Jean Dupuy

Jean Dupuy (born November 22, 1925) is a French-born artist. He is a pioneer of work combining art and technology.Eleanor Heartney, [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1248/is_9_91/ai_108278539 "Jean Dupuy at Emily Harvey"] , "Art in America", Sept 2003.] He works in the fields of conceptual art, performance art, painting, installations, sculptures and video art. In the 1970s he curated many performance art events involving different artists from Fluxus, the New York's avant-garde and neo-dada scene. Many of his works are part of important collections such as Centre Pompidou in Paris and Musée de Nice.

Works

Dupuy started his career as a painter, but in 1967 - 1968 destroyed most of his works by throwing them into the Seine. On moving to New York he exhibited his installation "Heart Beats Dust" at the Museum of Modern Art and Brooklyn Museum, as part of the 1969 exhibition "The Machine as Seen at the End of the Mechanical Age". The work, consisting of dust enclosed in a glass box and made visible by an infra-red beam, won a competition arranged by Experiments in Art and Technology for collaborative work between artists and engineers. [Margot Lovejoy, "Digital Currents: Art in the Electronic Age", Routledge, 2004, p68. ISBN 0415307805]

His 1971 installation "FEWA FUEL" was made in collaboration with engineers at Cummins. In 1974 he organised the "Soup & Tarts" performance event, which included contributions from Philip Glass, Gordon Matta-Clark, Joan Jonas, Richard Serra, and Yvonne Rainer. [ [http://www.eai.org/eai/title.htm?id=7346 Electronic Arts Intermix website] , retrieved July 16, 2008.]

From 1976 he worked in close collaboration with George Maciunas. His works for Judson Church, Artists Space, P.S.1 and the Musée du Louvre were created in collaboration with artists such as Nam June Paik, Claes Oldenburg, Charlemagne Palestine, George Maciunas, Carolee Schneemann, Joan Jonas, Richard Serra, Gordon Matta-Clark, Robert Filliou, Charles Dreyfus, Laurie Anderson, Phillip Glass and Charlotte Moorman.

In 1978 he invited 40 artists to contribute "One Minute Performances" in front of the Mona Lisa at the Louvre. The event was held on a Sunday, the day of free admission to the museum. [Rob Wilson in Richard Burt, "The Administration of Aesthetics", University of Minnesota Press, 1994, p278. ISBN 0816623678]

In 2003 he had a solo exhibition at the Emily Harvey Foundation, where he exhibited anagrammatic texts and works made out of found stones.

References

Bibliography

1980 « Collective consciousness », Arts Performances in the seventies, Publications NYC 1980

1981 CALAIS-PAS-DE-CALAIS, Galerie de l’Ancienne Poste

1981 TROU-VERGE, Galerie J. C. Riedel, Paris

1981 COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUNESS, Art Performance in the seventies, New York

1981 LA SOTTE CARPE LAPE SA CROTTE, Cahiers Locques, Paris

1984 NOON, C. Xattrec Editeur, New York

1987 YPUDU ANAGRAMMISTE, C. Xattrec Editeur, New York

1988 « LEON » RAINER Verlag éditeur et DAAD, Berlin

1990 UN ANAGRAMMISTE ATTEINT DE PALILALIE, Donguy, Paris

1991 QUOI ? QUOI ?, Donguy Paris

1992 PHILOSOPHIE TIMBREE, Galerie Galea, Caen

1994 CATALOGUE RAISONNABLE DE QUELQUES ŒUVRES DE LEON BEGUE, Donguy, Paris

1994 LE HASARD C’EST MOI, Donguy, Paris

1994 111, Les cahiers de nuit, Caen

1995 SECONDE VUE, FRAC auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand

1995 OH ! OH ! AH !, Galerie Le regard sans cran d’arrêt, Dunkerque

1995 OH ! SEANT, Editions du Dodu, Ergal

1995 OH ! AH Editions du Dodu, Ergal

1996 11 PHONOGRAMMES Editions Du Dodu, Ergal

1996 THE SUTTERER (+ K7) Editions M. Dupuy, Honfleur

1997 SANS TITRE – TITRE SANS ŒUVRE, Milani Verona

1997 L’ART EST CI, L’ART EST LA, Milani Verona

1998 ANAGRAMMAIRE # 1, A bruit secret, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Dunkerque

1999 JA / NE, J.M.Place éditeur, Paris

1999 DUPUY CHEZ CONZ, FRAC Bourgogne, Dijon

2000 SANS QUEUE NI TETE, Université, Lille

2002 ANAGRAMMAIRE # 2, FRAC Bourgogne, Dijon

2002 CHEZ OLGA ADORNO A PUERTO RICO, Dijon

2002 PIERRES, FRAC Dijon

2003 ANAGRAM’S BOOKSHOP, E Harvey Gallery New York

2006 LES TONS DE MON CRU, FRAC Bourgogne

2007 UN TON DE MON CRU, Editions Sémiose, édité en concomitance avec l’exposition Jean Dupuy à la Galerie contemporaine du musée d’Art moderne et d’Art contemporain de Nice.JANE YPUDU, carnet de sérigraphies. Edition Octus Pictus.

External links

* [http://www.mamac-nice.org/francais/exposition_tempo/galerie/dupuy-2007/index.html Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain Nice website (French language) ]

Listening

Le drapeau de George Maciunas, produced for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Éditions Système Minuit, CD, Montreal (to be published in 2008)

Persondata
NAME=Dupuy, Jean
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Jean Dudu
SHORT DESCRIPTION=video artist
DATE OF BIRTH=November 22, 1937