Xavier Veilhan
Xavier Veilhan (1963) is a French artist who lives and works in Paris. His work includes photography, sculpture, film, painting and installation art.[1][2]
Xavier Veilhan | |
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Born | 1963 Lyon, France |
Nationality | French |
Education | ENSAD, Paris |
Known for | sculpture, installation art, painting, photography, film |
Website | veilhan.com |
Life and career
After graduating from the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs in Paris, Xavier Veilhan continues his formation in Berlin at the Hochschule der Künste, in the atelier of artist Georg Baselitz. He returns to Paris to finish his studies in 1989 at the Institut des hautes Etudes en Arts plastiques.
His work is multi-faceted, encompassing sculpture, installation, painting and photography, as well as hybrids of all of these. He is also engaged in performance work and filmmaking. He plays with the notions of the generic, of the industrially produced object and of universal representation, creating objects at once ambivalent and stark. Concerned with the scenography of a dedicated presentation, Veilhan addresses issues of perception as well as the physical and temporal relationships created within the context of the exhibition format. His work is to be found in the most important public and private collections worldwide. He has also made several permanent public works in numerous locations across the world, as well as creating temporary site-specific interventions within Architectones, a project that has received critical acclaim since 2012.
Xavier Veilhan is represented by Andréhn-Schiptjenko (Stockholm, Paris), Perrotin (Paris, New York, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Seoul, Shanghai), Galeria Nara Roesler (São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, New York) and 313 Art Project (Seoul, Paris).
2017: Venice Biennale
He is chosen to represent France at the 57th Venice Biennale in 2017. The French Pavilion of the Venice Biennale 2017 has been transformed by Xavier Veilhan and the curators of the pavilion, Christian Marclay and Lionel Bovier, into a device in which professional musicians from all over the world took part throughout the event.
Expositions
Performance
- 2019
- Compulsory Figures, Les Subsistances, Lyon (France), La Villette, Paris (France) & Théâtre National de Bretagne, Rennes (France), from 5–8 December (Lyon) & from 17–22 December (Paris) & 14–18 January (Rennes).
Installations
- 2019
- La Crocodile, permanent installation by Xavier Veilhan and Olivier Mosset, Plateforme 10, Lausanne
- Romy and the dogs, MAAT, Lisbon
- Romy, Permanent installation on the forecourt of Lille Flandres Station, Lille
Solo Exhibitions
- 2019
- Nuit mexicaine, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm
- Xavier Veilhan, 313 Art Project, Séoul
- Channel Orange, Perrotin, Shanghai
- PLUS QUE PIERRE, Collégiale-Saint-Martin, FRAC Pays de la Loire, Angers
- 2017
- 57ème Biennale de Venise, Pavillon français, Venise
- Flying V, Perrotin, Paris
- 2016
- Le Baron de Triqueti, épisode III, Abbaye de Cluny, Cluny
- Résidence à la Fondation Casa Wabi, Puerto Escondido
- 2015
- Cedar, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm
- Horizonte verde, Galeria Nara Roesler, São Paulo
- Matching Numbers, La 3e Scène, Opéra national de Paris
- Vent moderne, festival Cinéma en plein air 2015 – Villette sur courts, La Villette, Paris
- Music, galerie Perrotin, Paris
- Music, galerie Perrotin, New York[3]
- 2014
- Maquettes, FRAC Centre, Orléans
- SYSTEMA OCCAM, performance, musée national Eugène-Delacroix, Paris
- On/off, Galerie des galeries, Paris[4]
- Bodies, 313 Art Project, Séoul
- Architectones, Maison Melnikov, Moscow ; Barcelona Pavilion, Barcelona [5]
