Ange Leccia - Kunsthalle Detroit

Kunsthalle Detroit
Museum of Multimedia and Light-based Arts
Ange Leccia Ange Leccia was born in 1952 in Corsica. He lives and works in Paris. His work has been exhibited in key institutions around the world including the Venice Biennial in 1993; Centre Georges Pompidou in 1996 and1997; l’ARC/Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; as well as at contemporary art centres in New York, Atlanta, Houston, Tokyo and more. During the eighties, Ange Leccia became known by using objects related to the film world in other settings, such as household projections that staged during his first solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in the city of Paris in 1985. At the same time, he developed video plays like Maria Callas (1982), Contempt (1986) or Pierrot le Fou (1986). These two latest creations feature eponymous film excerpts from Jean‐Luc Godard, giving them second life. Having participated in many international exhibitions (Guggenheim Museum in New York, Skulptur Projecte Munster, Documenta 8 in Kassel), the artist stayed in Japan in the early ninety and discovered the new wave of cinema in Asia. There he collaborated with Dominique Gonzalez‐Foerster and performs with her Isle of Beauty (1986), a subjective road movie between Corsica and the island of the rising sun. This also resulted in the “Zen” practice of the image, which appears in works such as La Mer (1991), Smoke (1995), and Storm (2000) where the elements of nature filter through a process of abstraction. His second exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in the city of Paris in 1997 is constructed as a film that offers the viewer the ability to create his own story. Ange Leccia visited the Middle East many times (Egypt, Syria, Palestine), and the bank of images he has recorded has led to a series of video installations, shown in Musée Niepce in Chalon‐sur‐Saone, and a feature film, Aze, in 2003. FILMOGRAPHY 1971, 1971, super 8, 24 minutes TV, 1978, super 8, 22 minutes Stridura, 1980, 16 mm, 13 minutes Île de Beauté, coréalisé avec Dominique Gonzalez‐Foerster, 1996, 35 mm, 70 minutes Gold, coréalisé avec Dominique Gonzalez‐Foerster, 2000, 35 mm, 43 minutes Adolescence, 2000, vidéo, 13 minutes Chansons populaires, 2002, vidéo, 10 minutes Christophe à l’Olympia, coréalisé avec Dominique Gonzalez‐Foerster, 2002, vidéo, 90 minutes Malus, coréalisé avec Dominique Gonzalez‐Foerster, 2003, vidéo, 20 minutes See that Girl, 2003, vidéo, 13 minutes True Romance, 2004, vidéo, 10 minutes Requiem pour deux regards, 2004, vidéo, 85 minutes Ruins of Love, 2005, vidéo, 26 minutes La Déraison du Louvre, 2006, 35 mm , 15 minutes Perfect Day, 2007, vidéo, 62 minutes SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2003 Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, France (septembre‐octobre). solo 2002 Ange Leccia, Les écuries de Saint‐Hugues, Cluny, France (29/06 ‐ 22/09).solo 2002 5001 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, MI 48208 USA
Tel +1 313 744 5888 [email protected] http://kunsthalle-detroit.org
Kunsthalle Detroit
Museum of Multimedia and Light-based Arts
Abbaye du Mont Saint Michel, France (hiver 2002‐2003). 2002 'La conquête de l'air ; les colonies de l'espace', Les Abbatoirs, Toulouse (25/11 ‐ 24/02/03). 2002 'Art Document', Hiroshima, Japon (02/08 01/10/02). 2002 'Rencontres de la Photographie à Arles', France (06/07 ‐ 18/08). 2002 'C'est pas du Cinéma', le Fresnoy, Studio National, France. 2002 'CTRL Space', ZKM Karlsruhe, Allemagne. 2002 'Purple Lounge & Stars', Centre d’Art Programa, Mexico, Mexique. 2002 'Rives', Musée de la Chartreuse, Douaix, France. 2002 'Los Flamingos', Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France 2002 'Toxic dans ton cœur', Musée de la Corse, Corte, Corse. 5001 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, MI 48208 USA
Tel +1 313 744 5888 [email protected] http://kunsthalle-detroit.org