Air de Paris is a

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gallery owned and directed by Florence Bonnefous and Edouard Merino, now located in Romainville,

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History

Air de Paris was established 1990 in

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by Bonnefous and Merino, who attended the École du Magasin in

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together. In 1994, the gallery relocated to Paris, first at a location on rue des Haudriettes. Alongside other galleries including

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and Galerie Perrotin, Air de Paris moved to spaces on Rue Louise Weiss in the 13th arrondissement in 1997, as part a city-sponsored initiative.Anna Sansom (July 29, 2019)
"'Grand Paris': new art complex to open in Parisian suburb"
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''. In 2019, Air de Paris joined forces with three other galleries (Jocelyn Wolff, In Situ Fabienne Leclerc and Sator), a public institution Le Plateau frac île de france and Fiminco Foundation to open spaces in Komunuma, an four-building arts complex in Romainville. Together with In Situ Fabienne Leclerc, the gallery occupies four-storey spaces and a shared roof terrace. The name "Air de Paris" was a tribute to

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and his "ready-made" ''50cc of Paris Air''. At the beginning, there was Les Ateliers du Paradise with Philippe Perrin, Pierre Joseph and

Philippe Parreno Philippe Parreno (born 1964 in Oran, Algeria) is a contemporary French artist who lives and works in Paris. His works include films, installations, performances, drawings, and text. Parreno focuses on expanding ideas of time and duration thro ...

. The exhibition was conceived like a movie in real time, that would last for a summer, transforming the gallery into a photogenic space. Paul McCarthy, Lily van der Stokker and Jean-Luc Verna, among others, participated to the reputation of the Nicean formula. Air de Paris represents established practicing artists such as Parreno,

Liam Gillick Liam Gillick (born 1964, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire) is a British artist who lives and works in New York City.

, Claire Fontaine, Rob Pruitt, Trisha Donnelly and Bruno Serralongue, historically important artists such as Guy de Cointet, Dorothy Iannone and

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, and emerging artists such as Eliza Douglas and Aaron Flint Jamison. Air de Paris also represents the photographic work of Michel Houellebecq since his large survey exhibition at

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in 2016. The gallery is present at major contemporary art fairs including

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, Independent in New York, FIAC in Paris and Artissima in Turin.

Artists

* Leonor Antunes *

Sadie Benning Sadie T. Benning (born April 11, 1973) is an American artist, who has worked primarily in video, painting, drawing, sculpture, photography and sound. Benning creates experimental films and explores a variety of themes including surveillance, ge ...

* Guy de Cointet * François Curlet * Stéphane Dafflon * Brice Dellsperger * Eliza Douglas * Trisha Donnelly * Claire Fontaine * Guyton\

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Liam Gillick Liam Gillick (born 1964, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire) is a British artist who lives and works in New York City.

* Joseph Grigely * Carsten Höller *

Michel Houellebecq Michel Houellebecq (; born Michel Thomas, 26 February 1956 or 1958) is a French author, known for his novels, poems and essays, as well as an occasional actor, filmmaker and singer. His first book was a biographical essay on the horror writer ...

* Dorothy Iannone * Aaron Flint Jamison *Pierre Joseph * Ingrid Luche * M/M (Paris) *Monica Majoli * Mrzyk & Moriceau *

Sarah Morris Sarah Morris (born 20 June 1967 in Sevenoaks, Kent, England) is an American and British artist. She lives in New York City in the United States. Personal life and education Morris was born in Sevenoaks, Kent, in south-east England, on 20 Ju ...

Rob Pruitt Rob Pruitt (born 1963/1964) is an American post-conceptual artist. Working primarily in painting, installation, and sculpture, he does not have a single style or medium. He considers his work to be intensely personal and biographical. Pruitt has ...

* Torbjørn Rødland *

* Bruno Serralongue *Shimabuku * Lily van der Stokker * Jean-Luc Verna

References

External links

Air de Paris official website
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