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Frieze Masters
On the occasion of Frieze Masters, Lévy Gorvy and kamel mennour are pleased to present a joint booth exhibition of work by French artist François Morellet (1926-2016)—a precursor of conceptual art and a major figure of postwar geometrical abstraction. Curated by Béatrice Gross, the exhibition brings together two dozen historical works dating from 1954 to the late 1970s. These masterworks testify to the extraordinary versatility of Morellet’s system-based, and often witty art, as well as to the prolific scope of his oeuvre.
Curated to honor and echo Morellet’s unique creative output, the design of the booth is based on a grid measuring 80 cm—the dimension favored by Morellet for the majority of the paintings he made during the period considered. These dimensions are also reflected in the construction and placement of Néons 0°, 45°, 90°, 1963, the artist’s inaugural foray into the medium of neon. Complementing Morellet’s work will be the photograph Êtes-vous heureuse ? (1987), a metaphorical portrait of the artist taken by American artist Louise Lawler, which hung in the dining-room of Morellet’s house in Cholet, France. An homage to the self-declared “freak child of Mondrian and Picabia,” as the artist described himself in an autobiographical text from 1987, the scenography presents Morellet’s work in accordance with his meticulous logic of order and harmony, underpinned by a dynamic of controlled chaos that pays tribute to the artist’s Dada spirit.
Selected Works
Selected Press
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