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PRESENTATION OF THE FAIR For the second consecutive year, the 2011 SLICK ART FAIR will be pitching a 2,000m2 marquis tent on the esplanade between the prestigious Palais de Tokyo and Paris’ Museum of Modern Art. More than 40 international galleries and thousands of photographs, drawings, paintings, sculptures, videos and installations will be unveiled during the fair – through solo shows and collective exhibitions. Since 2006, SLICK has become synonymous with emerging artistic talent and renown as a space for introducing the up-and-coming art scene to both a French and international public. In recent years, certain wellestablished galleries that present at the FIAC have joined the SLICK ART FAIR to showcase their emerging artists and contribute to the forefront of today’s contemporary art scene. This October, special projects (installations and monumental works) by select galleries will also punctuate exhibition space, offering pockets of artistic inspiration. In order to highlight the increasingly important role played by the private sector in contemporary art developments, the fair will also welcome prestigious, private-sector collections in an exhibition that will bring together approximately thirty works.
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THE 2011EDITION GALLERIES LESS THAN ONE YEAR OLD
Three of the four young galleries presenting at SLICK have decided to organize collective shows in order to demonstrate their artistic direction to the general public. Opened in May 2011, White Project (Paris) will present a group show that brings together four artists: Clément Cogitore, Rafael Carneiro, Paulo ClimacHausta and Fabiano Gonper. Didier Gourvennec Ogor gallery, which has just opened a space in Marseille, will undertake the same approach, representing artists such as Dieter Detzner, Timothée Talard, Rob de Oude, Régis Perray and Giancarlo Caporicci. Inception (Paris), managed by Mannan Ibrahim Chaudry – the former curator for “Slick Orient” in 2010 – will open this September with a Sarah Mapple solo show and an Ai Weiwei show in December. Galerie Backslash open in Paris since November 2010 proposes a face-to-face between two artists that are both interested in the street, as a space for the flow of people, as a form of identify, or as a public space for communication and exchange.
FIAC OR NOT FIAC
Two galleries have decided to present both at SLICK and at the FIAC. The excellent New Galerie (Paris) will share a botth with Imo Project (Copenhague). Yvon Lambert will also have a presence at Slick as an editor of contemporary art works. His Collection Lambert en Avignon will showcase a series of mayor artistic works. Other gallerists who have already participated in the FIAC, are at SLICK this year Galerie Patricia Dorfmann (Paris) and Galerie Suzanne Tarasieve (Paris) will be a part of the Slick Project this year
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(see further information below). Virgil de Voldere gallery (New York) presents two American artists, Brody Condon and Markus Hansen, while Galerie Bernard Jordan (Paris) proposes a group show.
BACK AGAIN
Because SLICK is a commercial success for its exhibitors, 33% galleries this year have already exhibited at SLICK. Coming back again this year are: Alice Gallery (selection of artists from the urban art scene such as Todd James or Sixeart alongside fierce artists such as Antoine Bouillot), Bodson-Emelinckx Gallery, The Cynthia Corbett Gallery, Galerie 13 Jeannette Mariani (four women artists whose works are characteristic of the artistic direction of the gallery: Anne Brunet, Espira, Carmen Ramirez and Sabrina Montiel-Soto), Galerie Metropolis, Bertrand Grimont, Ilan Engel Gallery, Fonds Canson pour l’Art et le Papier, Leonardo Agosti Gallery (formerly L.A. Gallery), Galerie Paris Beijing, The Flat - Massimo Carasi, The Running Horse, and Virgil de Voldere Gallery.
NEW ARRIVALS
67% of this year’s galleries are first-time exhibitors at Slick. Among these are some very recent galleries (White Project, Didier Gourvennec Ogor, Inception, Backslash Gallery), while others are already well established and have chosen Slick as a forum for showcasing their work and the artists they support. Kudlek Van Der Grinten gallery will bring together 5 artists from different
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backgrounds and styles: Jonathan Callan, Alexander Gorlizki, Izima Karou, Robert Currie and Simon Schubert. The Vidal-Saint Phalle gallery presents three Americans alongside French artist Marine Joatton. And Françoise Besson, Olivier Robert, Bernard Bouche, Marie-José Degrelle, Alain Oudin, TMProject and Nicolas Silin.
