Marc Devade (1943–1983) was a French painter.[1] He is well known for his ink paintings and involvement with the Supports/Surfaces movement.[2][3]
Biography
editMarc Devade was a painter and writer.[2]
In 1962 Devade began studying philosophy. He was a member of the editorial board of the journal Tel Quel, co-founder and editor of Painting, Theoretical Notebooks, and was one of the main leaders of the debates on the relationships between practice and theory in the field of visual arts.[4][5] He initially started out as a poet, with an admiration of philosophy.[5]
The involvement of ink in his work correlate to his interest in China and Maoism.[1][3]
In 1970, he joined the Supports/Surfaces group in exhibitions and discussions.[5][4]
The painter's first exhibition opened at the Le Haut Pavé gallery in Paris in 1970.[6] The artist dedicated his practice in the Supports/Surfaces movement to integrating aesthetic, philosophy, and political ideology.[5] The ideas lived in the Peinture, Cahiers Théoriques. [5]
The artist live on dialysis treatments and died at the age of forty.[1]
Work
editFrom 1972 to 1974, were very important years of this artists life.[1]
In 1972, Devade started using Indian ink instead of acrylic paint in his works.[1] He overlapped layers and experimented with the transparency of the ink.
During his brief career, he never gave up his stretched canvas, like many other members of the Supports/Surfaces group.[3] Instead his intention was for the ink and colors to make the canvas forgotten, to put full focus on the dispersion of light and layering.[3]
Selected exhibitions
editSolo exhibitions
edit1998
Exposition dédiée à l'activité, l'oeuvre et la mémoire de Marc Devade, Galerie Gérald Piltzer, Paris, France[7]
Marc Devade, dessins, Galerie Bernard Jordan, Paris, France[8]
1989
Galerie Jacques Girard, Toulouse, France[1]
Group exhibitions
edit2019
Unfurled, Supports/Surfaces 1966-1976, MOCAD[9]
2018
Supports/Surfaces, Galeria Mascota[10]
The Surface of the East Coast: Supports/Surfaces from Nice to New York, Bienvenu Steinberg & Partner[11]
2007
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Le Havre, France[12]
1971
Peinture, cahiers théoriques, n°1, Galerie Yvon Lambert,[13] Paris, France
1970
Supports/Surfaces, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, A.R.C., Paris, France[11]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f "Marc Devade". Artsy.
- ^ a b "Marc Devade - Biography". www.askart.com.
- ^ a b c d Supports/Surfaces: a moment, a movement. Saint-Étienne : Ceysson éditions d'art. 2014. ISBN 9782916373713.
- ^ a b "Marc Devade". Arthur. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
- ^ a b c d e "Marc Devade". Encyclopædia Universalis (in French). Retrieved 2022-05-26.
- ^ "Hommage à Marc Devade - Philippe Sollers/Pileface". www-pileface-com.translate.goog.
- ^ "Carnet d'exposition - Marc Devade, la peinture en excès". media.artabsolument.com. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
- ^ "Devade". Paris Art (in French). 2008-01-12. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
- ^ "Unfurled: Supports/Surfaces 1966-1976". MOCAD. 2019-02-01. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
- ^ "Supports/Surfaces". Galeria Moscota.
- ^ a b "The Surface of the East Coast: Supports/Surfaces from Nice to New York". Artsy.
- ^ "Gestes, Signes, Traces, Espaces | MuMa Le Havre : site officiel du musée d'art moderne André Malraux". www.muma-lehavre.fr. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
- ^ "Yvon Lambert". Galerie Yvon Lambert.