 Françoise Gilot
New Works: A Series of Monotypes
June 18 – August 15, 2010
I begin with a nonfigurative proposition and by the conjunction of visual signs, I lead myself (and the viewer as well) consequently toward a possible resolution, a reinvented paradise. Françoise Gilot 270 BOWERY, NEW YORK, NEW YORK - Françoise Gilot is one of the premiere high modernists still working today, and with the recent death of Louise Bourgeois, we are endlessly confronted with the reality of the disappearance of artists whom obtain a truly historical awareness. Gilot's position is especially unique, as recounted in her memoir Life with Picasso, published in 1964, and more recently, Matisse and Picasso: |  |
A Friendship in Art, in 1990. Gilot garnered her own symbolic stature as a painter demonstrating the formalistic language developed in part by her associations to the most influential painters of the 20th century. Gilot has also published a monograph that covers her life work from 1945-2000, and BLT is especially honored to present her most recent monotypes that were executed from 2009-10. Gilot, in this series of work, has chosen the most painterly form of printmaking to showcase her historically influenced technique as a painter. Gilot's approach to the monotype is rapid, but her well-trained eye and hand eloquently layers images, color and collage.
 The monotypes present multi-dimensional space, color and contemplation of the natural. Gilot and her works are intuitive and vibrantly full of context in terms of visual, aesthetic, and historical invitation. We invite you to join us on June 17th from 6-9PM for the reception of this series of remarkable, seminal monotypes. I N F O Gallery hours:
Thursday – Sunday - 12:00pm – 6:00pm
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Gallery Associate Françoise Gilot's web site : http://www.francoisegilot.com/ BIOGRAPHY FRANÇOISE GILOT | | Born in 1921 26 November, Neuilly-sur-seine, France | Education | 1938
Bachelor of Arts, (Philosophy),
University of Paris, France1939
Degree in English Literature,
Cambridge University, British Institute, Paris 1939-42
Studied Law and Literature,
University of Paris, France 1941-42
Studio of Endre Rozsda, Paris 1943-45
Academy Julian, Paris (prof. Jean Souverbie)
L'Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris (prof. Jean Souverbie) | Honors | 1996
Officier de l'ordre National du Merite, Presidence de la Republique, France1995
Member of the National Acadamy of Design, New York 1990
Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur, Ministere de la Culture, France 1988
Commandeur dans l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres, Ministere de la Culture, France 1982
Doctorate of Fine Arts, Honoris Causa, Hofstra University, New York 1978
Officier dans l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres, Ministere de la Culture, France | Museum Exhibitions | 2003
Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz Museum, Chemnitz, Germany2001
Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art, Collegeville, Pennsylvania 2000
McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts 1997
Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art, Collegeville, Pennsylvania 1996
Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, Michigan 1995
Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art, Collegeville, Pennsylvania 1994
Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, Michigan
Severin Wunderman Museum, Irvine, California 1993
Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, Michigan 1992
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, La Jolla, California 1990
Tennessee Museum of Fine Arts, Memphis, Tennessee 1989
Riverside Museum of Art, Riverside, California
Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, California
Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, Kansas 1988
El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas 1987
Musee Picasso, Antibes, France
Musee du Palais des Papes, Avignon, France 1982
Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma
Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, California 1981
Chattanooga Museum, Chattanooga, Tennessee 1977
Museum of Albuquerque, Albuquerque, New Mexico 1973
Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, Texas
Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan 1972
Midland Center for the Arts, Michigan 1971
Muskegon Art Museum, Muskegon, Michigan 1970
Jacksonville Art Museum, Jacksonville, Florida
Southampton Museum of Art, New York | University Exhibitions | 1996
Cultural Center of the French Embassy, New York
Florida Atlantic University, Schmidt Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida1995
University of Michigan, Slusser Gallery, Ann Arbor, Michigan 1994
New York University, La Maison Francaise, New York 1992
California State University at Long Beach, Long Beach, California 1989
University of Pennsylvania, Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1988
Hofstra University Museum, New York 1984
California State University at Fresno, Fresno, California 1982
University of Southern California, Idyllwild Campus, California 1980
Columbia University, New York 1979
Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California 1974
University of San Diego, San Diego, California | Museum Collections | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
McMullen Museum of Art, Boston, Massachusetts
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana
Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, Michigan
Musee d'Art Moderne, Paris
Musee Picasso, Antibes, France
Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art, Collegeville, Pennsylvania
National Acadamy of Design, New York
Musee de Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
Women's Museum, Washington, D.C.
