Gérard Garouste (born 10 March 1946) is a French

contemporary artist Contemporary art is the art of today, produced in the second half of the 20th century or in the 21st century. Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced, culturally diverse, and technologically advancing world. Their art is a dynamic ...

having the primary field of work as visual and performative domain. Since 1979, he has lived and worked in Marcilly-sur-Eure in Normandy, where he founded an educational and social action group to help children with art called La Source. He has been married to designer Élisabeth Garouste since 1969.

Biography

Gérard Garouste was born in Paris. He studied at the

École des Beaux-Arts de Paris The Beaux-Arts de Paris is a French ''grande école A ''grande école'' () is a specialised university that is separate from, but parallel and often connected to, the main framework of the French public university system. The grandes écoles ...

from 1965 to 1972 in the

atelier An atelier () is the private workshop or studio of a professional artist in the fine or decorative arts or an architect, where a principal master and a number of assistants, students, and apprentices can work together producing fine art or v ...

Gustave Singier Gustave Singier (11 February 1909, in Warneton – 5 May 1984, in Paris) was a Belgian abstract art, non-figurative painter active in France as part of the new Paris School of Lyrical Abstraction and the Salon de Mai. Early life He spent his c ...

. It was there he discovered

Duchamp Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp (, , ; 28 July 1887 – 2 October 1968) was a French painter, sculptor, chess player, and writer whose work is associated with Cubism, Dada, and conceptual art. Duchamp is commonly regarded, along with Pablo Picasso ...

. Around this time, he created several works of

scenography Scenography (inclusive of scenic design, lighting design, sound design, costume design) is a practice of crafting stage environments or atmospheres. In the contemporary English usage, scenography is the combination of technological and material ...

for his friend, author and director

Jean-Michel Ribes Jean-Michel Ribes (born 15 December 1946, in Paris) is a French playwright, screenwriter, theatre director, film maker and actor. Since 2002 he has been the managing director of the Théâtre du Rond-Point. Between 1982 and 1984 Ribes had direct ...

, notably for the productions of ''Il faut que le Sycomore coule'' and ''Jacky parady''. In 1977, he presented at the

Palace A palace is a grand residence, especially a royal residence, or the home of a head of state or some other high-ranking dignitary, such as a bishop or archbishop. The word is derived from the Latin name palātium, for Palatine Hill in Rome which ...

theater ''Le Classique et l'Indien'', a show he wrote, directed, and decorated for. He would stay with the Palace until 1982 as a scenographer and painter. In 1980, he had his first art show at the Durand-Dessert gallery, showing figurative, mythological, and allegorical paintings. This show brought him national recognition, and then, international. His first international show took place in

New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...

in 1982 at the Holly Solomon Gallery. Others followed, such as those at the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York and in Sperone,

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...

. He was the only French artist to be invited to the

Zeitgeist In 18th- and 19th-century German philosophy, a ''Zeitgeist'' () ("spirit of the age") is an invisible agent, force or Daemon dominating the characteristics of a given epoch in world history. Now, the term is usually associated with Georg W. F. ...

at Berlin. Institutional recognition came in 1987, at the CAPC of Bordeaux (''Centre d'arts plastiques contemporains de Bordeaux''), where he presented a combination of oils on canvas and acrylics on homespun, and then at the Fondation Cartier. Garouste has executed works and decorations for various endeavors: paintings for the Élysée Palace, sculptures for

Évry Cathedral Évry Cathedral (french: Cathédrale de la Résurrection d'Évry; "Évry Cathedral of the Resurrection") is a Roman Catholic church architecture, church located in the new town of Évry, Essonne, Évry (Essonne), France. The cathedral was designed ...

, the ceiling of the theater at Namur, and for the church of Notre-Dame de Talant, stained glass. In 1989, he did the curtain for the

Théâtre du Châtelet The Théâtre du Châtelet () is a theatre and opera house, located in the place du Châtelet in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France. One of two theatres (the other being the Théâtre de la Ville) built on the site of a ''châtelet'', a ...