ARTISTS AND ARTWORKS
PRIVATE COLLECTORS AT THE FAIR
For the first time this year, non-commercial entities have also decided to present their collections – as Slick has become synonymous with a place for networking and meeting the major actors and collectors of the contemporary art world. Mentioned above, the Collection Lambert en Avignon will take over a space at the fair. SLICK will also welcome the IACCCA, the International Association of Corporate Collections of Contemporary Art, which includes a number of international private sector collectors. Jacqueline d’Amecourt, IACCA’s guest curato, has selected approximately thirty works from these collections la Société Générale, ING Bel- gium, HSBC France, la DZ Bank,la Fondation Neuflize Vie, Dexia, Première Heure, Norac, le Groupe Lhoist, Attijariwafa Bank, works by Boltanski, Marie Jo Lafontaine, Robert Smithson, Anish Kapoor, Valérie Belin, Joseph Bartscherer, Gordon Matta Clark, Robert Mapplethope, Mohamed Bourouissa. Finally, the Fonds Canson pour l’Art et le Papier will once again show its appreciation for the SLICK public by presenting at the fair the winner of its Canson Prize. Last year’s winner of this prize, Fabien Mérelle, was a huge success among the fair’s general public and collectors alike: the entirety of his works on display were sold by his gallerist, Jean Roch Dard, a Slick 10 exhibitor. We trust that the visitors will extend and equally warm welcome to the Dutch artist Ronald Cornelissen (galerie Bernard Jordan), this year’s winner.
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OUR AIM: TO SHOWCASE THE EMERGING FRENCH AND INTERNATIONAL SCENE
Like many homegrown actors in French contemporary art, we are committed to presenting and supporting the national art scene. Therefore, 68% of our galleries are French this year. SLICK also aims help its audiences discover emerging international talents. In Slicker, the journal edited by the SLICK team members, and for each issue, a professional from the art world presents his or her point of view on the art scene of a specific country (India, Brazil, etc.) At the SLICK fair, Paris-Beijing will propose a selection of young Korean artists. Shown around the world, the photographs of Chinese artist Liu Bolin will also be presented by the gallery and in parallel to the group show. The Beirut-based gallery, The Running Horse, will present three Lebanese artists: Rasha Kahil, Hiba Kalache and Alfred Tarazi. In 2011, SLICK will also welcome artists from Japan, Russia, France, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Italy, Denmark, Germany, Chili and Switzerland.
SLICK PROJECT
Each year, SLICK proposes a focus on a region of the world or on a specific medium, either inside the fair and in dedicated spaces, or outside of the fair grounds. After the Slick 2008 video program « SlickVideoArt »; the March 2008 and 2009 « Slick Dessin » or Slick drawing events during the week of drawings in Paris; the 2010 « Slick Orient » section at the fair; and the March 2011 « Dessins
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Exquis » show that brought together more than 60 artists for an in situ cadaver exquis project in JTM gallery’s 1000m2 space, Slick is proud to present Slick Project, a selection of 5 ambitious projects that will be exhibited within the fair and produced by 5 galleries. Bodson-Emelinckx Gallery presents a collection of skateboards customized by international artists including Damien Hirst, Keith Haring, Shepard Fairey, Baldessari, Nara, Jeff Koons, Richard Prince, among others. After revealing the work of Jean Denant at the 2010 fair, Leonardo Agosti Gallery reinforces its engagement to this young French artist by exhibiting a new work 3.20m by 2.60m, Mappemonde, composed of impacts of hammer on placo-plâtre. The Projet Camille will bring together 23 women artists around the theme “Identity and Gender: 22 +1”. This selection will reveal the vitality of the French artistic scene through different mediums, ranging from painting, video, drawings, photographs, sculptures and installations. Among those participating are Agnès Thurnauer, Béatrice Cussol, Anita Molinero, Françoise Petrovitch, Florence Paradeis, Natacha Nisic, Marlène Mocquet, Chloé Julien, Natasha Lesueur, Marie-Ange Guilleminot, and Delphine Coindet. Suzanne Tarasiève gallery will present two photographs by Boris Mikaelof, who is now exhibiting at MOMA.