- Les 30 Ans de Canal+ : L'Expo, Palais de Tokyo, Paris[6]
- 2013
- Mobiles, galerie Perrotin, Hong Kong
- SYSTEMA OCCAM, performance, MaMo, Cité Radieuse, Marseille ; Crossing the lines festival, New York City ; New Settings, Paris
- Architectones, Église Sainte-Bernadette-du-Banlay, Nevers ; MaMo, Cité Radieuse, Marseille ; Sheats-Goldstein Residence, Los Angeles
- Avant, Château de Rentilly, Marne-et-Gondoire[7]
- Jean-Marc, installation permanente, New York City
- 2012
- (IN)balance, The Phillips Collection, Washington
- Rays, La Conservera, Murcie
- Architectones, VDL Research House, Los Angeles ; intervention performance, CSH No. 21, Los Angeles
- Veilhan at Hatfield: Promenade, Hatfield House, Hatfield
- 2011
- Orchestra, galerie Perrotin, Paris
- Spacing, Ilju Fondation, Séoul
- Dark Matter, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm
- Free Fall, espace Louis Vuitton, Tokyo
- 2010
- 2009
- Veilhan Versailles, château de Versailles[9]
- Sophie, work in situ, Costes Restaurant Le Germain, Paris
- 2008
- Furtivo, galerie Perrotin, Paris
- Furtivo, Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, Turin
- 2007
- Metric, Gering & López Gallery, New York
- Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm
- 2006
- Les Habitants de la cité internationale de Lyon :
- Deux Pingouins
- Grand Pingouin
- Jeune Fille en roller
- Le Livreur de pizza
- Ours
- Homme au téléphone
- Miami Snowflakes, galerie Perrotin, Miami
- Sculptures automatiques, galerie Perrotin, Paris
- 2005
- Le Plein emploi, MAMC, Strasbourg
- Le Projet Hyperréaliste, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham
- Academy Museum, New York
- People as Volume, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm
- Fantome, Centro de Arte Caja de Burgos, Burgos
- Éléments célestes, artistic conception, Chanel Jewelry ; Taïwan, Paris, New York, Hong Kong, Tokyo
- Le Lion, place Stalingrad, Bordeaux (projet public)
- 2004
- Vanishing Point, Espace 315, Centre Pompidou, Paris
- Light Machines, Fondation Vasarely, Aix-en-Provence ; puis Écuries de Saint-Hugues, Cluny
- Keep the Brown, Galeria Javier Lopez, Madrid
- Big Mobile, Forum, Centre Georges-Pompidou, Paris
- Le Monstre, place du Grand Marché, Tours (projet public)
- 2003
- Keep The Brown, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York
- 2002
- Barbican Center, London
- Installation from the workshop, Center for Contemporary Art, CCA Kitakyushu, Japon
- Konsthallen, Göteborg
- 2001
- Fundació Joan Miró, Centre d’Estudis d’arte contemporani, Barcelona
- Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm
- 2000
- Le Magasin, Grenoble; commissariat de Yves Aupetitallot and Lionel Bovier
- La Ford T, terrasse du 5e étage, Centre Pompidou, Paris ; commissariat de Lionel Bovier
- Sandra Gering Gallery, New York
- The Rhinoceros, Yves Saint Laurent, New York
Group Exhibitions
- 2019
- On danse?, Mucem, Marseille (France). **Paris-Londres: Music Migrations (1962–1989), Palais de la Porte Dorée | Musée de l’Histoire de l’Immigration, Paris (France).
- Electro, Philharmonie de Paris | Musée de la Musique, Paris (France).
- Bêtes de scène, Villa Datris, Isle-sur-la-Sorgue (France).
- La Révolution Permanente, Fondation Vasarely en collaboration avec le Centre Pompidou, Aix-en-Provence (France).
- Sound on the 4th Floor, Daimler Art Collection, Berlin (Germany).
- Nouveaux Regards #2, Villa Noailles, Hyères (France).
- Reshaped Reality. 50 years of Hyperrealistic, National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan (China).
- Modernité des passions’’, ENSP & Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie, Arles (France).**Cast & copies, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris (France) & Fondation Gulbenkian, Lisbon (Portugal), Octobre 2019 – January 2020 (Paris) & April – September 2020 (Lisbon).
