Galerie Kamel Mennour

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Galerie Kamel Mennour is a contemporary art gallery in Paris, France, owned and directed by Kamel Mennour.

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History

The first space, 50sqm, was inaugurated on Rue Mazarine in 1999. [1] Dedicated to contemporary photography, the gallery showed works of international artists, little known in France, like Larry Clark, Stephen Shore or Nobuyoshi Araki, alongside more established artists such as Pierre Molinier. [2] Meanwhile, the gallery began to publish catalogs, accompanying these exhibitions. Today more than forty catalogs have been published by Kamel Mennour Editions. [3]

The gallery gained reputation abroad by participating for the first time at Paris Photo in 1999, at the Foire Internationale d'Art Contemporain in 2000 and at Art Basel in 2003. [4] Since, the gallery is present in most of the major international art fairs such as Art Basel, Foire Internationale d'Art Contemporain and Art Basel Miami Beach. [5]

In 2003, the gallery began to diversify its programming by promoting young contemporary artists as well as established artists working in different media: Daniel Buren, Claude Lévêque, François Morellet and Martin Parr. [6]

In September 2007, the gallery expanded into a new 400 m2 space of in the seventeenth century Hôtel particulier of Vieuville, located at 47 rue Saint-André-des-arts. Designed by architects Aldric Beckmann and Françoise N'Thépé, it was inaugurated with a solo exhibition by Daniel Buren. [7] The initial space of the Rue Mazarine shows specific projects. In the following years the gallery continued to exhibit young emerging artists (Mohamed Bourouissa, Camille Henrot, Latifa Echakhch, Dario Escobar, Alicja Kwade) and established artists, which include among others Huang Yong Ping, Anish Kapoor, Tadashi Kawamata, Lee Ufan, Gina Pane and Martial Raysse.

Besides solo exhibitions, historical dialogues are held regularly (Daniel Buren and Alberto Giacometti in 2010, François Morellet and Kasimir Malevich in 2011), as well as group and thematic exhibitions, such as the exhibition of "Lux Perpetua" (2012) addressing the treatment of light from Delacroix to Ann Veronica Janssens, or “L’image pensée" (2013, curated by Donatien Grau), dedicated to the use of slideshows by contemporary artists.

Parallel to the gallery program, the gallery regularly collaborates with institutions to conduct significant off site projects, such as Arche 2009 by Huang Yong Ping in the Chapelle des Beaux-Arts de Paris, [8] the 2011 and 2012 Monumenta exhibitions, respectively by Anish Kapoor [9] and Daniel Buren [10] at the Grand Palais. Other major collaborations were Claude Lévêque's solo presentation at the 2009 French pavilion at the Venice Biennale as well as Sigalit Landau's contribution to the Israeli pavilion in 2011 and later Camille Henrot's video Grosse Fatigue (2013), awarded with a Silver Lion for the most promising young artist. [11]

In September 2013, the gallery doubled its exhibition space by opening a second space on 6 rue du Pont de Lodi which allowed it to host monumental works under a vast glass roof, such as the inaugural exhibition by the Arte Povera artist Pier Paolo Calzolari. [12]

Artists

Galerie Kamel Mennour represents several living artists, including:

In addition, the gallery manages various artist estates, including:

Works by

Publishing

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References

  1. ↑ Manou Farine, « Kamel Mennour : le culot de réussir à s’imposer sur le marché », L’Oeil, juin 2008
  2. ↑ Olivier Wicker, « Portrait : Kamel Mennour, sonar de l’art », Libération, 27 septembre 2009
  3. ↑ Anne Fulda, « Kamel Mennour, les secrets du galeriste », Le Figaro, 30 décembre 2011
  4. ↑ Roxana Azimi, « Portrait : Kamel Mennour », Le Journal des Arts, 4 novembre 2005
  5. ↑ Bruna Basini, « En route pour Miami Beach », Le Journal du Dimanche, 11 décembre 2008
  6. ↑ Stéphane Guibourgé, « Kamel Mennour, loin des clichés », Le Figaro Magazine, 13 octobre 2007
  7. ↑ Thomas Humery, « Galeriste au singulier : Kamel Mennour », L’Optimum, septembre 2007
  8. ↑ Richard Leydier, « Huang Yong Ping Arche 2009 », artpress, décembre 2009
  9. ↑ "Monumenta 2011 au Grand Palais - Anish Kapoor". Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
  10. ↑ "Galeries". 2012.monumenta.com.
  11. ↑ Philippe Piguet, « Camille Henrot : à Venise, la ‘meilleure jeune artiste’ », L’Oeil, septembre 2013
  12. ↑ Caroline de Bodinat, « Kamel Mennour, l’accrocheur né », Madame Figaro, 24 octobre 2013
  13. ↑ Alex Greenberger (November 20, 2018), Neïl Beloufa Goes to Kamel Mennour  ARTnews .
  14. ↑ Alex Greenberger (July 1, 2021), Ahead of Swiss Pavilion at Venice Biennale, Latifa Echakhch Joins Pace Gallery ARTnews .
  15. ↑ Alex Greenberger (January 7, 2022), Maryan Estate Gets Gallery Representation with Paris’s Kamel Mennour Following Retrospective ARTnews .
  16. ↑ Alex Greenberger (January 7, 2022), Maryan Estate Gets Gallery Representation with Paris’s Kamel Mennour Following Retrospective ARTnews .
  17. ↑ Alex Greenberger (January 7, 2022), Maryan Estate Gets Gallery Representation with Paris’s Kamel Mennour Following Retrospective ARTnews .
  18. ↑ Alex Greenberger (January 31, 2020), Zineb Sedira, Artist Representing France at 2021 Venice Biennale, Faces Controversy Over Alleged Ties to BDS ARTnews .
  19. ↑ Alex Greenberger (January 7, 2022), Maryan Estate Gets Gallery Representation with Paris’s Kamel Mennour Following Retrospective  ARTnews .
  20. ↑ Alex Greenberger (November 23, 2020), Estate of Pioneering Abstractionist François Morellet Heads to Hauser & Wirth, Departing Blue-Chip Competitor ARTnews .

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