Ephemeral memories｜Marc DESGRANDCHAMPS's Solo Exhibition Information

This November, AKI Gallery will present a solo exhibition of the master of contemporary figurative paintings, Marc DESGRANDCHAMPS who has a great influence on French contemporary art. Early in the 1987 and 1995, he had already held solo exhibitions at The Centre Pompidou in France and been displayed in numerous international exhibitions.

(Marc Desgrandchamps | Untitled (1945) | Oil on canvas | diptych, 200x300cm | 2014)

「 I often paint beach landscapes, the beach is an vast open space and land-water interface. 」－Marc DESGRANDCHAMPS

The solo exhibition this time, Ephemeral Memories, is a retrospective that attempts to review his artworks of each period. Echoing with each other, his works from different periods of times lead his audience into the artist’s world of memory projection. He translates his life fragments and experiences into scenes that merge both memory and imagination. Depicting the almost transparent blend of figures and environment to create a montage effect of photo editing, his complex composition is a re-cutting and fusion of fleeting memories into the grand scene in his mind.

(Marc Desgrandchamps | Les Rivages | Oil on canvas | Diptych, 55 x 92 cm | 2022 courtesy Galerie EIGEN + ART Leipzig/Berlin Photo: Studio Julien Bouvier)

“Memory, the partial survival of a phenomenon after its cause has vanished.” -Marc DESGRANDCHAMPS

His latest works, “Les Rivages” and “Signe Des Temps” are translated into "the horizon” and “sign of the time” in English. With translucent paint, the figures in the scenes appeared clear and a bit see-through. His classic blue sky and turquoise tones are striking, turning realistic snapshots into sequences of dreams and abstract memories. He believes that a title given to a painting is like an added color, like a footnote of the state. Sometimes, it is even more like a letter written to the viewer. Just as the artist Marcel Duchamp once said, “The title of a painting is a color that has not yet come out of the tube.”

(Marc Desgrandchamps | Untitled | Oil on canvas | 55 x 46 cm | 2021courtesy Galerie EIGEN + ART LeipzigBerlin Photo Studio Julien Bouvier)

(Marc Desgrandchamps | Signe des temps | Oil on canvas | 55 x 46 cm | 2021 courtesy Galerie EIGEN + ART Leipzig/Berlin Photo: Studio Julien Bouvier)

2022.11.05-2022.12.04 This exhibition will lead the audience into the artist's slide film showroom, to experience the remain of the beautiful moments of life together.

(Marc Desgrandchamps | Untitled | Gouache on paper | 40 x 30 cm | 2021 courtesy Galerie EIGEN + ART LeipzigBerlin)

Exhibition Details

• Ephemeral memories｜Marc DESGRANDCHAMPS's Solo Exhibition
• Date: November 5-December 4, 2022
• Venue: AKI Gallery
• Address: 141 Min Tsu W. Rd., Taipei 10369, Taiwan

About the Artist

Marc DESGRANDCHAMPS

Marc Desgrandchamps (born in 1960) lives and works in Lyon (France), leading painter figure painter of the French art scene. Often known as the master of contemporary figurative paintings, Marc DESGRANDCHAMPS has a great influence on French contemporary art. Early in the 1987 and 1995, he had already held solo exhibitions at The Centre Pompidou in France, Fondation pour l’art contemporain Claudine et Jean-Marc Salomon, Alex, France (2013). In 2023, there will held a splendid exhibition at the Musée d'Art Contemporain de Marseille [MAC], France.

Information Source: Official press release