. An important step for Garouste was the founding in 1991 of the association The Source, which sets itself the task of helping culturally underprivileged young people to achieve personal development through artistic expression. He received an order in 1996 for a monumental work for the

National Library of France National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, c ...

mixing painting and wrought iron. Sculpture and engraving were attracting him more and more, as well as illustration for all sorts of writings, from ''

Don Quixote is a Spanish epic novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Originally published in two parts, in 1605 and 1615, its full title is ''The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha'' or, in Spanish, (changing in Part 2 to ). A founding work of Wester ...

'' to the ''

Haggadah The Haggadah ( he, הַגָּדָה, "telling"; plural: Haggadot) is a Jewish text that sets forth the order of the Passover Seder. According to Jewish practice, reading the Haggadah at the Seder table is a fulfillment of the mitzvah to each J ...

''. In 2001, he presented at the Fondation Cartier ''Ellipse'', an arrangement of canvasses mounted on a construction of his own design.

Selected works

Visual arts

* ''La Mouche'' * ''Ellipse'' at the Fondation Cartier * ''Dante'' (195x130 cm) * ''L'Antipode'', oil on canvas (130x90 cm) * ''Senza titolo'' in the "Terrae Motus" collection, at the

Royal Palace of Caserta The Royal Palace of Caserta ( it, Reggia di Caserta ) is a former royal residence in Caserta, southern Italy, constructed by the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies as their main residence as kings of Naples. It is the largest palace erected in Europ ...

Theater

''Le Classique et l'Indien'', 1977

Principal individual shows

* 1988 : ''Gérard Garouste'' at the

Musée national d'art moderne The Musée National d'Art Moderne (; "National Museum of Modern Art") is the national museum for modern art of France. It is located in Paris and is housed in the Centre Pompidou in the 4th arrondissement of the city. In 2021 it ranked 10th in ...

in Paris * 2001 : ''Ellipse'' at the Fondation Cartier * 2002 : ''Kézive ou la ville mensonge'', Daniel Templon Gallery * 2003 : ''Saintes ellipses'' at the Chapelle de la Salpêtrière * 2004 : ''Portraits'', Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris * 2005 : ''La Coupole'' at the

Panthéon The Panthéon (, from the Classical Greek word , , ' empleto all the gods') is a monument in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. It stands in the Latin Quarter, atop the , in the centre of the , which was named after it. The edifice was b ...

* 2006 : ''L'Anesse et la Figue'',

Daniel Templon Daniel Templon is a French contemporary art dealer born in 1945. In 1966, he founded his first contemporary art gallery in Paris. Galerie Templon With no artistic background,Georgina Adam (10 June 2016)The Art Market: A dealer with staying power' ...

Gallery, Paris * 2008 : ''La Bourgogne, la famille et l'eau tiède'',

Gallery, Paris * 2012 : ''Walpurgisnacht'',

Gallery, Paris * 2014 : ''Ineffable Tales'',

Gallery, Paris * 2022 : ''Gérard Garouste'' at the

Centre_Pompidou The Centre Pompidou (), more fully the Centre national d'art et de culture Georges-Pompidou ( en, National Georges Pompidou Centre of Art and Culture), also known as the Pompidou Centre in English, is a complex building in the Beaubourg area of ...

, Paris

Decorations

Officer of the Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon ...

(2015)http://www.legiondhonneur.fr/sites/default/files/promotion/lh20160101_1.pdf

References

External links

*
Site officiel de l'association La Source
*

{{DEFAULTSORT:Garouste, Gerard 20th-century French painters 20th-century French male artists French male painters 21st-century French painters 21st-century French male artists 20th-century French sculptors 21st-century French sculptors 20th-century French engravers Painters from Paris 1946 births Living people Officers of the Legion of Honour Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Commanders of the Ordre national du Mérite