Grey area (gallery)
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Grey Area is a Paris based editions
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project specialising in commissioning and producing original contemporary art
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Founded in 2006, Grey Area works directly with artists, inviting them to come up with ideas especially suitable for development and production as a limited edition multiple, resulting in an exhibition at the gallery space in Paris
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, Nick Laessing, Richard Galpin, Samuel Levack & Jennifer Lewandowski, Simon Ripoll-Hurier and Katie Goodwin.
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Edition
In printmaking, an edition is a number of prints struck from one plate, usually at the same time. This is the meaning covered by this article...
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Artist's multiple
Artist's multiple is a series of identical art objects produced or commissioned by artist according to his idea, usually a signed limited edition made specifically for selling....
project specialising in commissioning and producing original contemporary art
Contemporary art
Contemporary art can be defined variously as art produced at this present point in time or art produced since World War II. The definition of the word contemporary would support the first view, but museums of contemporary art commonly define their collections as consisting of art produced...
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Founded in 2006, Grey Area works directly with artists, inviting them to come up with ideas especially suitable for development and production as a limited edition multiple, resulting in an exhibition at the gallery space 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...
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France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Artists
Grey Area works with artists to create artist multiples that draw on ideas and themes in their work. Artists that Grey Area represent include Guy Allott, Matt CalderwoodMatt Calderwood
Matt Calderwood is a Northern Ireland artist who is currently most famous for a piece of rope constructed from 50 rolls of toilet paper, which Charles Saatchi bought for a reputed 6,000 Euros....
, Nick Laessing, Richard Galpin, Samuel Levack & Jennifer Lewandowski, Simon Ripoll-Hurier and Katie Goodwin.
Exhibitions
Grey Area have exhibited work at a number of spaces and art fairs across Europe, in addition to their gallery in Paris. These include the Trajector art fair held annually in Brussels, and Multiplied, a London based art fair dedicated exclusively to contemporary art in editions organised by Christie'sChristie's
Christie's is an art business and a fine arts auction house.- History :The official company literature states that founder James Christie conducted the first sale in London, England, on 5 December 1766, and the earliest auction catalogue the company retains is from December 1766...
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