- Gérard Fromanger
Gérard Fromanger is a French
artist born on6 September 1939 in Jouars-Pontchartrain,Yvelines . A painter who has also usedcollage , sculpture, photography, cinema and lithography, he is associated with the French artistic movement of the 1960s and 1970s called "Nouvelle Figuration" (new figurative representation), somewhat likepop art .Fromanger studied at the
École des Beaux-Arts inParis , where his first solo exhibition was held in 1966. "Souffles", his large translucent "half-balloon" street sculptures, attracted attention in 1968.He also collaborated with jean-luc godard to make the short "Film-tract 1968". Urban life and the consumer society are themes well-represented in his work.The "Nouvelle Figuration" movement (sometimes called "figuration narrative" or "représentation narrative") is considered to have been a reaction against
abstract art , with a more political slant than American pop art. Fromanger has been described as a social critic who takes a political position without neglecting the poetic dimension. [ [http://www.mnha.public.lu/actualite/agenda/2006/01/Fromanger/index.html Gallery comments on retrospective exhibition 2005-6 "Critiquant la société, prenant des positions politiques, sans négliger la dimension poétique"] ]Michel Foucault , a friend of Fromanger's, wrote about his work in "Photogenic Painting".In 2005 a retrospective exhibition, "Gérard Fromanger: rétrospective 1962-2005", was shown at various galleries in France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland. Fromanger now lives and works in both
Siena and Paris.Books
*Bernard Ceysson "Gérard Fromanger" (Catalogue for retrospective exhibition 2005)
*Gilles Deleuze and Michel Foucault "Photogenic Painting" (2000)
*Alain Jouffroy "Gérard Fromanger" (1973)
*Serge July "Fromanger" (2000)References
* [http://www.artrealite.com/gerardfromanger.htm Interview with Fromanger, plus pictures and videos]
* [http://www2.centrepompidou.fr Centre Pompidou]
* [http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ French National Library]
* [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nouvelle_figuration Nouvelle Figuration]External links
* [http://institut.fsu.fr/nvxregards/10/fromanger.htm Interview with Fromanger]
* [http://www.kb.nl/bc/koopman/1961-1975/c07-en.html Fromanger and Jouffroy]
* [http://www.creativtv.net/artistes/fromanger.html "Souffles"]
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