA in Barcelona.

Kiki Smith, who works in New York has, for the last thirty years, been developing a singular body of work of sculptures and drawings that are largely autobiographical, and which renew the vision of the feminine and animal figure. A retrospective of her work is currently being held at the Sara Hilden Museum in Tampere, Finland. Another is scheduled for next autumn at the Monnaie de Paris.

Barthélémy Toguo transposes the themes of his country, Cameroon, to produce dreamlike images where humans, animals and plants combine. His last exhibition was at the Parrish Museum in Long Island (USA), then at the Africa Center of New York.

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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 KossoffLeon 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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