Artist
Contribution
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JEAN-LOUIS VILA
Born in 1948 in Elne, Jean-Louis Vila lives and works in Collioure.
Jean-Louis Vila was a teacher in La Seyne-sur-Mer and Marseille, and Art School Director in Perpignan. In his early days, his work was influenced by the Supports-Surfaces movement, with which he felt a close affinity. In this questioning of traditional pictorial expression, his work nevertheless remains nourished by “memory.” The abstract space of his painting is punctuated with symbols and references to his memories and experiences.
In a minimalist approach, Jean-Louis Vila always achieves, with great economy of resources, a connection between simple, evocative, and symbolic geometric figures.
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The Museum of Modern Art in Céret devoted an exhibition to his recent works in 1981. His work was exhibited again in Céret at the Odile Oms Gallery in 2017 with “Les Mains de l’Art.”
The Museum of Modern Art in Céret dedicated an exhibition to his recent works in 1981. His work was exhibited again in Céret at the Odile Oms gallery in 2017 with “Paintings and Sculptures.” In 2020, he participated in the group exhibition “L’Esprit du lieu” at the Hyacinthe Rigaud Museum of Art (Perpignan).
Source [translated from]: Céret, Musée d’Art Moderne
BS06 – April 1982
pp.107-113
Proèmes-Nade
JEAN-LOUIS VILA
7 sheets A4 – 21 x 29,7 cm
Drawings, collages, typewritten texts