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ROLAND FLEXNER
Born
1944 Nice, France
Selected Solo Exhibitions
*denotes catalogue
2007
2006
2005
2005
2004
2003
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Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco
Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris, France
Itsutsuji Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Nocturne, Caren Golden Fine Art, New York
Galleria Massimo De Carlo, Milan
Miller Block Gallery, Boston, MA
Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Caren Golden Fine Art, New York
Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris, France
Caren Golden Fine Art, New York
Encres, Espace Gustave Fayet, Sérignan, France*
Centre d’Art d’Yvry, Yvry-sur-Seine, France
Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Galerie Evelyne Canus, La Colle sur Loup, France
Miller Block Gallery, Boston, MA
Deven Golden Fine Art, New York
Figures and Vanitas, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
Centre Regional d’Art Contemporain, Sete, France
Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
Deven Golden Fine Art, New York
Galerie Meteo, Paris, France
Dyptiques a Pleurants, Abbaye de Noirlac, Noirlac, France
Master of the Bowery, Saint Peter’s Church, New York
Caput Mortuum, Galerie Art Concept, Nice
Recent Paintings, Bitter Larkin Gallery, New York
Submission, Bruno Facchetti Gallery, New York
Bruno Facchetti Gallery, New York
Edward Williams Gallery, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Hackensack, NJ
Institute for Art and Urban Resources, PS 1, New York
Fondation Marie-Louise Jeanneret, Boissano, Italy
Galerie La Caisse, Nice, France
Analyse et Deconstruction d’un Signe, Galerie AARP, Paris, France
Permutations, Galerie Fererro, Nice, France
Galerie Senator, Stuttgart, Germany
Galerie Ben Vautier, Nice, France
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Selected Group Exhibitions
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
The Sense of Collapse, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Works on Paper, D’Amelio Terras, New York
Conversations: Artist and Collector, North Dakota Museum of Art,
Grand Falls, ND
Ink, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
To Be, Or Not To Be: Four Hundred Years of Vanitas Painting, Flint
Institute of Art, Flint, Michigan*
4th Berlin Bienniale: Of Mice and Men, Berlin, Germany*
Contemporary Art Reflecting Medicine, Museum im Kulturspeicher
Würzburg, Germany*
Acquisitions 2005, Fond Regional d’Art Contemporain de Picardie,
Amiens, France
Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY
Musee d’Art Contemporain de Serignan, France
Contemporary Art Reflecting Medicine, Kunst-Museum Ahlen,
Germany*
Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY
Co-Conspirators: Artist and Collector, Chelsea Art Museum, NY*
Chronos. Il Tempo nell’Arte d’all’Epoqua Barocca all’eta
Contemporanea, Centro Sperimentale per le Arti
Contemporanee, Caraglio, Italy
Locus Solus, Galerie Iconoscope, Montpellier, France
National Drawing Invitational, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AK*
Art On Paper 2004, Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North
Carolina, Greensboro
Selections from the Collection, The National Museum of Modern Art,
Tokyo
Co-Conspirators: Artist and Collector, Orlando Museum of Art, FL*
L’intime, Fondation Antoine De Galbert, La Maison Rouge, Paris
Breathless, Neuberger Museum of Art, State University of New York,
Purchase, NY
At the Edge of Science, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, ID
L’Arte del Giocco: da Klee a Boetti, Museo Regionale d’Aosta, Italy
Continuity/Transgression, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo,
Japan; travels to The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan
Reactions, Exit Art, New York
Anniversary Exhibition, The Drawing Center, New York
Snapshots, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
Luck of the Drawn, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Musee d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain, Nice, France
Roland Flexner, Alexander Giorgiou, Christopher Kendi, Curt Marcus
Gallery, New York
Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD
Blurry Lines, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
Best of the Season, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield,
CT
New Work: Drawing, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York
Yoshi Gallery, New York
