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Alain Jacquet Biography
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1939 |
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Born: in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
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1959 - 1960 |
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Studied architecture at L’Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
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1962 |
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Began to develop his famous Camouflages painted in vivid colours and often using motifs from older paintings
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1964 |
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First trip to the US where he met Warhol and Lichtenstein
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2005
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"Alain Jacquet", Museum of modern and contemporary Art MAMAC, Nice, France (solo)
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2002
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"Alain Jacquet, camoufages 1961-1964", Couvent des Cordeliers, Châteauroux, France (solo) "Alain Jacquet: du camouflage a la trame 1962-1968", Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France (solo)
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2001
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"Les Années Pop", Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
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2000
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"Les 100 sourires de Mona Lisa", Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
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1999
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Palais des Congrès, Paris, France (solo) "Pop Impressions Europe/USA" (Wendy Weitman), Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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1998
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"Rétrospective: oeuvres de 1951 à 1998", Musée de Picardie, Amiens, France (solo) Galerie Hervé Lourdel, Paris, France (solo) Galerie Métropolis, Lyon, France (solo) Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Bruxelles, Belgium (solo) "Rendez-Vous", Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY (solo) "Masterpieces from the Centre Georges Pompidou and the Guggenheim", Musée Guggenheim, New York, NY
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1997
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"Made in France 1947-1997, 50 ans de création en France", Centre Georges Pompidou / Mnam, Paris, France (solo) Galerie Hugo Lapa, Lisbonne, Portugal (solo)
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1996
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"Alain Jacquet: Oeuvres recentes", Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France (solo) "Camouflages 62-63", Galerie Daniel Varenne, FIAC, Paris (solo)
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1995
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"Portraits", Galerie Pierre Nouvion, Monaco, France (solo)
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1993
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"L’atelier de New York", Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée National d’Art moderne, Paris, France (solo) "Alain Jacquet, fait main, Variations sur la Terre", Galerie Beaubourg, Paris, France (solo)
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1992
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"Exposition Universelle de Séville", Pavillon français, Séville, France (solo),br>"Alain Jacquet, œuvres récentes", Centre d'Art de Castres et Centre d'Art de l’Albijois, Albi, France (solo)
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1991
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Galerie Jousse Seguin, Paris, France (solo) Galerie Pascale de Sarthe, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
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1990
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Centre de la Vieille Charité, Marseille, France (solo) Galerie Beaubourg, Paris, France (solo)
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1989
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Biennial of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil (solo) Galerie Beaubourg, Marianne et Pierre Nahon, Paris, France (solo) "De l’instabilité", CNAP, Paris, France (solo)
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1988
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"Alain Jacquet, Bilder + grafik 1965- 1971", Schedle & Arpagus Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland (solo) Galerie Bonnier, Geneva, Switzerland (solo) Musée de Nîmes, Galerie des Arènes, Nîmes, France (solo) Galerie Michel Vidal, Paris, France (solo)
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1987
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Galerie Michel Vidal, Paris, France (solo)
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1986
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Patrick Fox Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1985
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"Alain Jacquet, Generic Paintings", Patrick Fox Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1984
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"Extasy", Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY
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1983
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"Bonjour Monsieur Manet", Musée National d'Art moderne, Paris, France
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1981
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"Gaia dans l’espace", Galerie de France, Paris (solo)
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1978
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"Alain Jacquet, Donut Flight 6078", ARC, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France (solo) Galerie Bonnier, Geneva, Switzerland (solo) Galerie Givaudan, Geneva, Switzerland (solo) Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
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1977
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Galerie Jacobson, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
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1976
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Biennial of Venice, Venice, Italy (solo) Musée d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France (solo)
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1974
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Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Paris, France (solo)
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1973
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Galerie Bama, Paris, France (solo)
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1971
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Galerie La Salita, Rome, Italy (solo) Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, France (solo) Galerie Bonnier, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
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1970
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« The Clear Book and Braille », Galerie Der Spiegel, Cologne, Germany (solo) Galerie Lambert, Milan, Italy (solo) Galerie Foksal, Varsovie, Poland (solo) Micro Gallery, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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1969
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Museum Stuky W/Lodzy, Lodz, Poland (solo) Galerie Foksal, Varsovie, Poland (solo) Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, France (solo) Swensk Franska Konstgalleriet, Stockholm, Sweden (solo) "Peintures françaises depuis le XIXe siècle", Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK "Art by Telephone" (Jan Van Der Marck), Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
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1968
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL (solo) Waddell Gallery, New York, NY (solo) Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, France (solo) "The Obsessive Image", Institute of Contemporary Art, London, UK
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1967
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Heiner Friedrich Gallery, Münich, Germany (solo) Galerie De Boog, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles (solo) Galerie Apollinaire, Milan, Italy (solo) Biennale of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil (solo)
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1966
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Galerie M.E. Thelen, Essen, Germany (solo) Galerie 20, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo)
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1965
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Bischofberger Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland (solo) Galerie Lawrence Rubin, Paris, France (solo) Galerie J., Paris, France (solo) Galerie Remy Andouin, Paris, France (solo) Galerie Revelo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (solo) Museu de arte moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (solo)
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1964
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Galerie Alexandre Iolas, New York, NY (solo)
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1963
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Galerie Fraser, London, UK Galerie Breteau, Paris, France (solo)
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1962
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Galerie Aujourd'hui, Bruxelles, Belgium (solo)
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1961
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Galerie Breteau, Paris, France (solo)
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Selected Public Collections:
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Art etAssociation Française d’Action Artistique, Paris, France Bibliothèque nationale, Paris, France Fondation Cartier, Paris, France Fonds national d’art contemporain, Paris, France FRAC Champagne-Ardennes, France FRAC Rhône-Alpes, France FRAC Midi-Pyrénées, France Musée Cantini, Marseille, France Musée d’Art contemporain du Val-de-Marne, Vitry-sur-Seine, France Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, France Musée d’Art moderne, Saint-Etienne, France Musée de Grenoble, France Musée d’Art moderne et d’Art contemporain, Nice, France Musée national d’art moderne, Centre G. Pompidou, Paris, France British Arts Council of Great Britain, London, UK Galerie nationale d’art moderne, Rome, Italy Kunsthalle Cologne; Hamburg, Germany Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX Musée d’Art moderne et contemporain (MAMCO), Geneva, Switzerland Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY National Museum of American Art, The Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
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1998
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"Rétrospective: oeuvres de 1951 à 1998", Amiens, France: Musée de Picardie, 1998 (catalogue)
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1996
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Bernard, Christian. Alain Jacquet, le camouflage. Geneva: Galerie Daniel Varenne, 1996 (catalogue)
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1995
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Merino, Edouard et Pierre Nouvion. Alain Jacquet, portraits, textes. Monaco: Galerie Pierre Nouvion, 1995 (catalogue)
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1993
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Millet, Catherineet Nicolas Bourriaud. Alain Jacquet, L’Atelier de New York 1980-1993, La Terre. Paris, France: M.N.A.M., Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1993 (catalogue)
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1990
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Smith, Ducan. Alain Jacquet, Paris: Art Press ed. , 1990
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1989
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Restany, Pierre. Alain Jacquet, Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe, 1964 – 1989. Paris, France: La Différence, 1989
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1978
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Pagé S. et Pierre Restany. Alain Jacquet, Donut Flight 6078. Paris, France: Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1978 (catalogue)
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1964
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Ashbery, John. Alain Jacquet. New York: Alexander Iolas Gallery, 1964 (catalogue)
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