Press Release

For Pierre Alechinsky, being 95 years old is no reason to hang up his brushes and retire. Over the pasttwo years alone, he has painted Fil conducteur, Réflexion, Entre chien et loup, Effarement, or C’est trèsvite trop tard – to name only a few of his recent works. He has also enriched the margins of four largeetchings of his inspired by Balzac’s Treatise on Modern Stimulants, mounted on canvas, with a colourborder. The artist has also ventured into a re-reading of an acrylic painting that has been modified sixtimes in the space of some forty years: Dotremont dans sa nuit lapone - only the predella, alluding tothe inventor of CoBrA, has remained unchanged since 1981.

Pierre Alechinsky was born in 1927 in Brussels. After studying at La Cambre, he met ChristianDotremont and joined the invigorating CoBrA group in 1949. He then developed an abundant work asa painter and engraver which led him to exhibit internationally. His works are present in museums allover the world, from the United States to Japan, in many European countries. In 2018, he received theprestigious Praemium Imperiale in Japan, a sort of Nobel Prize for the arts. He is also a recognizedwriter; his most recent work, Ambidextre, was published by Gallimard in 2019. He has exhibited at 13 rue de Téhéran since 1977.An exhibition Alechinsky à l**’**imprimerie will be presented from 1rst April until 29 October in the castleof Chaumont-sur-Loire.

Read More

Installation Views

About the Artist

Pierre Alechinsky was born in 1927 in Brussels. He lives and works in France. In 2018 he received the Praemium Imperiale Price.

View Artist Profile Pierre Alechinsky contemporary artist
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.
View Gallery Profile
Address
13 rue de Téhéran
Paris
France
Opening Hours
Tues - Fri, 10.30am - 6pm
Sat, 2pm - 6.30pm
(1)
Paris 13 rue de Téhéran
Galerie Lelong
13 rue de Téhéran, Paris, France

Opening hours
Tues - Fri, 10.30am - 6pm
Sat, 2pm - 6.30pm
The art world in focus