October 31st 2007 _ L'événementiel

Success of the Salon Jeune Creation Europeenne

A successful first stage for the Salon Jeune Creation Europeenne 2007-2009 in Montrouge

In 2007, the 7th edition of the Salon Jeune Création Européenne has become a travelling contemporary art biennale. It relies on a network of six associated countries which will present, successively, the 85 artists selected: France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Lithuania, Austria completed by 5 other countries: Hungary, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Slovakia.

The fisrt stage of the travelling biennale was held in Montrouge from September 22nd to October 13th and attracted more than 6 000 visitors, which represents a progression of 20% compared to 2006.
Other associated events attracted 3 000 participants :

- A conference organized in partnership with the “Journal des Arts” on the theme “Between market and institution, what future is there for emerging artists ?”, gathered over 60 students, artist and art professionals. An electronic report of this debate will soon be available on the City of Montrouge’s website www.ville-montrouge.fr.

- The private opening and ceremony for the Grand Prix de la Jeune Création Européenne 2007-2009 awarded to Marie-Odile Hubert, a talented young French photographer.

- A private opening party,” La nuit écarlate”, initiated by the city of Montrouge in 2006 and under the artistic
direction of Communic’Art, has encountered, yet again, a great success. Over 1 500 people came to visit the exhibition
with the art guides from ICART and IESA, and dance until dawn to the sound of DJ Iodah, a Hotel Costes resident and Dj Oliver, a Pershing Hall resident who were accompanied by a remarkable saxophonist and percussionist.

- A public auction orchestrated by Maître Cornette de St Cyr allowed 40 young artists to get works into private collections.

The Salon Jeune Création Européenne has generated great enthusiasm from numerous European cities, wanting to be associated to the event. The ambition of Mr Metton, the Mayor of the City of Montrouge, is to gather 15 countries.

Ville de Montrouge – Salon Jeune Création Européenne – www.sejc.fr

October 30th 2007 _ Catalogues

A catalogue Adami for Daniel Templon

Communic'Art created the catalogue of Valerio Adami's new exhibition entitled Jusqu'ici, presented at galerie Daniel Templon

Three years after the exhibition Préludes et après-ludes, Valerio Adami presents a new exhibition at Galerie Daniel Templon from October 27th until December 29th 2007. The exhibition gathers 30 paintings and drawings executed since 2005.

Adami_JusquIciValerio Adami continues to explore the theme of Melancholy which he has developped over the past years.

Couples, musicians, mythical or religious characters are set in a closed-off universe and express the vanity of human condition, which artistic creation tries to compensate.

In a very recognizable way, Adami uses very precise pencil drawings to structure his canvasses with he erases until they give the paintings an extreme sobriety. By doing so, Adami offers a strong tool to reflect on the allegory or definition of space.

The catalogue presents an « abstract poem for Valerio » by Michel Deguy along with a text by Pascal Guignard, winner of the Goncourt Prize in 2002, inspired by the artist’s work. In addition, a manuscript by Adami which explains the title of the exhibition, Jusqu’ici and photographs taken in his studio give a very intimate feel to the book.

Valerio Adami was born in Bologna in 1935. Starting in 1958, he travels and lives in different European cities, the United States, Latin America and India.

He has exhibited his work at the Jewish Museum in New York, the Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville and the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, but also in Mexico, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Buenos Aires.

Valerio Adami is currently working on creating a Foundation devoted to drawing : « The drawing Institute –  Fondo Adami » in Meina, Italy. In 2006, the Musée d’Art Contemporain of Lisboa presented the first retrospective on his work and a large exhibition is being prepared at the Pomodoro Foundation in Milan for 2009.

This catalogue is distributed by our partner PARIS MUSÉES in 300 bookstores in France, including 50 specialized with an Art section.

The catalogue will be listed in over forty (40) professional databases and online bookstores, including Fnac, Amazon and Dilicom. The catalogue will also be distributed in Europe, North America, Canada and Eastern Europe.

Galerie Daniel Templon – 30 rue Beaubourg – 75003 Paris – Tél : +331 42 72 14 10 – www.danieltemplon.com

October 25th 2007 _ Media campaign

2nd edition of Strasbourg Capitale du Verre

The European Studio Glass Art Association entrusts Communic'Art with the media campaign of the 2nd edition of Strasbourg, Capitale du Verre

The first edition of « Strasbourg, Capitale du Verre » held in 2006 attracted more than 40 000 visitors. In 2007, the event should welcome an even larger public with the TVG-Est that links Paris to Strasbourg in just 2 hours and 20 minutes! « Strasbourg, Capitale du Verre » is going to become the most important european event for art and glass lovers.

This event, initiated by the European Studio Glass Art Association or ESGAA, brings forward all artistic aspects of glass in 17 exhibitions with 40 international artists: design, decorative art, architecture, sculpture, and photography.

This event takes place in a historical and cultural context closely related to glass. It is indeed in Alsace and the surrounding area such as Lorraine and the Vosges where French glass-making industry was born, including Baccarat, Lalique and Saint-Louis…

Even though, for centuries, this material was mainly used with decorative and utilitarian functions, glass has become, in a few decades, a medium commonly used in contemporary art.

This event aims at establishing an artistic interest in glass, both for amateurs and professionals.

L’ESGAA has entrusted Communic’Art with the media campaign for the event. Regional, general, artistic, design and fashion media have been addressed. A few days before the event’s inauguration, close to 20 articles were already published in the press.

European Studio Glass Art Association – Strasbourg, Capitale du Verre – www.biennaleduverre.org

October 15th 2007 _ Catalogues

The first monograph on Emmanuel Barcilon

Emmanuel Barcilon’s first monograph created for Dukan & Hourdequin and Pascal Polar galleries

Born in 1967, Emmanuel Barcilon received his diploma from the Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts in Cergy. Since the end of the 1990s, he has been exhibiting regularly in galleries and contemporary art centers in Europe and mainly in France.

BarcillonThis first catalogue gathers twenty paintings realised between 2005 and 2007.

Their specificity lies in the treatment of surface and colours which plays with nuances of opacity and transparency.

Emmanuel Barcilon covers his canvasses with pigmented varnish, adds marks to it and sands it down to reveal the previous drawing. This operation is then repeated several times until the varnish becomes lacquered and reflects the spectator.

The catalogue translates this very specific texture by using a strong varnish. Colours, shapes, textures, transparencies, graphic inventions, tinted areas, writings, drawings inhabit the paintings with spontaneity.

Barcilon’s pictorial intent gets animated between spaces of pure colour, abstract drawings and almost unreadable writings.

This monograph is nourrished by texts by three critics and art historians : Lionel Dax, writer and art historian, teaches semiology and aesthetics. Alexandra Fau, journalist for various art magazines and independant curator. Anne Malherbe is a journalist and editor of Artivi, a WebTV on art.

This catalogue is distributed by our partner PARIS MUSÉES in 300 bookstores in France, including 50 specialized with an Art section. The catalogue will be listed in over forty (40) professional databases and online bookstores, including Fnac, Amazon and Dilicom. The catalogue will also be distributed in Europe, North America, Canada and Eastern Europe.

Galerie Dukan&Hourdequin – 83, rue d’Aubagne 13001 Marseille – Tel : 04 91 33 65 80 – www.dukanhourdequin.com

Galerie Pascal Polar – Chaussée de Charleroi 108, 1060 Bruxelles – Tel : + 332 537 81 36 – www.pascalpolar.be