Artist
Contribution
Notice
ANDRÉ-PIERRE ARNAL
Born in 1939, in Nimes, France.
Passed away in 2024 in Montpellier, France.
Education
Literature and History of Art, Montpellier University, France
Presentation
André-Pierre Arnal has investigated unstretched canvas with determination. Thus we are tempted to compare his work to Claude Viallat and particularly Patrick Saytour, who also takes full advantage of the liberating aspect inherent in folded canvas. in his first Supports/Surfaces works, Arnal deployed regular and repeated folds in order to structure each painting while leaving the greater portion of its surfaces untreated. Later he treated the canvas by blotting it with successive layers of color which diffused throughout and left the surface to become a sort of palimpsest of itself.
Public collections
Centre national des arts plastiques, Paris, France
Musée d’art moderne de Céret, France
Frac Occitanie, Montpellier, France
Musée national d’art moderne – centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Centre communal d’art contemporain, Marseille, France
Musée d’Art moderne et d’Art contemporain de Nice, France
Carré d’Art, Nîmes, France
Musée d’art moderne de la ville de Paris, France
Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France
Source: Ceysson & Benetiere Gallery
