Claude Closky
Encyclopedia
Claude Closky is a French
artist
born in Paris
in 1963 who specialized in contemporary art. Frieze Magazine has stated that "Most of Closky’s works explore repetition, accumulation, and alphabetical, numerical or binary classifications."
He has won the "Grand prix des Arts plastiques" (1999) and the Marcel Duchamp Prize
(2006).
France
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artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
born in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
in 1963 who specialized in contemporary art. Frieze Magazine has stated that "Most of Closky’s works explore repetition, accumulation, and alphabetical, numerical or binary classifications."
Monographs
- Claude Closky, Yazı mı Tura mı - Ali Akay - Éditions Akbank Art Center, Istanbul, 2010
- Claude Closky, 8002-9891 - Essaie: Michel Gauthier, design graphique: Jérôme Saint-Loubert Bié, direction de la publication: Julie David. Éditions Mac/Val, Vitry, 2008
- Climb at your own risk - Eduardo Cicelyn, Katy Siegel & Paul Mattick, interview by Marie Muracciole - Electa, 2007
- Claude Closky - Jean-Pierre Bordaz, Marie Muracciole, François Piron, Katty Siegel & Paul Mattick - Edition Centre Georges Pompidou, 2006
- Hello and Welcome - Carole Boulbès, Lynne Cooke, Alexandra Midal, Frédéric Paul, François Piron, David Platzker, Eric Troncy - co-édition domaine Kergéhénec/Le Parvis, 2004
- Claude Closky - Frédéric Paul - Hazan 1999
- Claude Closky - Magazines - Olivier Zahm - Purple Books, 1998
- Claude Closky - Le Parvis - Pascaline Cuvellier - edition Le Parvis, 1996
Solo show selection
- Inside a Triangle, MFC-Michèle Didier, Paris, 2011
- ZNASDNAR, Mitterrand+Sanz, Zürich, 2011
- Rarori, Galerie Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin, 2011
- Laloli, Galerie Laurent Godin, Paris, 2010
- Yazı mı Tura mı, Akbank Art Center, Istanbul, 2010
- Town and Country, Mitterrand+Sanz, Zurich, 2009
- Illumination, Le Creux de l’Enfer, Thiers, 2009
- 8002-9891, Mac/Val, Vitry-sur-Seine, 2008
- Music Video, 韩之演当代空间 (Han Ji Yun Contemporary Space), Beijing, 2008
- Yes, Galleria Enrico Fornello, Prato, 2008
- Love and Fear, Concert Hall, Threshold Artspace, Perth, 2007
- Do not cross, Galerie Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin, 2007
- Climb at your own risk, Museo Madre, Napoli, 2007
- Nouvelles peintures, Galerie Laurent Godin, Paris, 2007
- Journal, Banff Centre, Banff, 2006
- Manège, Centre Pompidou, espace 315, ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, 2006 - Roue de la fortune, Galerie Edward Mitterrand, Genève, 2005
- Journal, GEM, Museum of Contemporary Art, La Haye, 2005.
- You want you have, Galerie Mehdi Chouakri, BerlinBerlinBerlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, 2004 - U, Fondation MiróJoan MiróJoan Miró i Ferrà was a Spanish Catalan painter, sculptor, and ceramicist born in Barcelona.Earning international acclaim, his work has been interpreted as Surrealism, a sandbox for the subconscious mind, a re-creation of the childlike, and a manifestation of Catalan pride...
, Barcelone, 2004 - Galerie Roger Pailhas, MarseilleMarseilleMarseille , known in antiquity as Massalia , is the second largest city in France, after Paris, with a population of 852,395 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Marseille extends beyond the city limits with a population of over 1,420,000 on an area of...
, 2004 - New paintings, Galerie Nicola - Fornello, TurinTurinTurin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...
, 2003 - Television, Location 1, New YorkNew YorkNew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, 2003 - La salle de bain, LyonLyonLyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
, 2003 - Domaine de Kerguéhennec, 2003
- World News, Galerie Jennifer Flay, Paris, 2002
- Les Dîneurs, Le Parvis - Pau, 2002
- Dundee, Contemporary Art, Dundee, 2001
- Galerie Edward Mitterrand, Genève, 2001
- Hello and Welcome, Base, FlorenceFlorenceFlorence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
, 2001 - Objets fétiches, Vitrine de l’Union Centrale des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 2000
- Yiyi, Galerie Jennifer Flay, ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, 2000 - Ski, Mala Galleria, Moderna Galerija, LjubljanaLjubljanaLjubljana is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants...
