Olivier Dassault Paris • April 2016
Olivier Dassault Né le 1er juin 1951 à Boulogne Billancourt, Olivier Dassault est un homme aux multiples talents. Homme de presse et de communication, chef d’entreprise, député, musicien et photographe, il n’est pas un domaine dans lequel il n’aime exceller. Fidèle à l’argentique, c’est à l’aide de son Minolta XD7 de toujours qu’Olivier Dassault peint ses tableaux surréalistes et abstraits. Chasseur de lumière et d’invisible, il révèle ce qui ne se voit pas : le beau dans l’univers qui nous entoure. L’équipe d’Opera Gallery est heureuse et fière de présenter au grand public dans sa galerie parisienne de la rue du faubourg Saint-Honoré, 20 œuvres d’Olivier Dassault exposées à l’occasion d’un brunch, pour voyager au gré de la lumière et des couleurs dans un univers fait de déconstruction et de reconstruction, pour mieux exprimer notre réalité.
Born on June 1st, 1951 in Boulogne Billancourt, Olivier Dassault is a man of many talents: working in the press and media, as company director, deputy, musician and photographer, there’s no field in which he doesn’t love to excel. Loyal to analogue photography, Olivier Dassault still uses his Minolta XD7 to produce his surrealist and abstract pictures. Chasing light and the invisible, he reveals what cannot be seen: beauty in the universe that surrounds us. Opera Gallery team is delighted and proud to present to the general public 20 works by Olivier Dassault at its Paris gallery in the rue du faubourg Saint-Honoré. Launching at a brunch event, the exhibited works explore light and colours held in a universe in which deconstruction and reconstruction express our reality.
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MAJOR EVENTS STUDIES & DIPLOMA
AWARDS
1974 Engineer of the French Air Force Academy 1975 Professional pilote 1976 Degree in Mathematical Decision Sciences 1980 PH.D in IT Management
Knight of the Legion of Honour Officer of the National Order of Merit Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters
BIBLIOGRAPHY 2015 Drouot vu par Olivier Dassault - Exhibition catalogue, Galerie Drouot 2015 Langage de murs - Exhibition catalogue, Galerie Maeght 2014 Captures - Éditions Guy Pieters 2011 Photographismes - Éditions Guy Pieters 2009 Abstraction - Éditions Chez Higgins 2005 Ciels - Éditions Cercle d’Art 2002 La Cinquième Dimension - Éditions Somogy
1999 Entre Terre et Ciel - Éditions LPM Michel Lafon 1990 Photocolorism - Éditions Robert Laffont 1987 Danses de Feu - Éditions Anne Sigier 1984 Lignes d’Imaginaire - Éditions Portes du Sud 1983 Ces Regards d’Enfant - Éditions Anne Sigier 1978 Egypte - Congreve New York 1977 Oniropolis - Éditions Robert Laffont 1975 Fugues - Éditions Robert Laffont
EXHIBITIONS 2016 Melissa Morgan Fine Art - Palm Desert - USA 2016 “ 26 Works ” - Louis Stern Fine Arts - Los Angeles - USA 2015 “ BRAFA ” - Galerie Pierre Mahaux - Brussels - Belgium 2015 “ Drouot vu par Olivier Dassault ” - Galerie Drouot - Paris 2015 “ Langage de Murs ” - Galerie Maeght - Paris 2014 “ Anamorphose ” - Scarlett - Megève - France 2014 “ Captures ” - Guy Pieters Gallery - Knokke le Zoute - Belgium 2014 “ Arrêt sur Images ” - Agence Barnes Saint-Honoré - Paris 2014 Melissa Morgan Fine Art - Palm Desert - USA 2013 “ Empreintes ” Banque Transatlantique - Brussels - Belgium 2013 “ Les Instantanés d’Olivier Dassault ” - Young Gallery - Brussels - Belgium 2012 “ Insights ” Opera Gallery - London - UK 2012 “ Corda - Dassault ” Opera Gallery - Paris 2011 “ Photographismes ” Guy Pieters Gallery - Knokke le Zoute - Belgium 2010 “ Dialogue autour de l’Abstraction ” Galerie Artistes en Lumière - Paris 2010 “ Totem & Tabou ” Galerie Pierre Mahaux - Megève - France 2010 “ Mémoires d’Art ” Galerie Didier Aaron - Paris 2010 “ Acrobaties ” Agence Barnes Bonaparte - Paris 2009 “ Surimpressionnisme ” Espace H. Chevalier - Paris 2009 “ Abstraction ” Artcurial - Paris 2008 “ Urbania ” Galerie C. Bortone - Paris 2006 “ Invitation aux Voyages ” Galerie C. Van Dongen - Troyes - France 2005 FIAC Galerie Artlease - Paris 2005 “ Ciels ” Artcurial - Paris 2004 FIAC Galerie Artlease - Paris 2003 “ Lumières de Ciel, Lumières de Ville ” Galerie Sonia Zannettacci - Geneva 2003 “ Les Visions Recomposées ” Espace H. Chevalier - Paris 2002 “ La Cinquième Dimension ” Artcurial - Paris 1993 “ Découvertes ” Galerie G. Apicella - Cologne and Paris 1990 “ Photocolorism ” Espace Kronenbourg - Paris 1988 FIAC Galerie Heyram - Paris 1978 “ Egypte ” Galerie Pyramide - Paris 1977 “ Oniropolis ” Galerie Ferrero - Geneva 4
Module - Diptych, Palm Springs 2012 Silver and metal print cast in Altuglas with overlapping 2 cm wood frame, edition of 3 190 x 250 cm • 74.8 x 98.4 in. 6
Stigmate, Palm Desert 2014 Infused colours on Chromaluxe with overlapping 3 cm metal frame, edition of 8 125 x 80 cm • 49.2 x 31.5 in.