- 2015
- Sculpture in the city, Londres
- Simple forms: contemplating beauty, musée d'art Mori, Tokyo
- Une histoire, art, architecture, design, des années 1980 à aujourd’hui, MNAM-Centre Georges-Pompidou, Paris
- 2014
- Feito por Brasileiros/Made by Brazilians, Cidade Matarazzo, São Paulo
- Matrix: Mathematicians_Heart of gold and the abyss, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul
- Le Baron de Triqueti, Abbaye de Cluny[10]
- Skulptur I Pilane 2014, Pilane på Tjörn, Klövedal
- 2013
- Dynamo, un siècle de lumière et de mouvement dans l’art de 1913 à 2013, Grand Palais, Paris
- Happy Birthday Galerie Perrotin, galerie Perrotin, Paris
- 25 ans, Tripostal, Lille
- 2012
- Plaisirs de France, musée des beaux-arts, Bakou ; musée des beaux-arts, Almaty
- Christie's presents House of Cards, Waddesdon Manor, Waddesdon
- 2011
- The Deer, Le Consortium, Dijon
- All of the above, carte blanche à John M. Armleder, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
- French Window : looking at contemporary art through the Marcel Duchamp Prize, musée d'art Mori, Tokyo
- 2010
- Chefs d'œuvre ?, Centre Pompidou, Metz
- Le Mont Analogue, Centro Cultural Metropolitan, Quito, puis Montevideo
- Art for the world (The Expo), The city of forking Path, World Expo 2010, Shanghaï
- Catch me, Kunsthaus Graz
- 2009
- Galerie Perrotin, Miami
- Le sort probable de l'homme qui avait avalé le fantôme, Conciergerie, Paris
- Galerie Perrotin, Paris
- Dream Time, La Grotte, Mas d'Azil
- N’importe Quoi, musée d’art contemporain de Lyon
- 2008
- Demolition Party, Royal Monceau Palace Hôtel, Paris
- Allsopp Contemporary, Londres
- 2007
- Airs de Paris Centre Pompidou, Paris La Cabane Éclatée aux Paysages Fantômes, projet avec Daniel Buren ; Aérolite, spectacle musical avec Air)
- Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich
- 2006
- Kit O’Parts, CAN, Neuchâtel
- La Force de l'art / Grand Palais 2006, Paris
- Supernova : Experience Pommery # 3, domaine Pommery, Reims
- Thank you for the music, Simon Lee Gallery, Londres
- Collection and new acquisitions, Viktor Pinchuk Foundation, Kyiv
- Jardin des Tuileries ; Ville Nouvelle, cour de l’Hôtel de ville, Nuit blanche, Paris
- InTRANSIT from Object to Site, David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence
- 2005
- Water (Without You I’m not)-Thoughts of a fish in a deep sea, 3e Biennale d'art contemporain de Valence
- Fundacion La Caixa Collection, 20 years with Contemporary Art : New Acquisitions, Caixa Forum, Barcelona
- De lo Real y lo Ficticio : Arte contemporaneo de Francia, Museo de Arte Moderno de Mexico, Mexico; traveling to Bass Museum, Miami
- 2004
- None of the Above, Swiss Institute – Contemporary Art, New York
- Genesis Sculpture: Experience Pommery #2, domaine Pommery, Reims
- L’Eblouissement, galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris
- 2003
- It Happened Tomorrow, 7th Lyon Biennale of Contemporary Art, commissariat du Consortium, Lyon
- Split, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York
- JRP Editions Selected Multiples, galerie Edward Mitterand, Genève ; puis Galeria Javier Lopez, Madrid ; Raum Aktueller Kunst, Martin Janda, Vienne
- Coollustre, Collection Lambert, Avignon, commissariat de Eric Troncy
- 25th edition of International Biennial of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia, commissariat de Christophe Chérix and Lionel Bovier
- Glass Wall, device conceived for Faits et Gestes, Atelier de mécanique, parc des ateliers SNCF, Arles
- 2002
- Audiolab 2, palais de Tokyo, Paris
- Collections croisées, CAPC, Bordeaux
- La Part de l’autre, Carré d’art, Nîmes
- Les animaux sortent de leur réserve, Centre Georges-Pompidou, Paris
- Sculpture Now, Palm Beach Institute for Contemporary Art, Palm Beach
- Speed Art Museum, Louisville
- Optical Optimism, galerie Simonne Stern, La Nouvelle-Orléans
- Light X Eight, Jewish Museum, New York
- 2002 Taipei Biennial: Great Theatre Of The World, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan
- 2001
- A New Domestic Landscape, galerie Javier Lopez, Madrid
- Métamorphoses et Clonage, musée d’art contemporain de Montréal
- 2000
- Jour de fête, Centre Pompidou, musée national d’art moderne, Paris
- Xn00, Espace des Arts, Chalon-sur-Saône; commissariat de L. Bovier en collaboration avec E. Lebovici, JC Masséra, S. Moisdon Trembley, H.U. Obrist, assisté de Nicolas Trembley
- Over the Edges, S.M.A.K., Gand, Belgique
- The Collective Works, centre d’art contemporain de Toulouse, Toulouse
- Art Unlimited, Art’31, Bâle
- L'œuvre collective, Les Abattoirs, Toulouse ; commissariat de Pascal Pique
- Vivre sa vie, Tramway, Glasgow ; commissariat de Tanya Leighton
Films
- Matching Numbers, 2015. France. HD, color, 14 minutes 30. Directed by Xavier Veilhan; music by Zombie Zombie; produced by Opéra national de Paris/3e Scène. Courtesy Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Galeria Nara Roesler, Galerie Perrotin, 313 Art Project.