Galerie Jacques Girard, Toulouse, France
Radicalite, Galerie Brownstone Correard, Paris, France
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1997
1996
1995
1994
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1990
1989
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Ainsi de Suite, Centre Regional d’Art Contemporain, Sete, France
Hands Off, Florence Lynch Gallery, New York
Deven Golden Fine Art, New York
Maria Cilena Arte Contemporanea, Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy
Encres sur Papier, Galerie Serge Ziegler, Zurich, Switzerland
Morgensen Gallery, New York
10 Years Anniversary, Cheryl Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
In Vivo, Galerie Meteo, Paris
Ecole de Nice 1967-1997, Galerie Alexandre de la Salle, Saint Paul de
Vence, France
Auto Portrait, The Calligraphy of Power, Exit Art, New York
Micro Climat sur l’Art Contemporain, Galerie Meteo, Paris, France
Curt Marcus Gallery, New York
Centre d’Art Contemporain Le Capitou, Frejus, France
Galerie Alejandro Sales, Barcelona, Spain
Artissimia, Galerie Alejandro Sales, Torino, Italy
Morceaux Choisis du Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, Centre
National d’Art Contemporain de Grenoble, France
E.S. Vandam Gallery, New York
Figures, Centre d’Art du Parvis, Tarbes, France
L’Art d’Aimer, Espace Boyer, Sete, France
Galerie Alejandro Sales, Barcelona, Spain
F.I.A.C. Galerie Meteo, Espace Tour Eiffel, Paris
Le Temps d’un Dessin, Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Lorient, France
Philippe Briet Gallery, New York
Selections/Spring ‘93, The Drawing Center, New York
An American Collection of Contemporary French Art, French Cultural
Services, New York
Vive la France, Galerie Gerald Pilzer, Paris, France
Les Années 60, Galerie Michel Vidal, Paris, France
Dessins, F.I.A.C., Galerie Montaigne, Grand Palais, Paris, France
Musée des Beaux-Arts Jules Cheret, Nice, France
Abstraction - Les Années 1970-80, Musee d’Art Moderne et d’Art
Contemporain de Nice, France
The School of Nice and its Movements, The John and Mable Ringling
Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL
Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL
Selected Bibliography
2007
2006
2005
Baker, Kenneth. Searching for Meaning, San Francisco Chronicle. CA.
May 12.
Allen, Jennifer. The 4th Berlin Biennial. Artforum. May.
Golden, Deven. The Raw and The Cooked. On Edge. American
Abstract Artists Journal. New York. No 5, Fall.
Kernan, Nathan. Roland Flexner at Caren Golden. Art in America. New
York. March.
Phay-Vakalis, Soko. L’envers des Vanites de Roland Flexner. Art
Absolument. Paris. Sept.
Von Hute,Thon. Hauptstrasse der Kunst. Art kunstmagazin. Hamburg,
Germany. April.
Baker, R.C. Voice Choice, The Village Voice. November 11.
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2002
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2000
1999
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Dexter, Emma. Schwabsky, Barry. Vitamin D: New Perspectives in
Drawing. (New York/London: Phaidon Press).
Lambotte, Marie-Claude. Les Vanites dans l’Art Contemporain,
Editions Flamarion, Paris.
McAdams, Shane. Roland Flexner, Nocturne. The Brooklyn Rail.
November.
Mori, Yoko. Concept in Basic Bubble Engineering. Technosystem.
Tokyo.
Naves, Mario. With Chance and a Quick Brush, Artist Invents Nocturnal
Dramas. New York Observer. November 14.
Roland Flexner, The New Yorker. November 14.
Cohen, David. The Raw and the Cooked, artcritica.com. Summer.
McQuaid, Cate. The Boston Globe, May 30.
Pettinger, E.J. And the Universe Said, Boise Weekly, December 17.
Princenthal, Nancy. 1:1, (artist’s book review), Art On Paper, MayJune, pp. 84-5.
Rubinstein, Raphael. When Bubbles Burst, Art in America, February,
pp. 96-99.
Stampelman, Arthur. Neuberger Leaves us Breathless. The Rye
Record. NY. October 2.
Flexner, Roland. 1:1. Savigny-sur-Orge, France: Michel Baverey, 2002.
With essays by Jean-Marc Réol and Anne Tronche.
Smith, Roberta. Roland Flexner, Iona Rozeal Brown, The New York
Times, October 11, B36.
Hutcheson, Katurah. Review, Art On Paper, May.
Krajewsky, Sarah. Blurry Lines, New Art Examiner, March.
Robin, Herve. L’art et la maniere de coincer une bulle, Le Midi Libre
(Toulouse), January 17.
Schwabsky, Barry. Gerhard Mayer: Everything is Essentially
Possible/Roland Flexner: Drawings. Caren Golden Fine Art,
Art On Paper, September/October, p.90.
Johnson, Ken. The New York Times, July 14.
Guehenneux, Lise. Les Bulles du Souffle, L’Humanite (Paris),
October 30.