Monumenta, Australia 1988 Silver and metal print cast in Altuglas, edition of 3 250 x 100 cm • 98.4 x 39.4 in.
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Artpool, Saint-Tropez 2011 Silver and metal print cast in Altuglas with overlapping 2 cm wood frame, edition of 8 150 x 95 cm • 59.1 x 37.4 in. 10
Luci Opera - Triptych, New York 1988 Silver and metal print cast in Altuglas with overlapping 2,5 cm wood frame, edition of 3 130 x 216 cm • 51.2 x 85 in. 12
Liaisons, Shanghai 2010 Silver and metal print cast in Altuglas with overlapping 3 cm wood frame, edition of 8 90 x 160 cm • 35.4 x 63 in. 14
Origami, Shanghai 2010 Silver and metal print cast in Altuglas with overlapping 2 cm wood frame, edition of 8 110 x 160 cm • 43.3 x 63 in.
Oris, Mauritius Island 2009 Infused colours on Chromaluxe with overlapping 2 cm wood frame, edition of 8 150 x 100 cm • 59.1 x 39.4 in. 16
Paintmade, Shanghai 2010 Silver and metal print cast in Altuglas with overlapping 2 cm wood frame, edition of 8 75,5 x 170 cm • 29.7 x 66.9 in. 18
Stèle, Marrakech 2014 Silver and metal print cast in Altuglas with overlapping 4 cm wood frame, edition of 8 200 x 100 cm • 78.7 x 39.4 in.
Downtown Blues, Arkansas 1976 Silver and metal print cast in Altuglas with overlapping 2 cm wood frame, edition of 8 100 x 150 cm • 39.4 x 59.1 in. 20
Profil, New York 1987 Infused colours on Chromaluxe, sculpture of 4 faces, unique piece 100 x 42 cm • 39.4 x 16.5 in. each face
Aequalis, Bilbao 2009 Infused colours on Chromaluxe with overlapping 3 cm metal frame, edition of 8 110 x 110 cm • 43.3 x 43.3 in. 22
Jeu d’adresse, Paris 2011 Assemblage of 36 silver and metal prints cast in Altuglas with custom-made frame, unique piece 190 x 250 cm • 74.8 x 98.4 in. 24
Jeux Interdits, Lugano 2015 Duratrance silver print, edition of 3 150 x 90 cm • 59.1 x 35.4 in. 26
Euphorie, Bogota 2002 Assemblage of 2 silver and metal print cast in Altuglas with overlapping wood frame of various sizes, unique piece 120 x 134 cm • 47.2 x 52.8 in. 28
Winter, Valbrenne 2010 Assemblage of 2 silver and metal prints encased in Altuglas, double sided, edition of 5 52,5 x 35 x 3,5 cm • 20.7 x 13.8 x 1.4 in.
Darija - Triptych, Paris 2012 Infused colours on Chromaluxe with overlapping 3 cm metal frame, edition of 3 130 x 155 cm • 51.2 x 61 in. 30
Faisceaux Végétals, Australia 1988 Silver and metal print cast in Altuglas with overlapping 2 cm wood frame, edition of 5 123 x 193 cm • 48.4 x 76 in. 32
Big Bang - Diptyque, Saint-Tropez 2011 Infused colours on Chromaluxe with overlapping 3 cm wood frame, edition of 3 110 x 220 cm • 43.3 x 86.6 in. 34
Olivier Dassault Paris • April 2016
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