Marc Raymond Explained

Marc Raymond
Birth Name:Marc Raymond
Birth Date:8 November 1968
Birth Place:Martigny, Switzerland
Occupation:Sculptor
Years Active:1996–present

Marc Raymond (born 8 November 1968, Martigny, Switzerland) is a Swiss sculptor who works with painted wood and plywood to create abstract sculptures.

His sculptures and works on paper have been exhibited in galleries and cultural centres during personal and group exhibitions in Switzerland, Canada, France, Germany, Portugal and Greece.[1] [2] [3]

Raymond now lives and works in Lisbon, Portugal.

Biography

Marc Raymond was born on 8 November 1968, in Martigny, in the Swiss canton of Valais. He grew up in Saillon, Switzerland.

After his schooling, he trained as a carpenter and cabinetmaker, then studied at the Brienz School of Sculpture ().[4] After earning his degree, Raymond opened his own studio in Saillon in 1996. He has worked mainly with wood, but also stone, bronze and concrete.[5] At the beginning of his career, Raymond's sculptures were centred on the human being. Over time, his sculptures become more raw and massive.[6] [7]

In 1991 he spent six months in the United States and in 1999 and 2000 he spent a year in China.[8]

In 2001, he received third prize at the International Sculpture Symposium in Morges, Switzerland, with the sculpture Homme à la grande main.

In 2002, he was commissioned by the municipality of Saillon to create the sculpture, La Ronde. This work, composed of seven tall bronze figurative sculptures, pays homage to the diversity and openness of the residents of Saillon.[9] [10] Raymond won first prize for the creation of a sculpture in marble for the Saillon's School Centre. Representing a group of children, this sculpture prefigures, through its very simple forms and raw material, the evolution of the artist's movement toward the abstract.[11]

In 2004, he exhibited raw human figures in wood, as well as a series of concrete sculptures, at the Gallery Grande-Fontaine in Sion, Switzerland. In 2005, while Raymond lived in Madrid, he decided to stop working on figurative art and to devote himself entirely to the abstract. He developed a new technique by constructing his sculptures with wood assemblies rather than subtractive sculpting.

The Découpages series, an assembly of paper surfaces without any colour or glue, was created in 2007. These two-dimensional cuttings led to the creation of the Interfaces sculpture series from 2008 to 2010. These sculptures are made of construction plywood assembled and painted in monochrome.[12] The coherence of the works is found in the play of balance, imbalance and internal tensions. The sculptures are placed on the ground, on pedestals or inclined against walls.[13] [14] They were exhibited during several personal exhibitions - notably at the Center des Art Léo-Ayotte in Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada, in 2008; at the Art School Gallery in Ottawa, Canada, in 2009; at the Center d'Exposition de Mont-Laurier, Quebec, Canada, in 2010; at the Maison des Arts et de la Culture in Brompton, Quebec, Canada, in 2011;[15] as well as at the Athens Art Gallery in Athens, Greece, in 2014 with a text by Swiss curator Benoît Antille.[16]

In 2013, the artist created the first sculpture from the series Bout à bout, with Rouge n.1. It was exhibited in the garden of the residence of the Swiss ambassador in Athens then at the Athens Art Gallery in 2014. This series is made of raw construction timber assembled end to end. The artist exhibited again in 2017 at the Galerie Grande-Fontaine in Switzerland.[17] Built with fir and larch boards, common building materials in Switzerland, his sculptures become more massive and bare. The raw material and the assemblages can be seen, while parts of the sculpture are painted in bright colours.[18] [19]

In 2019, his solo exhibition Éloge à la Main (Praise to the Hand) took place at the Athens Art Gallery in Greece, with a text by independent curator and art critic Maria Xypolopoulou for the catalogue. Alongside his sculptures, which tend more and more toward simplicity, he exhibits the continuation of the Bout à bout series with the sculptures Construction 1, 2 and 3 as well as twenty decoupages on paper forming a rectangle on a side.[20]

Marc Raymond lives and works in Lisbon.

Works

Raymond's works are described as abstract and refined, characterized by an economy of means, both in the materials used and colour. His favourite materials are construction wood, plywood and paper, ordinary materials. Through these constructions, tensions, energy and imbalances can be discerned in the coherence of the whole. He attempts to materialize his interior life and quest. The works are generally in series. Raymond is in the lineage of concrete art; with him the material is respected and is seen as it is, the visible assemblages are an integral part of the work.