Baker, Kenneth. Drawing Unbound, San Francisco Chronicle, August
17, p. D1.
Goodman, Jonathan. Roland Flexner at Deven Golden, Art On Paper,
January.
Johnson, Ken. Drawings: Nicole Klagsbrun, The New York Times,
August 13.
McQuaid, Cate. Words and Images in Witty Puns, The Boston Globe,
December 23.
Flexner, Roland. Drawings for Daniel Dezeuze’s Colophons, Editions
Galerie Athanor (Marseille, France).
Levin, Kim. The Village Voice, September.
Litt, Steven. Flexner Paintings, Drawings Show His Mastery of Illusion,
The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH), February 3.
Flexner, Roland. Drawings for John Yau’s Genghis Chan: Private Eyes
XXIII Lacanian Ink (New York), Spring, pp. 94-99.
Harris, Susan. Roland Flexner at Deven Golden, Art in America,
March.
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Hirch, Faye. Drawing Bone: Roland Flexner Figures and Vanitas, essay
for the catalogue of the exhibition at the Aldrich Museum,
Ridgefield, CT.
Hirch, Faye. Roland Flexner, Meteorie. Edition Galerie Meteo, Paris,
(Spring).
Nahas, Dominique. Roland Flexner at the Aldrich Museum, Review
Magazine (New York), February.
Chambers, Christopher. Roland Flexner at Deven Golden, Soho Arts
Magazine (New York), November.
Flexner, Roland. Art in the Folds, guest editor of New Observations
(New York) Number 110, Introduction p. 2, Fabric-Made Body,
pp. 26-7, January-February.
Hirch, Faye. Roland Flexner, On Paper (New York), November.
Kaneda, Shirley. Editor’s Choice, Bomb Magazine (New York), November.
Rubinstein, Raphael and John Yau. Report from the Ruins of Emerald
City, Lingo (New York), Winter.
Mendelson, John. Roland Flexner at Deven Golden Fine Art, The Artnet
Hit List, November.
Chroniques Nicoises, Genese d’un Musée, Tome 2, Edition du Musée
d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain (Nice, France)
Flexner, Roland. Corps Mystique, Corps Sacre, Yale French Studies,
Number 68, cover.
Parsy, Paul Herve. Roland Flexner, exhibition catalogue:
Morceaux Choisis du Fond National d’Art Contemporain.
Centre National d’Art Contemporain de Grenoble, France.
Exporama. Art Press, Number 197, December.
Flexner, Roland. Drawings, Bomb Magazine, Spring, pp. 84-5.
Muridsany, Michel. Une Rentrée Consensuelle, Le Figaro (Paris),
September 20.
The Drawing Center’s Annual Selections, The New Yorker, March 22.
Heartney, Eleanor. An American Collection of Contemporary French
Art, essay for the exhibition catalogue, French Cultural
Services, New York.
Diptyques a Pleurants, Lettre de Noirlac, 10e Edition, Ete de Noirlac.
Chroniques Nicoises, Genese d’un Musée, Tome 1, Edition du Musée
d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain, Nice.
Desbiolles, Maryline. La Main a la Pate: 10 Dessins de Roland Flexner,
La Metis (Nice), Number 6, Le Travail, Spring.
McNamara, Peter. Roland Flexner at Saint Peter’s Church, Art and
Architecture, March 5-April 21.
Hunter, Sam. Roland Flexner: Recent Paintings, Bitter-Larkin Gallery,
exhibition catalogue.
Hunter, Sam. The School of Nice and its Movements, exhibition
catalogue, Bass Museum of Art, Miami, Florida.
Von Weist, Powell. Roland Flexner at the Bitter-Larkin Gallery, New
York Magazine, February.
Ruggiero, Laurence. The School of Nice, exhibition catalogue, The
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida.
Woody, Shulman. French Works Show Rebellion Against Predecessors’
Art, The Bradenton Herald, November 15.
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Selected Public Collections
Arkansas Art Center Foundation. Little Rock, AK. USA.
Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Michigan. USA.
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. USA.
Fond National d’Art Contemporain, Paris, France.
Fond Regional d’Art Contemporain de Picardie, Amiens, France
Musee d’Art Contemporain de Serignan, France.
Musee d’Art Moderne, Saint-Etienne, France.
Musee d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain, Nice, France.
Musee d’art Moderne et Contemporain, Strasbourg, France.
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan.
Wadworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT. USA.
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA.
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