FRANCOIS MORELLET French, 1926 -2016
A self-taught artist, Morellet (b. 1926 - d. 2016 Cholet, France) first exhibited his geometric tone-in-tone pictures in 1950 at the Galerie Creuze in Paris. In the mid-1950s he was preoccupied with configuring the picture field as an infinite structure reaching beyond the confines of the picture itself, superimposing painted grids realised in wire-‘Trames’, then later working with neon forms, some of which can be activated by the spectator.
Morellet created his own systems, in which he includes the elements of chance and whimsy to counteract even more with the arbitarriness of any decision of artistic order. In 1960 Morellet co-founded GRAV (Groupe de Recherche d’Art Visuel: 1960-1968), a group of kinetic artists including Julio Le Parc who explored the possibilities of the visual arts in a scientific and experimental way.
From 1968 François Morellet became interested in architecture and public spaces. He was given commissions for the Centre Culturel in Compiègne, a section of La Défense in Paris and the Kröller-Müller Museum Park in Otterlo.
Selected recent solo exhibitions included; Henri Chotteau legacy: François Morellet, SMAK, Ghent, 2014; François Morellet: du Pompidou Mobile au MuMa, Musée d'art moderne André Malraux, Le Havre, 2013; François Morellet: Lamentable, Kunstverein Ruhr e.V., Essen, 2012; François Morellet, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, 2011; François Morellet: Réinstallations, Centre Pompidou Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris, 2011 and François Morellet, L'esprit d'escalier, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 2010. From October 2017 to June 2018 the Dia Art Foundation, New York held a major retrospective on the artist.
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FRIEZE NEW YORK
FRANÇOIS MORELLET 3 - 5 May 2018A solo presentation of the artist in partnership with Dan Galeria . A self-taught artist, François Morellet (b. 1926 - d. 2016 Cholet, France) first exhibited his geometric tone-in-tone pictures...Read more -
FRANÇOIS MORELLET AT THE MAYOR GALLERY, LONDON
Les règles du jeu 6 Apr - 27 May 2016Few artists have enjoyed such a long and illustrious international career, pursued with playful invention at more than 130 solo exhibitions which have included being honoured with a major retrospective...Read more -
THE ARCHERS OF LIGHT
GROUP EXHIBITION 8 Jan - 12 Feb 2015On the one year anniversary of Luis Tomasello’s death and the recent passing of Arnaldo Calveyra, The Mayor Gallery presents an homage to the artist and poet with a group...Read more -
MORELLET & VON GRAEVENITZ
MOVING SPIRITS 1 Nov - 17 Dec 2012
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François Morellet
'La dation François Morellet', Centre Pompidou June 9, 20219 June - 23 August 2021 Centre Pompidou presents eighteen works by French artist François Morellet (b. 1926 - d. 2016 Cholet, France) on the...Read more -
TEFAF NEW YORK
COLOMBO / MORELLET / VON GRAEVENITZ May 1, 2019The Mayor Gallery is pleased to be participating for the very first time in this years TEFAF New York Spring. Featuring artists: Gianni Colombo Francois...Read more -
FRIEZE NEW YORK
FRANÇOIS MORELLET May 3, 2018The Mayor Gallery will be participating in this year's Frieze New York with a solo presentation by the artist Francois Morellet. 3 - 6 May...Read more -
FRANÇOIS MORELLET
DIA:BEACON & DIA:CHELSEA November 8, 2017Dia Art Foundation presents the first ever retrospective exhibition of works in America by the French Avant-garde artist. Exhibition dates: 28 OCTOBER - 12 JUNE...Read more