- Vent Moderne, 2015. France. HD, black and white, 27 minutes 39. Directed byr Xavier Veilhan; conceived by Alexis Bertrand and Violeta Kreimer; produced by Dimitri Chamblas and Amélie Couillaud; co-production La Villette, Paris and eXorde (collection Casoar); music by Avia, Florian Sumi, Yujim; choreography by Dimitri Chamblas and Stephen Thompson. Courtesy Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Galeria Nara Roesler, Galerie Perrotin, 313 Art Project.
- Pendule Dripping, 2011. France. Blu-ray, expérimental, couleur, 2 minutes 30. Réalisé par Xavier Veilhan. Courtesy Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Galeria Nara Roesler, Galerie Perrotin, 313 Art Project.
- L'affaire Dreyfus, 2010. France, Blu-ray, expérimental, noir et blanc, 14 minutes 40. Réalisé par Xavier Veilhan; produit par Frank Elbaz. Courtesy de l'artiste.
- Furtivo, 2008. France-Italie, Blu-ray, expérimental, couleur, 29 minutes. Réalisé par Xavier Veilhan ; musique par Sébastien Tellier ; co-produit par Renaud Sabari/AIA productions & Xavier Veilhan. Courtesy Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Galeria Nara Roesler, Galerie Perrotin, 313 Art Project.
- Radiator, 2008. France, Blu-ray, expérimental, couleur, 7 minutes 14. Réalisé par Xavier Veilhan en collaboration avec Michael Elion. Courtesy Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Galeria Nara Roesler, Galerie Perrotin, 313 Art Project.
- Cruiser, 2005. France, expérimental, couleur, 7 minutes 34. Réalisé par Xavier Veilhan; produit par APC+AIA Productions; musique par Sébastien Tellier. Courtesy Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Galeria Nara Roesler, Galerie Perrotin, 313 Art Project.
- Keep the Brown, 2003. France, Blu-ray, expérimental, couleur, silencieux, 8 minutes 30. Dirigé par Xavier Veilhan ; co-produit par Anna Sanders Films. Courtesy Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Galeria Nara Roesler, Galerie Perrotin, 313 Art Project.
- Drumball, 2003. France, Blu-ray, expérimental, couleur, silencieux, 7 minutes 40. Dirigé par Xavier Veilhan ; coproduit par Anna Sanders Films. Color silent movie. Courtesy Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Galeria Nara Roesler, Galerie Perrotin, 313 Art Project.
- Le Film du Japon, 2002. Japon, Blu-ray, expérimental, couleur, silencieux, 8 minutes 30. Dirigé par Xavier Veilhann ; coproduit par CCA Kitakyushu, JRP Éditions, Genève, & Anna Sanders Films. Courtesy Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Galeria Nara Roesler, Galerie Perrotin, 313 Art Project.
