Louis Cane (13 December 1943 – 4 November 2024) was a French painter, sculptor, and furniture designer.[1][2]

Louis Cane
Cane in 1995
Born(1943-12-13)13 December 1943
Died4 November 2024(2024-11-04) (aged 80)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
Occupations
  • Painter
  • sculptor
  • furniture designer

Biography

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Cane was born on 13 December 1943 in Beaulieu sur Mer, France.

Cane attended the National School of Decorative Arts in Nice then the Superior School of Decorative arts in Paris in 1961.[3]

He then studied at the Superior School of Decorative Arts in Paris and got his diploma in Interior Architecture.[1]

Cane was a part of the Supports/Surfaces Movement in France that lasted from 1969 to 1972 and co-founded and edited the Peinture, Cahiers Theoriques.[4]

In 1978, he began sculpting again. They consisted of female figures in a traditional style.[1]

Cane died in Paris on 4 November 2024, at the age of 80.[5]

Work

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Cane focused on the concept of deconstruction of the canvas. His series, Louis Cane artiste peintre français, he continuously stamped his name on a sheet, exploring the idea of personal branding.[6]

By 1970, Cane transitioned into a series of cut-out paintings, the toiles découpées, which he worked with for several years.[6] His process for paintings was much like Jackson Pollock or Helen Frankenthaler, by painting the un-stretched canvas on the ground.[7]

He participated in the second and third exhibition of the Supports/Surfaces group at the Théâtre de la Cité Internationale in Paris.[8][9]

In 1971, Cane had his first solo exhibition in Paris at Daniel Templon Gallery.[10] Then at the Yvon Lambert Gallery in 1972.[8]

From 1972 to 1972, he produced a series called Sol/Mur as part of the Supports/Surfaces movement.[3]

Until 1975, Cane continued his abstract series.[3] These canvases were un-stretched, spread on the floor, spray painted and folded in half, then cut and staples directly on the wall.[7]

In 1978, Cane went from abstract painting to figuration.[3] He reflected on the history of pictorial forms. He also started integrating sculpture into his practice. The statues were almost exclusively female occasionally appearing in form of burlesque or baroque expressionism. [11]

Cane was also a furniture designer, which is an important part of his artistic creation.[11]

Selected exhibitions

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Solo exhibitions

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1995

Museum of contemporary Art, Cambrai, France[3]

1991

Musée Municipal de Bellas Artes, Santander, Spain[12]

1971

Galerie Templon, Paris, France[10]

Group exhibitions

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2019

Unfurled: Supports/ Surfaces 1966-1976, curated by Wallace Whitney, MOCAD, Detroit, USA[13]

2002

Supports/Surfaces, Galerie Dorsky, New York, USA[14]

1991

Supports/Surfaces, Museum of modern Art, Saint-Etienne, France[3]

1979

Museum of modern Art - A.R.C., Paris, France[3]

Public Collections

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Centre national des arts plastiques, Paris, France[15]

Musée national d’art moderne - centre Pompidou, Paris, France[16]

Musée d’Art moderne et d’Art contemporain de Nice, France[17]

Carré d’Art, Nîmes, France[18]

Musée d’art moderne de la ville de Paris, France[19]

Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France[20]

Frac Picardie, Amiens, France[21]

Musée d’art moderne et contemporain, Saint-Etienne, France[22]

Frac Alsace, Sélestat, France  [23]

Frac Normandie, Caen, France[21]

Musée de Grenoble, France[24]

Collection Institut d’art contemporain, Rhône-Alpes, Villeurbanne, France[25]

Musée d’art de Nantes, France[26]

Musée d’art contemporain du Val-de-Marne, Vitry-sur-Seine, France[27]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Louis Cane Biography :: PicassoMio". PicassoMio. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Louis Cane - Biography". www.askart.com. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Louis Cane". Artsy.
  4. ^ Kerlidou, Gwenaël (23 August 2014). "A Supports/Surfaces Moment: Contradictions, Paradoxes and Other Ironies". Hyperallergic.
  5. ^ Louis Cane Mamac (in French)
  6. ^ a b "Louis Cane". DOCUMENT.
  7. ^ a b Dezeuze, Daniel. Dictionnaire De Supports/Surfaces (1967-1972).
  8. ^ a b Stella, Rachael (2018). Jacques Lepage Dossier Supports/Surfaces. Ceysson. ISBN 978-2490083244.
  9. ^ Surfaces, Supports (2014). Supports-Surfaces : a moment-a movement. Ceysson. ISBN 9782916373713.
  10. ^ a b "Louis Cane". Templon.
  11. ^ a b "When a sculptor makes furniture: the decorative arts of Louis Cane". Christie's.
  12. ^ "Louis Cane. Peintures". MAS |Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Santander and Cantabria.
  13. ^ "UNFURLED: SUPPORTS/SURFACES 1966-1976". MOCADetroit. February 2019.
  14. ^ "Previous Exhibitions". Dorsky Gallery.
  15. ^ "Louis Cane". National Centre for Plastic Arts Collection.
  16. ^ "Louis Cane GRID". Centre Pompidou.
  17. ^ "Louis CANE". MAMAC Nice.
  18. ^ "Louis CANE". The Collection - Carré d'Art. 15 January 2024.
  19. ^ "Louis CANE". Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris.
  20. ^ "Louis CANE". les Abattoirs. 15 January 2024.
  21. ^ a b "Louis CANE". Frac Picardy.
  22. ^ "Louis CANE CONCOURS DE BEAUTÉ". Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain.
  23. ^ "Louis CANE". Regional Fund of contemporary art Alsace. 9 February 2024.
  24. ^ "Louis CANE". Musée de Grenoble.
  25. ^ "Louis CANE". Institut d’art contemporain — Villeurbanne/Rhône-Alpes. 15 January 2024.
  26. ^ "Louis CANE". Musée d'Arts de Nantes.
  27. ^ ,SearchTerms:'cane%20louis',SortField:!n,SortOrder:0,TemplateParams:(Scenario:,Scope:Default,Size:!n,Source:,Support:,UseCompact:!f),UseSpellChecking:!n))) "Louis Cane: paintings 1963-2005". Musée d'Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne.