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PHILIPPE HIQUILY IN THE COUR JARDIN OF THE PLAZA ATHÉNÉE

Philippe Hiquily

26/09/2016 - 16/11/2016

From September 26 to November 16, the Cour Jardin of the Plaza Athénée will host an exhibition of sculptures by the French artist Philippe Hiquily.

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From September 26 to November 16, the Cour Jardin of the Plaza Athénée will host an exhibition of sculptures by the French artist Philippe Hiquily.
Around ten sculptures will be installed at the entrance where La Marathonienne will stand and in the Cour Jardin, where works such as La Reorneadora and Les Épicuriennes, with their soft and elegant curves, will also be displayed.
Over more than fifty years of creation, Philippe Hiquily has delighted in working with metal, animating and twisting it, gradually discovering the countless possibilities of transformation and composition offered by iron, steel, and brass. This exhibition was organized by Galerie Loft under the artistic direction of Marie-Béatrice Lavau. After working as an art dealer and later as a broker in Asia, Marie-Béatrice Lavau specialized in advising art collectors/ The exhibition will open to the public daily, from 10 am to 7 pm, in the Cour Jardin of the Plaza Athénée, a prestigious setting where the artist's sculptures will create a striking presence, particularly through their beautiful patinas and delicate balance.
PLAZA ATHÉNÉE  25 avenue Montaigne – 75008 PARIS Parking : François Ier et Georges V  Exhibition: septembre 26- novembre 16, 2016, Opening hours: 10 am - 7 pm
Opening reception Wednesday, October 5, 2016 From 6 pm
R.S.V.P. for the opening : cst.hpa@dorchestercollection.com
For further information Marie-Béatrice LAVAU : lavau.marie-beatrice@orange.fr Jean-François ROUDILLON (Responsable du Catalogue Raisonné Hiquily) : info@galerieloft.com
Portrait of Hiquily @ Didier Gicquel Source / Press kit :
Exposition de sculptures – Philippe Hiquily – septembre 2016  More info, click here!  Philippe Hiquily

Artists

Philippe Hiquily

Philippe Hiquily

Born in Montmartre in 1925, Philippe Hiquily is a very singular artist, sculptor, but also creator of furniture, jewellery, etchings and experimental kinetic and electronic works. The main axis of his work is to play with shapes and balance but also the “coupling” of sculptures and objects. May they be in iron, brass or steel there are always principles behind his sculptures, art must be funny, playful and esthetical. Movements, curves and materials are as many ways to give life to metal that is metamorphosed in an erotic object. From New York to Paris, museums of tribal art to the salon of French aristocracy, this lover of women, protégé of Germaine Richier, friend of Arman, César, Jodorowsky or Alain Jouffroy, this very convivial and great cigar lover, Officer of the National Order of Arts and Letters, has always known, throughout his life, how to completely overwhelm our view of sculpture.