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris
(complete collection of original prints)
El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
Jacksonville Art Museum, Jacksonville, Florida
Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, California
Wichita State University Museum, Wichita, Kansas
Fort Wayne Art Museum, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Ferris State College, Big Rapids, Michigan
Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Museum of the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, California
Scripps College, Claremont, California
Numerous U.S. Foreign Embassies | Books Authored | 2000
Françoise Gilot Monograph 1940-2000, (with Mel Yoakum, Ph.D.), Acatos, Lausanne1996
Picasso et la Mediterranee retrouvee, (with Maurice Frechuret), Gregoire Gardette Editions, France 1990
Matisse & Picasso, A Friendship in Art, Doubleday, New York 1987
An Artist's Journey, The Atlantic Monthly Press, New York 1983
Interface: The Painter and the Mask, The Press at California State University, Fresno, California 1976
The Fugitive Eye (poems and drawings), Aeolian Press, San Diego, California 1975
Le Regard et son Masque, Calmann-Levy, Paris, France 1975
Paloma Sphynx (A fable with drawings), Paris, France 1972
Sur la Pierre (poems and lithographs), Montcalm Gallery, Michigan 1964
Life With Picasso, (with Carlton Lake), McGraw-Hill, New York | Important Exhibition Catalogues | | Cover of the catalog Monotypes, published by Berggruen & Cie, Paris. 2003
Wanderings and Wonderings of the Imagination
Vanier Galleries, Scottsdale, Arizona
Essay: Mel Yoakum, Ph.D., Curator, F. Gilot Archives 2001
Françoise Gilot: 1940-1950, Philip and Muriel Berman
Museum of Art as Ursinus College, Collegeville, Pennsylvania
Forward: Lisa Tremper Hanover, Director, Philip and Muriel
Berman Museum of Art
Essay: Mel Yoakum, Ph.D., Curator, F. Gilot Archives 2000
Françoise Gilot, Galerie Larock-Granoff, Paris
Essay: James Lord 1998
Françoise Gilot, The Early Years: 1940-1955, The Elkon
Gallery, Inc., New York
Preface: Dina Vierny
(translated by Jan Hokenson, Ph.D.)
Text: Françoise Gilot 1998
Françoise Gilot, Fall Galerie, Paris
Preface: Françoise Gilot
Essay: Andre Verdet 1997
For Ever and a Day: Floating Paintings and Monotypes by
Françoise Gilot, Philip and Muriel Berman Museum
of Art at Ursinus College, Collegeville, Pennsylvania
Preface: Lisa Tremper Barnes, Director, Philip and Muriel
Berman Museum of Art
Forward: Françoise Gilot
Essay: Mel Yoakum, Ph.D., Curator, F. Gilot Archives
1995
Stone Echoes: Original Prints by Françoise Gilot, Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College,Collegeville, Pennsylvania
Preface: Lisa Tremper Barnes, Director,
Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art
Foreword: Jacques Mourlot, Director, Mourlot Atelier, Paris
Text: Mel Yoakum, Ph.D., Curator, F. Gilot Archives
1993
The Gods of Greece, Doubleday, New York
Preface: Françoise Gilot
Text: Arianna Huffington 1990
Françoise Gilot: Monotypes, Berggruen, Paris, France
Preface: Helene Ahrweiler, Georges Pompidou National Centre, Paris
Judith Solodkin, Solo Press, New York 1987
An Artist's Journey, The Atlantic Monthly Press, New York
Preface: Daniele Giraudy, Director, Musee Picasso, Antibes, France
Interview: Barbara Haskell, Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Text: Françoise Gilot 1986
Anamorphosis, Editions des Femmes, Paris, France
Preface: Antoinette Fouque
Essay: Françoise Gilot 1979
Françoise Gilot: A Retrospective 1943-1978, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California
Text: Susan Barnes Robinson, Ph.D | Books Illustrated | 1993
Alther, Lisa, Birdman and the Dancer1983
Colette, Break of Day, serigraphs by F. Gilot 1953
Prevert, I., Vignette pour les Vignerons 1952
Miguel, Andre, Infus Amour, with original lithographs by F. Gilot 1951
Verdet, Andre, Pages d'Amour, with original lithographs by F. Gilot 1951
Eluard, Paul, Pouvoir Tout Dire, with an original lithograph by F. Gilot | Directorships | 1972-1977
Art Director, Virginia Woolf Quarterly, San Diego, California1976-1983
Chairperson, Department of Fine Arts, University of Southern California, The Isomata Program, Idyllwild, California
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