In 2008, Andy Warhol would have turned 80 Shadows and other signs of life @ the Chantal Crousel Gallerie

Countless exhibitions have addressed the many facettes of the work of one of the 20th century most genious and influential artists.

For the present exhibition, Chantal Crousel has chosen a specific selection of works, that emphasize the constant presence of the SHADOW, an essential element in the work of Andy Warhol. The shadow that extends the document (subject) into its fiction - that projects the defined into its con-sequence : the infinite. From the start of the artist's process, the shadow is an inseparable actor/factor: the b/w photographs shot in the studio by the artist in search of his model. These still-lives, portraits, will eventually develop into the complex drawings, prints and paintings we know.

The shadow, and other signs of life, are declined here through 96 works:

-b/w composition photographs (Skulls, Hammer and Sickle, Gems, Stuffed Animals, a.o),
Polaroids (Caroline of Monaco) and stitched photographs (Male Nudes),
-stencils, anticipating the "Rorschach" paintings and the "Shadow" paintings and prints,
-graphite drawings (Knittings, Space Fruits, Cells, Hammer and Sickle, a.o.) and eventually their
derivated prints,
-Piss Paintings: urine on gesso on canvas,
-"Shadows II", a set of 6 diamond dust prints (ed. 6/10).

Most of these works have been rarely - if at all - exhibited.!

Chantal Crousel thanks Joel Wachs, Vincent Fremont, Tim Hunt and the Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts for their precious assistance.!

At the occasion of the exhibition, a book documenting the works, accompanied by an essay by Benjamin H.D. Buchloh: "Anniversary Notes for Andy Warhol", will be published by the Galerie Chantal Crousel / Walther König Verlag.

Please note the galley will be open by appointment from to December 26 to January 02, 2008

Andy Warhol, Shadows and other signs of life
December 15, 2007 - January 19, 2008

GALERIE CHANTAL CROUSEL
http://www.crousel.com
10, rue Charlot, 75003 Paris
Tuesday-Saturday 11am-01pm, 02pm-07pm

T +33 1 42 77 38 87
F +33 1 42 77 59 00
galerie@crousel.com

Liu Jianhua's Unreal scene (2005-2007) until February 9th 2008 at the Paul Frèches Gallerie

Liu Jianhua (1962-)
Pop modern porcelain to installations – trash accumulations of ready-made objects Liu Jianhua, a visual-craftsman.
Many of his works feature a refinement of form and a glossy sheen in keeping with the Chinese tendency towards glazed surfaces.
By the age of 12, he was learning porcelain-work techniques at the imperial kilns of Jingdezhen. Hard on the outside, yet fragile, porcelain is a fitting medium for addressing the dialectics of surface and depth. It is a statement of identity. Several thousand years of history have made porcelain a forerunner to Made in China export products. As used by Liu Jianhua, it becomes a strategic way into the international contemporary art scene, led by the categorizing, exoticism-seeking western world, despite grand speeches on globalisation, in which pluralism, it seems, can have varied meanings.
Liu Jianhua’s use of porcelain, however, is far from systematic. Under the influence of the eighties New Wave, he rejected it in favour of the possibilities of fibreglass sculpture, and in his more recent work Liu Jianhua’s interest has turned to the use of ready-made objects in large-scale accumulation-installations, as in Yiwu Survey (2006).


In December 2007, Liu Jianhua will be presenting a brand new piece created specially for the Paul Frèches Gallery : the “Unreal Scene” installation, which will be exhibited with photographs (2005-2007) of Shanghai becoming a kind of eerie casino…

Unreal scene (2005-2007)
December 7th 2007 – February 9th 2008

Galerie Paul Frèches
WWW.PAULFRECHES.COM
12, rue André Barsacq
75018 Paris

TEL+ 33 (0) 1 53 09 21 12
FAX + 33 (0) 1 53 09 23 22

Metro : Abbesses, line 12 / Anvers, line 2
Bus stop : Chappe or Drevet line Montmartrobus
In Montmartre : just climb the stairways along the Funiculaire
(first street on your left).

Wednesday to Saturday, 2:00 to 7:00 pm, and by appointment,
closed on Bank Holidays.
The gallery will be closed on December 25 to January 2, 2008.

XS Paris From December 12th, 2007 to January 05th 2008 at the Ricard Corporate Foundation

With Saâdane Afif, Wilfrid Almendra, Lou Amoravain, Pierre Ardouvin, Sylvie Auvray, Virginie Barré, Lilian Bourgeat, Anne Brégeaut, Laura Brunellière, Roland Cognet, Delphine Coindet, Guillaume Constantin, Thomas David, Marcelline Delbecq, Christophe Duchatelet & Laurent Edeline, Jean-Charles Eustache, Philippe Eydieu, Christelle Familiari, Pauline Fondevila, Marjolaine Gony, Lina Jabbour, Pierre Joseph, Nicolas Lafon, Delphine Laloy, Claude Lévêque, Jacques Malgorn, Pierre Malphettes, Carole Manaranche, Mathieu Mercier, Anita Molinero, Gyan Panchal, Florence Paradeis, Bruno Peinado, Loïc Raguénès, Delphine Rigaud, Gitte Schäfer, Mathieu Sellier, Stéphane Thidet, Rachel Urkowitz, Raphaël Zarka, Edwige Ziarkowski.


