Ange Leccia (born 19 April 1952) is a contemporary French painter,

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and film-maker. He works in

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primarily with photography and video.

Life and career

Leccia was born in Minerbio, Barrettali commune, in

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, and studied fine arts. Initially he was engaged in both painting and photography, but as time passed he devoted himself more to photography and video as his chosen media. Leccia is a lecturer at the École nationale supérieure d'arts de Cergy-Pontoise (ENSAPC). He also directs research for young artists at the

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in Paris. Leccia's first film was the short, ''Stridura'', in 1980. In December 2004, his film ''Azé'', made in 1999, was released. Like his earlier work, such as the shorts ''Île de beauté'' (''Island of Beauty'') (1996) and ''Gold'' (2000), both co-produced with

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, in ''Azé'' Ange Leccia continued to stress the light and sound effects.

Selected exhibitions

* 2004 : Chateau de Tours, France * 2003 : Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, France * 1999 : National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway * 1998 : Musée Nicéphore Nièpce, Chalon-sur-Saône, France * 1996 : Villa Medici, Rome, Italy * 1995 : Art at the Edge, Atlanta, USA * 1992 : Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, USAMoody, Tom (1993) "Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston; exhibit" ''Artforum international'' 31: p. 89 * 1990 : Le Magasin, CNAC, Grenoble, France * 1985 : ARC / Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France

Notes

References

* Simas, Joseph (1990) "Face to Face: meeting the art of Ange Leccia" ''Arts magazine'' 64: p. 48 * Di Pietrantonio, Giacinto (1991) "Ange Leccia" ''Flash Art'' (International Edition) no. 160 (October 1991) p. 118-21, an interview with Ange Leccia * Vedrenne, Elisabeth (1997) "Les sons et Lumieres d'Ange Leccia" ("The sound and light of Ange Leccia") ''L'Oeil'' no. 490 (November 1997), p. 34, in French * Beausse, Pascal (2002) "Ange Leccia's slow dazzle" ''Art Press'' no. 277 (March 2002), p. 39-43 * Frodon, Jean-Michel (2006) "Le songe de la lumiere" ''Cahiers du Cinéma'' no. 611 (April 2006), p. 37, in French * Lequeux, Emmanuelle (2007) "Entretien avec Ange Leccia" ''Beaux Arts Magazine'' no. 274 (April 2007), p. 112, an interview with Ange Leccia in French

External links

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Galerie Anselm Dreher
photograph of Ange Leccia's "Lolita" 1988, a BMW K 100 RS with soundtrack "Lolita" by Kubrick 1954 {{DEFAULTSORT:Leccia, Ange French film directors 20th-century French photographers 1952 births Living people French contemporary artists French people of Corsican descent 21st-century French photographers People from Haute-Corse