Art Paris

Finally! We are very happy to see you again at Art Paris, which will be held for the first time in the Grand Palais ephemeral venue located on the Champs de Mars, at the foot of the Eiffel Tower.

This year we will focus on our contemporary artists such as Jean-François Dubreuil, Nicholas Bodde, Henri Prosi or Antoine Perrot around a key artist of the gallery: Jean Dewasne (1921-1999).

Jean Dewasne, whose major work we will be presenting, was the artist who influenced Anne and Jean-Claude Lahumière's choice to embrace the geometric abstract trend with the gallery.

From 1966 onwards, our parents collaborated with the artist, publishing silkscreen prints and collecting his works, much to their delight. He represented France at the Venice Biennale in 1968.

He worked extensively with architects; in fact, the Centre Pompidou owes its vibrant colors to him, though few people know this. "Dewasne blue," as the director of the institution recalled during the Dewasne donation in 2014. His last major "Antisculpture," as he liked to call it, was the entire interior of the Grande Arche de la Défense.

The geometric design of our stands is often characterized by bold colors. Our exhibitions and trade fair booths were marked and identifiable by this distinctive style from the very beginning. Our contemporary artists, whom we thank for their unwavering support, are living proof of this.

We will also return to the exhibition "Overcoming, Reconstructing Reality" with Félix del Marle (1889 - 1952), Georges Folmer (1895 - 1977) and Jean Gorin (1899 - 1981), which presented these three artists, each in search of construction, having been at the origin of groups that marked their time such as "Space", "Abstraction-Creation" or even "Measure".

A few days after the Art Paris fair, we will open the second part of "Crossed Geometries", with six other contemporary artists from the gallery: Nicholas Bodde, Isabelle de Gouyon Matignon, Antoine Perrot, Henri Prosi, Sigurd Rompza and Moon-Pil Shim.