, Slovénie, 2000 - CCC, ToursToursTours is a city in central France, the capital of the Indre-et-Loire department.It is located on the lower reaches of the river Loire, between Orléans and the Atlantic coast. Touraine, the region around Tours, is known for its wines, the alleged perfection of its local spoken French, and for the...
, 1999 - Tatouages, CNEAI, ChatouChatouChatou is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris from the center...
, 1999 - Frac LimousinLimousin (région)Limousin is one of the 27 regions of France. It is composed of three départements: Corrèze, Creuse and the Haute-Vienne.Situated largely in the Massif Central, as of January 1st 2008, the Limousin comprised 740,743 inhabitants on nearly 17 000 km2, making it the second least populated region of...
, LimogesLimogesLimoges |Limousin]] dialect of Occitan) is a city and commune, the capital of the Haute-Vienne department and the administrative capital of the Limousin région in west-central France....
, 1999 - Weekend, The Deep Gallery, TōkyōTokyo, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
, 1999
Group show selection
- Foreclosed. Between Crisis and Possibility, The Kitchen, New York, 2011
- Replay, Mudam, Luxembourg, 2011
- French Window: looking at the contemporary art through the Marcel Duchamp prize, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, 2011
- Noches eléctricas, LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial, Gijon, Asturias, 2011
- 21st Century: Art in the First Decade, Queensland Art Gallery - Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, 2010
- Les Nuits Electriques, Multimedia Complex of Actual arts (MCAA), Moscow, 2010
- Second Degré, Mudam, Luxembourg, 2010
- Covering the wall. Contemporary wallpapers, Mudac, Lausanne, 2010
- Let's Dance, Musée d'art contemporain du Val-de-Marne (Mac/Val), Vitry-sur-Seine, 2010
- ¡Sin techo está pelón!, University of Guanajuato Gallery, Guanajuato, 2010
- Liberty B, Open Space, Baltimore, 2010
- Happy is a place, S.A. de C.V., Mexico City, 2010
- A Map Bigger Than It's Surface, Gallery Rotor I, Gothenburg, 2010
- A to B, MKG127, Toronto, 2010
- (İstanbul) Transit-Topos, Akbank Sanat, Istanbul, 2010
- Chefs d'oeuvre?, Centre Pompidou-Metz, Metz, 2010
- Michael Jackson Doesn't Quit: Part 3, The Future Gallery, Berlin, 2010
- Selecties & Collecties, Johan Deumens Gallery, Haarlem, 2010
- Quantified Aesthetics, Minnesota Center for Book Arts (MCBA), Minneapolis, 2010
- One Shot! , B.P.S.22 space for contemporary creation, Charleroi, 2010
- Everyday(s), Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg, 2010
- Le Prix Marcel Duchamp, Galerie Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin, 2010
- Pourquoi attendre !, Centre d'art contemporain, Genève, 2009
- Mille e tre, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 2009
- Nuit Blanche, Gymnase Jean Jaurès, Paris, 2009
- Sweep me off my feet, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (MNBA), Québec, 2009
- Scritture Silenziose, Palazzo Dugnani, Milan, 2009
- Multiplo_6 “Uno, nessuno, centomila”, N.O. Gallery, Milano, 2009
- Keep your options open, Galerie Hervé Bize, Nancy, 2009
- The Real Thing, MU, Eindhoven, 2009
- Veisalgia, Galerie de multiples, Paris, 2009
- Outsourced Critics 2006-2009, AC [Institute Direct Chapel], New York, 2009
- N'importe quoi, Musée d'arc Contemporain (MAC), Lyon, 2009
- Replaying Pictures, Musée des beaux-arts, Le Locle, 2009
- Art, Price and Value, Centro di Cultura Contemporanea a Palazzo Strozzi (CCCS), Firenze, 2008
He has won the "Grand prix des Arts plastiques" (1999) and the Marcel Duchamp Prize
Marcel Duchamp Prize
The Marcel Duchamp Prize is an annual award given to a young artist. The winner receives €35,000 personally and up to €30,000 in order to produce an exhibition of their work in the Modern Art museum...
(2006).