artist Alicia Larraín Chaux. Polka Galerie, specialized in photography and editor of the Polka magazine, will showcase a photographer duo: Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre who capture the ruins of theatres throughout the western world. The Russian Artcurator proposes a solo show of the German painter Marina Sailer. Finally, the Fonds Canson pour l’Art et le Papier will present its 2011 award recipient, Ronald Cornelissen. A duo show is also a wonderful strategy for revealing the artistic work of two artists working in similar thematic areas. The Ilan Engel Gallery, which did not go unnoticed last year with its highly popular Stephan Crasneanscki solo show, will present two artists who work with light: Eric Michel and Arnaud de Gramont.
SOLO SHOW
While commercially more risky, solo shows are one of the most effective ways of introducing the work of an artist. Several galleries are taking this bold approach: Caroline Smulders, with her ILOVEMYJOB entity, presents Gabrielle Wambaugh. The artist will work on all the panels of the stand to create a sculptural project. The Galerie Bruno Mory will exhibit the singular creations of Pierre-Yves Bohm. Francis Marshall is also a key actor in art brut and the galerie J.P. Ritsch-Fisch proposes a solo show of his objects created from non-noble materials that he gathers throughout his different meanderings. La Victoria Morell Gallery will present the installations and paintings of the Chilean
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All press photos are available on the SLICK web site www.slickparis.com, under “Press”. Please contact Coline Carrasco for high definition photos. Presented below is a selection:
Alice-Steve Powers
White Project-Clement Cogitore
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TheFlat-Johansson - photos
Leonardo Agosti Gallery-Jean Denant
TheFlat-Scott Campbell - laser on dollars
The Cynthia Corbett Gallery-Lluís Barba
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Backslash-Fahamu Pecou - ... And Poor Us Is He
Galerie Françoise Besson - Jean-Xavier Renaud TheRunningHorse-Percy Circus
Galerie Nicolas Silin-Caroline Le Méhauté Galerie Van Der Grinten-Simon Schubert
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TheFlat Massimo Carrasi-Bevilacqua
Galerie Bruno Mory-Pierre-Yves Bohm
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LISTE DES EXPOSANTS Galerie 13 Jeannette Mariani (Paris) A.L.I.C.E. Gallery (Bruxelles) Artcurator.ru (moscow) Backslash Gallery (Paris) Galerie Françoise Besson (Lyon) Bodson-Emelinckx Gallery (Bruxelles) Galerie Bernard Bouche (Paris) The Cynthia Corbett Gallery (London) Galerie Marie-José Degrelle (Reims) Ilan Engel Gallery (Paris) Fonds Canson pour l'Art et le Papier (Hérouville Saint Clair) Galerie Gourvennec Ogor (Marseille) Galerie Bertrand Grimont (Paris) heartgalerie _Bluemoov_Editions (Paris) Kudlek Van Der Grinten Galerie (Köln) IACCCA (International Association of Corporate Collections of Contemporary Art) ILOVEMYJOB Caroline Smulders (Paris) IMO (Copenhager) Inception (Paris) Galerie Bernard Jordan (Paris) Yvon Lambert Avignon (Avignon) Livart (Paris) Galerie Metropolis (Paris) Victoria Morell Gallery (Paris) Galerie Bruno Mory (Bonnay) New Galerie (Paris) Galerie Alain Oudin (Paris) Galerie Paris Beijing (Paris) Polka Galerie (Paris) SLICK PROJECT J.P. Ritsch-Fisch Galerie (Strasbourg) Galerie Olivier Robert (Paris) Leonardo Agosti Gallery (Plaissan) Galerie Nicolas Silin (Paris) Projet Camille (Paris) The Flat – Massimo Carasi (Milano) JGM Galerie (Paris) The Running Horse (Beirut) Galerie Maria Lund (Paris) TMproject (Genève) Galerie de Roussan (paris) Galerie Vidal-Saint Phalle (Paris) Galerie Suzanne Tarasieve (Paris) Virgil de Voldere Gallery (New York) TheSk8Room.com (Bruxelles)
du 20 au 23 octobre 2011 de 12h à 20h (fermeture des caisses 45mn avant)
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