Bibliography
- Le Monstre, interview with Anastassia Makridou-Bretonneau and Valérie Pihet, text by Bénédicte Ramade, Tours: Eternal Network, 2016
- Architectones: Art in the living environment, texts by François Perrin, Sarah Lorenzen, Frank Escher, Pedro Gadanho, Ingrid Luquet-Gad, Jan Tumlir and Jean-Louis Cohen; interview with Claude Parent, Los Angeles : SPA, 2015
- Xavier Veilhan, monograph, texts by Andrew Berardini and Yuko Hasegawa, Paris: Turenne Editions, 2015
- Xavier Veillhan: Rays, Zurich : JRP Ringier, 2014
- Double Vues, chronique d'une exposition, Paris : Laurent Bochet, Éditions Florence Leoni, 2013
- Xavier Veilhan / (IN) Balance, text and interview by Vesela Stretenović, Washington : The Phillips Collection, 2012
- Xavier Veilhan at Hatfield – Promenade, text by Bénédicte Ramade, interview with Jessica Lack, London : Gascoyne Holdings Press, 2012
- Xavier Veilhan 1999–2009, monograph, texts by Jean-Pierre Criqui, Arnault Pierre, Laurent Le Bon, Pierre Senges, interview with Michel Gautier, Dijon; Zürich, 2009
- Xavier Veilhan. Des expositions comme des paysages, edited by Beaux Arts éditions, Paris, 2009.
- Xavier Veilhan 1999–2009, ed. Jean-Pierre Criqui, with texts by Jean-Jacques Aillagon, Jean-Pierre Criqui, Laurent Le Bon, Arnauld Pierre, Pierre Senges and an interview by Michel Gauthier, JRP| Ringier, Zurich, 2009
- Light Machines, edited by Les Presses du Réel, 2007
- Le Plein emploi, with texts by Michel Gauthier, Patrick Javault, Hakan Nilsson and John Welchman (in French and English), exhibition catalogue, Musée d'Art moderne et contemporain, Strasbourg, 2005
- Fantome, with text by Fernandeo Casto Florez, Centro de Arte Caja de Burgos, Burgos, Spain, 2005
- Vanishing Point, with texts by Alison Gingeras and Christine Macel, Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2004
- Xavier Veilhanv, with texts by Dan Cameron, Liam Gillick, Alison Gingeras, John Miller, Le Magasin, Grenoble, 2000
- Tableaux, 1997–1998, Center for Contemporary Art, Kitakyushu, 1999
- Xavier Veilhan, Centre de Création Contemporaine, Tours; FRAC Languedoc Roussillon, Montpellier; Consortium, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Dijon; Editions JRP, Geneva; 1995
- Xavier Veilhan, artist book, Galerie Jennifer Flay, Paris, 1992
- Un centimètre égal un mètre, with texts by Eric Troncy, Liam Gillick (in French and in English), exhibition catalogue, A.P.A.C., Centre d'Art Contemporain, Nevers & Paris, 1991
- Xavier Veilhan. Un peu de biologie, with an interview by Nicolas Bourriaud (in Italian and in English), exhibition catalogue, Galleria Fac-Simile, Milano, 1990
Documentaries
- Architectones by Xavier Veilhan
French/English. Running time: 70'.
Editor: A.P.R.E.S. Productions, 2016
Director: François Combin / URUBU Films
- Veilhan Versailles – DVD
French/English. Running time : 52'.
Publisher Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 2009.
Director : Jordan Feldman
- 256 jours – DVD
French/English. Running time : 90'.
Editor Bureau des vidéos, 2007
Director : Jordan Feldman
References
- "Red Bull Music Academy". redbullmusicacademy.com. Red Bull Music Academy. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- Sherman, Julia (16 January 2019). "The Artist Who Cooks Lunch for His Studio (Almost) Every Day". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 6 February 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- "Xavier Veilhan: l'artiste qui a sculpté Quincy Jones, Daft Punk, Rick Rubin, Moroder..." (in French). Les Inrocks. 27 February 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- « Xavier Veilhan épate la galerie », Next, Libération.
- http://oldtmt.vedomosti.ru/news/article/french-artist-sets-moscow-landmark-on-fire/500824.html
- « Xavier Veilhan croque l'esprit Canal », Le Monde.
- Xavier « Veilhan relooke le château de Rentilly », Télérama.
- « RAL 5015: Quand Xavier Veilhan et John Dodelande réveillent nos désirs d’évasion », Urban Attitude, 22 février 2013.
- "Veilhan réveille Versailles, pas la polémique". 20 Minutes (in French). Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- « L'artiste contemporain Xavier Veilhan investit l'abbaye de Cluny », Le Point.