Jean Frémon | |
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| Born | Paris,France |
| Occupation | Poet, galerist |
| Nationality | French |
| Citizenship | French |
| Genre | poetry,essay,art criticism |
Jean Frémon (born 1946 inParis) is a French gallerist and writer. His written work spans and fuses genres, and contributed importantly to a trans-genre tendency in contemporary French letters.[1] Working principally in the modes of ekphrasis, art criticism, literary commentary, narrative, and poetry,[2] Frémon is perhaps unique in his fusion of late 20th century experimentalisms with the deeply rooted French tradition ofbelles lettres.[3]
After taking a degree in law, Frémon joined theGalerie Maeght, well known for representing important early and mid-20th century artists such asJoan Miró,Marc Chagall,Henri Matisse, andAlexander Calder.[4] After the death of its founder, Aimé Maeght, in 1981, Frémon, along withDaniel Lelong andJacques Dupin, founded theGalerie Lelong,[1] which continued and extended the work of the Galerie Maeght in its same location at 13 rue de Téhéran in the 8th arrondissement in Paris.[5]
Galerie Lelong, of which Frémon is now the president, also has a branch in the Chelsea district of New York and participates in all the principal annual international art fairs includingArt Basel,Art Basel Miami, and FIAC Paris. Artists shown by the gallery includeEtel Adnan,Pierre Alechinsky,Francis Bacon,Louise Bourgeois,Nicola De Maria,Jan Dibbets,Günther Förg,Andy Goldsworthy,David Hockney,Donald Judd,Konrad Klapheck,Jannis Kounellis,Wolfgang Laib,Nalini Malani,Ana Mendieta,David Nash,Jaume Plensa,Arnulf Rainer,Robert Ryman,Antonio Saura,Sean Scully,Richard Serra,Kiki Smith,Nancy Spero,Antoni Tàpies,Barthélémy Toguo, andJuan Uslé.[6]
Early in his writing career, Frémon became associated with the experimental developments represented by the independent publisherPaul Otchakovsky-Laurens and his publishing house, P.O.L, which still publishes much of his work.[5] Frémon has also published with presses dedicated to artists books and artist-writer collaborations, such asFata Morgana andL’Échoppe, and larger literary houses includingGallimard,Flammarion, andÉditions du Seuil. His writings span a variety of genres, including poetry, novels, and creative non-fiction.
He has also developed a hybrid genre of art-historical fictional essays,[7] in which he takes artists from the Renaissance to the present as characters and through them explores artists, artworks, and their social and political contexts.[3] He has done book-length works in this vein on Robert Ryman, Louise Bourgeois, and Antoni Tàpies, as well as countless shorter works collected in his volumesLa Vraie nature des ombres,Gloire des formes, andRue du Regard.[8] He has also addressed the work of other writers, such asMarcel Proust,Robert Walser,Samuel Beckett, andMichel Leiris in homages stretched by imagination.[9] Since 1969, he has published over twenty volumes as well as many catalogue articles and critical essays on contemporary artists.
His work has been translated into English, Spanish, and German, and he has translated two books by David Sylvester, one onAlberto Giacometti and one onFrancis Bacon, both published byAndré Dimanche.
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