ANTOINE CARBONNE AWARDED AT THE 2016 ANTOINE MARIN PRIZE
Virginie Louvet gallery is thrilled to announce that the young painter Antoine Carbonne won the second prize of the 2016 edition of the Antoine Marin Prize.
Exhibition from the 3rd to 25th of June 2016 in the Julio Gonzalez center, in Arcueil.
MARION CHARLET AMONGST THE 2016 LAUREATES OF THE COLAS FOUNDATION
On April the 7th, the Colas Foundation announced its winners for 2016. The laureates are Jean-Michel Alberola, Matt Bollinger, Damien Cadio, Marion Charlet, Hervé Di Rosa, Noël Dolla, Gérard Fromanger, Iris Levasseur, Stéphane Pencréac’h, Guillaume Pinard, Nazanin Pouyandeh, Anne-Laure Sacriste, Alain Sechas, Heidi Wood et Xie Lei.
ANTOINE CARBONNE AND MARION CHARLET/ ETE 78/ BRUSSELS
3 Collectionneurs, autrement #3
Opening April, Saturday 16th from 4 to 8pm in presence of the collectors.
Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th: open from 10 am to 6pm
Until May 21st: visits on appointment: info@ete78.com
The 3rd edition of «3 Collectionneurs, autrement » will take place at Eté 78 from Saturday, April 16th until Sunday, May 22nd 2016.
For its 1st edition, in 2014, works from Herman Daled, Marc Remacle and Christophe Veys collections were exhibited. For its 2nd edition, in 2015, Dominique Capart, Reyn van der Lugt and Joseph Kouli had shown a part of their collections.
For this 3rd edition, we are welcoming three new collectors. This time again these three discreet art lovers promote a peculiar vision of contemporary art. They are also very implicated in a concrete way to help and support artists.
Francis De Beir is Belgian and owns a remarkable collection of art, mainly from the 70s and 80s, essentially constituted by Belgian artists. He chose the theme of the mirror for the works shown at Eté 78 : Lili Dujourie, Niek Kemps, J.M Othoniel, Philippe van Loocke and Jan Vercruysse.
François et Odile Huet – Repolt are French and live in Brussels from more than 20 years. Their collection is mainly constituted by in-situ works realised in their house. Works that they will exhibit will form a bridge with their non displaceable works. Jennifer Douzenel, Vincent Dulom, Peter Downsbrough, Elodie Huet, François Morellet, Rebecca Digne will to be discovered.
Gilles Balmet is French and lives in Paris. The youngest of the three collectors is also an artist. He collects in a special way, exchanging his artworks with ones of other artists. He will present 15 works from his beautiful and sensitive collection, and amongst other , Silvia Bachli, Damien Cabanes, Camille Henrot, Achraf Touloub, Marcel Van Eeden, Jens Wolf…
Docks Art Fair 2015
The Virginie Louvet Gallery will be part of Docks Art Fair 2015, taking place in Lyon from 10th September to 4th October. On this occasion, the gallery will be representing the artist Alan Goulbourne for a solo show.
Alan Goulbourne to participate in “Parcours St Germain”
The Virginie Louvet Gallery is proud to announce Alan Goulbourne’s participation in “Parcours St Germain”. The theme for the 2015 event, which takes place concurrently with the Fiac from October 22nd to November 2nd, is “The poetry of matter”. The mission for each selected artist is to create a piece for an emblematic spot in St Germain-des-Prés. The works of the young Welsh sculptor will be shown at the legendary Café des Deux Magots.
Marion Charlet nominated for the Prix Marin
The Virginie Louvet Gallery is pleased to announce that Marion Charlet has been selected to participate in the 19th edition of the Prix Antoine Marin, which will take place from June 5th to June 27th at the Espace Julio Cortazar in Arcueil. It will be the occasion for twelve established artists to each sponsor a visual/multimedia artist under forty years old.
Opening of show and award ceremony on Friday, June 5th at 7pm.
Antoine Carbonne, Home Alone Exhibit
The works of Antoine Carbonne are currently being shown in the group show Home Alone, from May 17th to May 31st 2015 at La Laverie, 117 rue de Belleville, 75019 Paris.
The show, curated by Hélène Garcia, includes:
Andy Sewell (UK)
Annie Descôteaux (CA)
Antoine Carbonne (FR)
Cécile Chaput (FR)
Charlotte Boutron (FR)
Christopher Füllemann (CH)
Elizaveta Konovalova (RU)
Hélène Garcia (FR)
Justin Morin (FR)
Louis Gary (FR)
Photographs – Cornelius de Bill Baboul & Madeleine Kotte (DE)