Arman

Arman
Nice, 1929

French-born American sculptor and printmaker, widely considered as one of the leading exponents of NOUVEAU RÉALISME.

Born in Nice, France, the artist initially studied at the ÉCOLE DES ARTS DÉCORATIFS and the ÉCOLE DU LOUVRE. Along with his renowned artist-friend, YVES KLEIN, Arman was greatly influenced by Japanese art and culture, particularly the philosophy of Zen Buddhism.

He is best known for his large ASSEMBLAGES, that used junk materials, such as Long Term Parking ( Cartier Museum, 1982), a gigantic sculpture, encompassing 60 automobiles embedded in cement.

2004   Arman:Opere Recenti, Centro d'Arte Cultura and BugnoArtGallery,Venezia, ITALY
2004   Arman: Superposition, New Art: 38th Int'l Fair for Modern & Contemporary Art, Cologne, GERMANY
2004   Arman: The Violence and the Number, Historial de la Grande Guerre, Peronne, FRANCE
2004   Arman photographe, Theatre de la Photographie et de L'image, Nice, FRANCE
2004   Collection: Cavalleria Eroica, 1987 Erected by Jing An District People Government, Shanghai, TAIWAN
2004   Arman: Interactives and Serious Paintings, Imago Gallery, Palm Desert, California USA
2004   Arman: Peintures, Marlborough Gallery, MONACO
2004   Arman: Peintures, Marlborough Gallery, Madrid, SPAIN
2003   Collection: Obelisk, 1983, (Towering accumulation of bronze cellos): Inducted into the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, New Orleans Museum of Art, Louisiana USA
2003   Arman: Le plein de l'art, Galleria Fonte d'Abisso, Milano, ITALY
2003   Arman: Arman, Museum of Contemporary Art of Teheran, Teheran, IRAN
2003   Arman: Centomilacenerentole, Dante Vecchiato Galleria d'Arte, Padova, ITALY
2003   Arman: A Survey, Marlborough Gallery, New York, USA
2002   Arman: Fragmentations, FIAC Galerie Beaubourg, Paris, FRANCE
2002   Arman: Works on Paper, Villa Haiss Museum, Zell, GERMANY
2002   Arman: Dix Mots Pour, Sonia Zannettachi Gallery, SWITZERLAND
2002   Arman: Africarmania, Arman et l'Afrique, Galerie Beaubourg, Vence, FRANCE
2002   Arman: Musique, Kunsthaus Grenchen, Grenchen, SWITZERLAND

MUSEUMS AND COLLECTIONS

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco San Francisco, U.S.
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Washington D.C., U.S.
Laumeier Sculpture Park St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Palazzo Forti Verone, Italy.
Tate Gallery London, U.K.
Wichita State University Outdoor Sculpture Collection Kansas, U.S.

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