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Galerie Loft

Philippe HIQUILY

Philippe Hiquily

19/09/2008 - 08/11/2008

Galerie Loft and its director Jean-François Roudillon are pleased to present a must-see exhibition dedicated to the artist Philippe Hiquily.

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Galerie Loft and its director Jean-François Roudillon are pleased to present a must-see exhibition dedicated to the artist Philippe Hiquily. A friend of César Baldaccini, Albert Camus, and Man Ray, Philippe Hiquily is one of the most important artists in the history of 20th-century sculpture. He successfully navigated artistic and commercial trends while positioning himself as the pioneer of a movement he called "direct metal." His works, with their erotic and dreamlike forms, have been exhibited around the world, particularly in the United States, where he achieved his first successes in the 1960s and are held in public collections such as the Solomon R.Guggenheim Museum, the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, and the Fonds National d'Art Contemporain at La Défense, among others. The exhibition presents a selection of historical works reflecting the artist's entire career. Original iron sculptures and paintings on tapas created during his last trip to Tahiti will be exhibited at Galerie Loft from September 19 to November 8, 2008. The opening reception will take place on Thursday, September 18, in the presence of the artist, starting at 6 pm. Galerie Loft is also currently preparing the artist's catalogue raisonné, directed by Jean-François Roudillon, with the collaboration of Juliette Belfiore, Aude Crozet, and Malika Vinot.

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.