Benoît Maire

Benoît Maire (born 22 October 1978 in Pessac)[1] is a French visual artist who works in film, sculpture, painting, photography, collage, and performance art. He is known for treating theory as an art form in its own right.[2]

Benoît Maire
Born (1978-10-22) October 22, 1978
Pessac, France
NationalityFrench
EducationPalais de Tokyo, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Villa Arson, Nice, Pavillon, and Michel de Montaigne University Bordeaux 3.
Known forFilm, sculpture, painting, photography, collage, performance
MovementConceptual

Biography

Benoît Maire studied visual art and philosophy at Michel de Montaigne University Bordeaux 3, at the Villa Arson in Nice, and at the Sorbonne where he began doctoral studies in philosophy, which he subsequently abandoned in 2006.[3] He also did graduate work at Le Pavillon, Palais de Tokyo in Paris.[4]

Solo Exhibitions (Selection)
  • Spiaggia di Menzogne, Fondazione Giuliani, Rome, 2013[5]
  • Weapon, David Roberts Art Foundation, London, 2013[6]
  • Soon the metal between us will turn into gold, Kunsthalle Mulhouse, 2011[7]
  • Castling the Queen, Meessen De Clercq, Brussels, 2016.

Public Collections (Selection)

Maire’s work is included in public collections such as:

  • Centre Georges Pompidou – Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris[8]
  • FRAC Aquitaine, Bordeaux[9]
  • Kadist Art Fondation, Paris[10]
  • Nomas Fondation, Rome
  • FRAC Île-de-France, Le Plateau, Paris
  • David Roberts Art Foundation, London

Films (Selection)
  • Le Berger (The Shepherd), 2011[11]
  • L'Île de la répétition (Repetition Island), 2010[12]

See also

References
  1. Benoît Maire on the Centre Georges Pompidou website
  2. Maire's exhibit catalog Archived January 16, 2014, at the Wayback Machine for the exhibit The Object of Criticism
  3. An interview with Maire on Flash Art Online Archived May 3, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  4. The artist's biography on the website of his French gallery, Cortex Athletico
  5. Maire's solo exhibit announcement on the Giuliani Foundation website
  6. A list of exhibits on the Hollybush Gardens Gallery website
  7. Maire's Kunsthalle Mulhouse exhibit announcement Archived 2014-01-16 at the Wayback Machine
  8. Benoît Maire's profile on ArtFacts.net
  9. A review of Maire's solo show at the FRAC Aquitaine on zerodeux.fr
  10. Maire talks about his works featured at the Kadist Art Foundation in a video on the Foundation's website Archived 2014-02-08 at the Wayback Machine
  11. An excerpt of Le Berger on Youtube
  12. L'Île de la répétition in Les inRocks Magazine
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