Paul Devautour Explained

Paul Devautour is a French artist born in 1958 who lives and works in Shanghai.[1] [2]

Life and career

In collaboration with Yoon Ja Choi he created in 1985 the Collection Yoon Ja & Paul Devautour.[3] They conceived works and exhibitions until 2004 under the names of Buchal et Clavel, Cercle Ramo Nash,[4] Gladys Clover, J. Duplo, Manuel Ismora, Art Keller, Claude Lantier,[5] Alexandre Lenoir, Martin Tupper and David Vincent.[6] Some of their collected pieces are kept at the MAMCO in Geneva.[7] Others are part of the Frac Poitou-Charentes collection (registered under the pseudonym Martin Tupper),[8] the Villeurbanne Institut d'Art Contemporain collection,[9] the Centre national des arts plastiques collection.[10]

From 2004 to 2008, Paul Devautour held the position of dean of the École Nationale Supérieure d’Art de Bourges.[11]

Since 2008 he is the director of XiYiTang in Shanghai, an exchange platform for art school students and a residency program for young artists.[12]

He created with Xia Yilan DeYi Studio.[13] Their manifesto[14] was published in 2015 in Art Press.[15]

He opened in 2011 in a Shanghai market an independent art space named Bazaar Compatible Program.[16] [17]

Selected exhibitions

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Paul Devautour Centre Pompidou. 2020-11-02. www.centrepompidou.fr.
  2. Web site: DEVAUTOUR, Paul - Le Delarge. 2020-11-01. www.ledelarge.fr.
  3. Web site: Colard. Jean-Max. 1998-05-13. Yoon Ja & Paul Devautour - Artistes sans oeuvres. 2020-11-01. Les Inrockuptibles. fr-FR.
  4. Web site: Cercle Ramo Nash - Artistes Art Contemporain - CRAC OCCITANIE à Sète - Centre Régional d'Art Contemporain OCCITANIE / Pyrénées-Méditerranée. 2020-11-02. crac.laregion.fr.
  5. Web site: MAMCO Genève - Collection - Catalogue - Claude Lantier, Collection Yoon-ja & Paul Devautour, Artforum Vol. XXV, 1990. 2020-11-02. www.mamco.ch.
  6. Web site: Générique Centre Pompidou. 2020-11-02. www.centrepompidou.fr.
  7. Web site: Wutz. Maria. Mamco / Yoon Ja & Paul Devautour. 2020-11-01. archive.mamco.ch.
  8. Web site: Martin Tupper, collection FRAC Poitou-Charentes. 2020-11-01. www.frac-poitou-charentes.org.
  9. Web site: Art Keller (collection Yoon Ja et Paul Devautour) ← Artists ← IAC — Institut d'art contemporain — Villeurbanne/Rhône-Alpes. 2020-11-02. i-ac.eu.
  10. Web site: Portrait de Guy Debord. www.cnap.fr.
  11. Web site: 2011-08-26. Artiste et enseignant - entretien avec Paul Devautour. 2020-11-01. artpress. fr-FR.
  12. Web site: Cascaro. David. 2011-08-26. Artiste et enseignant - entretien avec Paul Devautour. 2021-02-27. artpress. fr-FR.
  13. Web site: Paul Devautour, oeuvres tardives. 2020-11-02. www.paris-art.com.
  14. Web site: Manifeste - Passons à autre chose.. 2020-11-02. Space. fr.
  15. Web site: 2015-02-10. sommaire artpress2 n°36 "Les expositions : à l'ère de leur reproductibilité". 2020-11-02. artpress.
  16. Web site: Wang. Dan. Bazaar Compatible Program / IPA. 2020-11-01. www.instituteforpublicart.org.
  17. Web site: Urban Independent Space Practice--If the Compatible is Possible Shanghai Minsheng Art Museum. 2020-11-02. www.minshengart.com.
  18. Book: Centre d'art contemporain (Abbaye Saint-André (Meymac. France)). Générique: Vers une solidarité opérationnelle : [exposition] Abbaye Saint-André, Centre d'art contemporain, Meymac, 10 octobre-13 décembre 1992; Génerique 2, [Marseille] F.R.A.C. Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, 5 mars-14 avril 1994.]. FRAC Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. 1994. Centre d'art contemporain. Meymac. French. 32021257.
  19. Web site: 21st National and International Studio Artists Exhibition MoMA. 2020-11-04. The Museum of Modern Art. en.
  20. Web site: Ardenne. Paul. 2006-09-01. Martin Tupper : Frac Poitou-Charentes, Angoulême, 12 mai - 2 septembre 2006. 2020-11-04. artpress. fr-FR.
  21. Web site: DeYi Studio Shanghai "Paul Devautour, œuvres tardives" Cnap. 2020-11-04. www.cnap.fr.