Paul Devautour

Paul Devautour is a French artist born in 1958 who lives and works in Shanghai.[1][2]

Life and career

In collaboration with Yoon Ja Choi he created in 1985 the Collection Yoon Ja & Paul Devautour.[3] They conceived works and exhibitions until 2004 under the names of Buchal et Clavel, Cercle Ramo Nash,[4] Gladys Clover, J. Duplo, Manuel Ismora, Art Keller, Claude Lantier,[5] Alexandre Lenoir, Martin Tupper and David Vincent.[6] Some of their collected pieces are kept at the MAMCO in Geneva.[7] Others are part of the Frac Poitou-Charentes collection (registered under the pseudonym Martin Tupper),[8] the Villeurbanne Institut d'Art Contemporain collection,[9] the Centre national des arts plastiques collection.[10]

From 2004 to 2008, Paul Devautour held the position of dean of the École Nationale Supérieure d’Art de Bourges.[11]

Since 2008 he is the director of XiYiTang in Shanghai, an exchange platform for art school students and a residency program for young artists.

He created with Xia Yilan DeYi Studio.[12] Their manifesto[13] was published in 2015 in Art Press.[14]

He opened in 2011 in a Shanghai market an independent art space named Bazaar Compatible Program.[15][16]

Selected exhibitions
  • Mobiles d'emprunt, Paris, Sylvana Lorenz Gallery (1989)
  • Objectif Documenta, Kiel, Sfeir-Semler Gallery (1991)
  • Générique vers une solidarité générationnelle, Meymac, CAC (1992)[17]
  • Aperto '93, Venice Biennale (1993)
  • 21st National and International Studio Artists Exhibition, New York, MoMA PS1 (1997)[18]
  • Martin Tupper, Angoulême, Frac Poitou-Charentes, (2006)[19]
  • DeYi Studio Shanghai Paul Devautour, œuvres tardives, Quimper, Le Quartier (2014)[20]

References
  1. "Paul Devautour | Centre Pompidou". www.centrepompidou.fr. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
  2. "DEVAUTOUR, Paul - Le Delarge". www.ledelarge.fr. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
  3. Colard, Jean-Max (1998-05-13). "Yoon Ja & Paul Devautour - Artistes sans oeuvres". Les Inrockuptibles (in French). Retrieved 2020-11-01.
  4. "Cercle Ramo Nash - Artistes Art Contemporain - CRAC OCCITANIE à Sète - Centre Régional d'Art Contemporain OCCITANIE / Pyrénées-Méditerranée". crac.laregion.fr. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
  5. "MAMCO Genève - Collection - Catalogue - Claude Lantier, Collection Yoon-ja & Paul Devautour, Artforum Vol. XXV, 1990". www.mamco.ch. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
  6. "Générique | Centre Pompidou". www.centrepompidou.fr. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
  7. Wutz, Maria. "Mamco / Yoon Ja & Paul Devautour". archive.mamco.ch. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
  8. "Martin Tupper, collection FRAC Poitou-Charentes". www.frac-poitou-charentes.org. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
  9. "Art Keller (collection Yoon Ja et Paul Devautour) ← Artists ← IAC — Institut d'art contemporain — Villeurbanne/Rhône-Alpes". i-ac.eu. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
  10. "Portrait de Guy Debord". www.cnap.fr.
  11. "Artiste et enseignant - entretien avec Paul Devautour". artpress (in French). 2011-08-26. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
  12. "Paul Devautour, oeuvres tardives". www.paris-art.com. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
  13. "Manifeste - Passons à autre chose". Space (in French). Retrieved 2020-11-02.
  14. "sommaire artpress2 n°36 "Les expositions : à l'ère de leur reproductibilité"". artpress. 2015-02-10. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
  15. Wang, Dan. "Bazaar Compatible Program / IPA". www.instituteforpublicart.org. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
  16. "Urban Independent Space Practice--If the Compatible is Possible | Shanghai Minsheng Art Museum". www.minshengart.com. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
  17. Centre d'art contemporain (Abbaye Saint-André (Meymac, France)); FRAC Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (1994). Générique: Vers une solidarité opérationnelle : [exposition] Abbaye Saint-André, Centre d'art contemporain, Meymac, 10 octobre-13 décembre 1992 ; Génerique 2, [Marseille] F.R.A.C. Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, 5 mars-14 avril 1994 (in French). Meymac: Centre d'art contemporain. OCLC 32021257.
  18. "21st National and International Studio Artists Exhibition | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  19. Ardenne, Paul (2006-09-01). "Martin Tupper : Frac Poitou-Charentes, Angoulême, 12 mai - 2 septembre 2006". artpress (in French). Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  20. "DeYi Studio Shanghai "Paul Devautour, œuvres tardives" | Cnap". www.cnap.fr. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
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