Personal exhibitions

Main group exhibitions

Honours

Publications

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Visarte . 2009 . Marc Raymond Member . visarte.ch.
  2. Web site: Marc Raymond: Sculpteur, plasticien . Culture Valais . fr . 3 July 2024.
  3. Web site: Raymond: Marc . Visarte Valais . fr . 4 July 2024.
  4. Web site: Marc Raymond . Médiathèque du Valais . fr . 11 July 2024.
  5. News: Gay . Marcel . 19 February 1998 . Le coeur au bout des doigts . Journal de Martigny . 17 . fr . e-newspaperarchives.ch.
  6. News: Theytaz . Jean-Marc . 10 May 2004 . De la créativité dans le sang . . 34 . fr . e-newspaperarchives.ch.
  7. News: Bagnoud . Isabelle . 15 September 2005 . Tableaux de verre et sculptures en béton . Journal de Sierre . fr . 20 . . 11 July 2024.
  8. Tecedeiro . Helena . Marc Raymond: Demorei 10 anos a perceber que nāo sou um escultor, sou um construtor. . Marc Raymond: It tooks me 10 years to realise that I am not a sculptor, I am a constructor. . . Portugal . pt . 26 August 2024 . 1, 26, 27.
  9. News: Pellegrini . Jeremhyah . 27 February 2004 . Le rond-point de l'ouverture . La Gazette de Martigny . fr . Cover & 12–13.
  10. Web site: La Ronde, rond-point de Saillon . Schweizer Datenbank fur Kunst und Bau . Visarte suisse . fr . 6 July 2024.
  11. Web site: Assemblée, Centre scolaire de Saillon . Schweizer Datenbank fur Kunst und Bau . Visarte suisse . fr . 6 July 2024.
  12. News: Le Van . Katy . March 2009 . Élégance de la forme . Voir . Ottawa–Gatineau . fr . Marc Raymond . 6 July 2024.
  13. Web site: Presse et Media . Marc Raymond . fr.
  14. Web site: 2 February 2011 . Les sculptures de Marc Raymond à la Maison de la Culture de Brompton . Actualités-L'Étincelle . fr . 7 July 2022.
  15. News: 19 February 2011 . Vous Voulez Voir? . . W 6 . fr . . 7 July 2022.
  16. Web site: 27 March 2014 . Exposition personnelle du sculpteur suisse Marc Raymond . Grèce Hebdo . fr . 11 July 2024.
  17. Web site: Exposition de Martine Rouiller et Marc Raymond . Culture Valais . fr . 11 July 2024.
  18. Web site: Marc Raymond: Portfolio arts visuels . Culture Valais . fr . 11 July 2024.
  19. News: Theytaz . Jean-Marc . 26 January 2017 . De la couleur à la géométrie à la Grande-Fontaine . Le Nouvelliste . 15 . fr.
  20. Web site: 4 April 2019 . Solo Exhibition: Marc Raymond: Éloge à la main . . 11 July 2024.
  21. Web site: 2021 . Liste des expositions de la galerie du château de Venthône de sa création en 1989 à aujourd'hui . Galerie du Château de Venthône . fr . 11 July 2024.
  22. Web site: 2023 . Visarte Valais/Wallis a 50 ans! . Da-là . fr . 11 July 2024.
  23. News: Nussbaum . Virginie . 15 June 2023 . Pour les 50 ans de Visarte Valais, l'art dans chaque recoin . . fr . 11 July 2024.
  24. Web site: Veille du matin: Raymond, Marc, 1968-.... . RERO+ Valais . fr . 11 July 2024.
  25. Web site: Disposition 1: Raymond, Marc, 1968-.... . RERO+ Valais . fr . 11 July 2024.
  26. Web site: 2013 . 40 ans Visarte Valais Wallis . Le Manoir de la Ville de Martigny . fr . 11 July 2024.
  27. News: Gabbud . Jean-Yves . 7 May 2001 . Huit artistes exposent . Le Nouvelliste . fr . 16 . e-newspaperarchives.ch.
  28. News: Arbellay . Charly-G. . 27 May 1998 . Il y avait le ciel, le soleil et les artistes . Le Nouvelliste . fr . 21.

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