The Ricard corporate Foundation welcomes the XS Paris* exhibition from the 12th of December 2007 to January 05th, 2008. Elisabeth Wetterwald, exhibition Commissioner, brought together 42 artists with whom she has a real complicity. As the title of the exhibition suggests, she had conceived this project with an entertaining approach: asking artists to exhibit one or more "small" works, each of them interpreting "smallness" in his own way and in accordance with his work. Two constraints, however: neither models nor object in reduce scale. Most of the works are unpublished.

*XS Paris is the second part of the XS exhibition held at the Space Mica Gallery, in Rennes, from May 11 to June 16, 2007.





XS PARIS
From 12 December 2007 to 05 January 2008

Fondation d’entreprise Ricard
http://www.fondation-entreprise-ricard.com/
12 rue Boissy d'Anglas
75008 PARIS
T. 33 (0)1 53 30 88 00
F. 33 (0) 1 40 06 90 78

Admission is free from Tuesdays to Saturdays from 11am to 19h except holidays.
Closes December 23, 2007 to 01 January 2008

Subways and parking: Concorde and Madeleine

MAC 2007 130 artists are waiting for you from november 23 to 25, 2007 - Porte de Champerret

For the MAC 2000' 23rd edition, Painters of course, exhibiting by numbers, but also, photographers, video-artists, and instalation creators./
MAC 2000 isn't your average art meeting mixing creation, art and business with various success ( does the art shopping deception rings a bell ?). MAC 2000 is the meeting point for tomorrow's artists.

MAC 2000, the contemporary art event, was created in 1984. Since 2005, Hervé Bourdin, visual artist, but also president of the commission for culture of the regional council for Paris and its suburbs, has taken the lead, generating new dynamics.

An annual event, MAC 2000 takes place at the Espace Champerret in Paris (5000m²), where it introduces 130 professional artists of the day (painting, sculpture, photography, medial art, installation).

A commitee composed of artists, critics and art collectors is in charge of the rigorous selection, seeking emerging talents and new fields of creation.
The artists are present int their booths during the whole event, meeting the public composed of professionals and amateurs.

For its 2007 edition, MAC 2000 is gathering, new talents coming from all over the French regions, yet unknown talents. They will exhibit their innovative works for the first time in Paris. A Black & white gallerie will be in the heart of the exhibition.

n.b. Two musical evenings
Alien Brain Suckers will give MAC 2000 another beat on friday 23rd and Saturday 24th starting at 08pm with their cool blues and rock repertoire.

MAC 2007 - DÉCOUVREUR DE TALENTS
www.mac2000-art.com
from november 23rd to 25th, 2007
Espace Champerret, Hall A
Porte de Champerret
75017 Paris

Acces :
Metro : porte de Champerret (line 3), Louise Michel (Line 3)
Bus : 84, 92, 163, 164

Hours: friday 23rd and Saturday 24th from 10am to 10pm, Sunday 25th from 10am to 08pm
Fees: Full fare 8 euros

The doors of Monsieur Pierre at the Serpentine gallerie until november 24th, 2007

Pierre Tabone, aka Monsieur Pierre is a Citroën 2CV lover and specialist. He gave to some contemporary artists coming from all horizon, doors of the legendary car. It's happening at the Serpentine Gallerie (the French one not the London museum) which is situated within a pedestrian walkway leading to a parking lot Rue de Rennes. Those art doors will be displayed and sold for the profit of the caritative association Action Against Hunger / Action contre la faim.


Unforgettable… the 2 CV as art piece…
over thirty doors transformed into art item, thanks to the sculptors, painters, graphists inspiration...
Everyone letted his imagination run wild and delivered an original art item, refecting each artist colourfull and personal world.
With Carol Bathellier, Cendrine Bosom, Siméon Colin, Xavier Dixsaut, Jean Faucheur, Abdollah Kiaie, Cécile et Lucie Le Trung, Marianne Peltzer, Laurent Serin, Vladimir Velickovic, Jan Voss…


An exhibition in a ready made environment...
Until november 24th, those art doors will be exhibited in a parisian walkway... The Serpentine Gallerie is a 600m² contemporary art space situated in the pedestrain zonze of a public parking in the Rue de Rennes since Ocotber 2005 !


Des œuvres originales et solidaires…
Following Monsieur Pierre wishes, All those doors will be sold for the benefits of the "Action contre la Faim" / "Action against Hunger" association. THe association concretly act on the spot to really help starving population all around the globe.

Offices are open from Tuesday to Saturday, from 11am to 07pm

Press Contact : Sylvie Hauser 06 73 14 69 75 - sylvhauser@yahoo.fr
ACF Press Contact : Mélanie Turcotte 01 43 35 82 21 – mturcotte@actioncontrelafaim.org

If you wish to receive further informatins about some items please contact the gallerie: 0875.70.45.52 or galerieserpentine@wanadoo.fr

Monsieur Pierre's 2CV doors
www.pierregaragiste.com/
until november 24th, 2007

Serpentine
www.galerieserpentine.com
155 bis, rue de Rennes 75006 Paris

Serpentine is open to the public everyday from 6:30am to 1:30am and 24/7 for people woith a parking ticket.

Metro: Lines 4-6-12-13 Montparnasse-Bienvenue
Line 4 Saint Placide

Train: Gare Montparnasse

Bus: Lines 89-94-95-96 Rennes-Littré
Lines 52-82-91
Place du 18 juin 1940

Car: Parking is located at 155, rue de Rennes 75006 Paris