Louis Cane

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Louis Cane
Cane in 1995
Born (1943-12-13) December 13, 1943 (age 80)
NationalityFrench
Occupations
  • Painter
  • sculptor
  • furniture designer

Biography[edit]

Cane was born in 1943 in Beaulieu sur Mer, France. He is a painter, sculptor and furniture designer.[1][2]

Louis Cane attended the National School of Decorative Arts in Nice then the Superior School of Decorative arts in Paris in 1961.[3]

He then studied at the Superior School of Decorative Arts in Paris and got his diploma in Interior Architecture.[1]

Cane was a part of the Supports/Surfaces Movement in France that lasted from 1969 to 1972 and co-founded and edited the Peinture, Cahiers Theoriques.[4]

In 1978, he began sculpting again. They consisted of female figures in a traditional style.[1]

Work[edit]

Cane focused on the concept of deconstruction of the canvas. His series, Louis Cane artiste peintre français, he continuously stamped his name on a sheet, exploring the idea of personal branding.[5]

By 1970, Cane transitioned into a series of cut-out paintings, the toiles découpées, which he worked with for several years.[5] His process for paintings was much like Jackson Pollock or Helen Frankenthaler, by painting the un-stretched canvas on the ground[6]

He participated in the second and third exhibition of the Supports/Surfaces group at the Théâtre de la Cité Internationale in Paris.[7][8]

In 1971, Cane had his first solo exhibition in Paris at Daniel Templon Gallery.[9] Then at the Yvon Lambert Gallery in 1972.[7]

From 1972 to 1972, he produced a series called Sol/Mur as part of the Supports/Surfaces movement.[3]

Until 1975, Cane continued his abstract series.[3] These canvases were un-stretched, spread on the floor, spray painted and folded in half, then cut and staples directly on the wall.[6]

In 1978, Cane went from abstract painting to figuration.[3] He reflected on the history of pictorial forms. He also started integrating sculpture into his practice. The statues were almost exclusively female occasionally appearing in form of burlesque or baroque expressionism. [10]

Cane was also a furniture designer, which is an important part of his artistic creation.[10]

Selected exhibitions[edit]

Solo exhibitions[edit]

1995

Museum of contemporary Art, Cambrai, France[3]

1991

Musée Municipal de Bellas Artes, Santander, Spain[11]

1971

Galerie Templon, Paris, France[9]

Group exhibitions[edit]

2019

Unfurled: Supports/ Surfaces 1966-1976, curated by Wallace Whitney, MOCAD, Detroit, USA[12]

2002

Supports/Surfaces, Galerie Dorsky, New York, USA[13]

1991

Supports/Surfaces, Museum of modern Art, Saint-Etienne, France[3]

1979

Museum of modern Art - A.R.C., Paris, France[3]

Public Collections[edit]

Centre national des arts plastiques, Paris, France[14]

Musée national d’art moderne - centre Pompidou, Paris, France[15]

Musée d’Art moderne et d’Art contemporain de Nice, France[16]

Carré d’Art, Nîmes, France[17]

Musée d’art moderne de la ville de Paris, France[18]

Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France[19]

Frac Picardie, Amiens, France[20]

Musée d’art moderne et contemporain, Saint-Etienne, France[21]

Frac Alsace, Sélestat, France  [22]

Frac Normandie, Caen, France[20]

Musée de Grenoble, France[23]

Collection Institut d’art contemporain, Rhône-Alpes, Villeurbanne, France[24]

Musée d’art de Nantes, France[25]

Musée d’art contemporain du Val-de-Marne, Vitry-sur-Seine, France[26]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Louis Cane Biography :: PicassoMio". PicassoMio. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
  2. ^ "Louis Cane - Biography". www.askart.com. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Louis Cane". Artsy.
  4. ^ Kerlidou, Gwenaël (August 23, 2014). "A Supports/Surfaces Moment: Contradictions, Paradoxes and Other Ironies". Hyperallergic.
  5. ^ a b "Louis Cane". DOCUMENT.
  6. ^ a b Dezeuze, Daniel. Dictionnaire De Supports/Surfaces (1967-1972).
  7. ^ a b Stella, Rachael (2018). Jacques Lepage Dossier Supports/Surfaces. Ceysson. ISBN 978-2490083244.
  8. ^ Surfaces, Supports (2014). Supports-Surfaces : a moment-a movement. Ceysson. ISBN 9782916373713.
  9. ^ a b "Louis Cane". Templon.
  10. ^ a b "When a sculptor makes furniture: the decorative arts of Louis Cane". Christie's.
  11. ^ "Louis Cane. Peintures". MAS |Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Santander and Cantabria.
  12. ^ "UNFURLED: SUPPORTS/SURFACES 1966-1976". MOCADetroit. February 2019.
  13. ^ "Previous Exhibitions". Dorsky Gallery.
  14. ^ "Louis Cane". National Centre for Plastic Arts Collection.
  15. ^ "Louis Cane GRID". Centre Pompidou.
  16. ^ "Louis CANE". MAMAC Nice.
  17. ^ "Louis CANE". The Collection - Carré d'Art. 15 January 2024.
  18. ^ "Louis CANE". Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris.
  19. ^ "Louis CANE". les Abattoirs. 15 January 2024.
  20. ^ a b "Louis CANE". Frac Picardy.
  21. ^ "Louis CANE CONCOURS DE BEAUTÉ". Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain.
  22. ^ "Louis CANE". Regional Fund of contemporary art Alsace. 9 February 2024.
  23. ^ "Louis CANE". Musée de Grenoble.
  24. ^ "Louis CANE". Institut d’art contemporain — Villeurbanne/Rhône-Alpes. 15 January 2024.
  25. ^ "Louis CANE". Musée d'Arts de Nantes.
  26. ^ ,SearchTerms:'cane%20louis',SortField:!n,SortOrder:0,TemplateParams:(Scenario:,Scope:Default,Size:!n,Source:,Support:,UseCompact:!f),UseSpellChecking:!n))) "Louis Cane: paintings 1963-2005". Musée d'Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne.