biography of Vincent BARRÉ (1948)

Personal data

Birth : 04/12/1948 - Vierzon, France
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : France

Address

Paris, France

Representatives

Galerie Bernard Jordan – 18 rue de l’abreuvoir – Paris, France
Jane Corkin Gallery – 55 Mill street, Bulding 61 – Toronto ON, Canada
Nanky De Vreeze – Lange Leidsedwarsstrasse 198/200 – Amsterdam, Netherlands

Education

1974 : University of Pennsylvania – The Graduate School of Fine Arts (Master of Architecture) – Philadelphia PA, United States
1979 : Université Paris Val de Marne (Doctorat de 3ème cycle : Urbanisme et Aménagement) – Paris, France
1967 – 1972 : UPA Unité Pédagogique d’Architecture n°1 (DPLG Urbaniste) – Paris, France

Professional data

Work and Life

1985:He is in residence in New York, NY, USA.
1978:He returns in Katmandu, Nepal.
1976:Alone, he travels in Katmandu, Nepal.
1973 – 1975:He lives in Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Prizes

1986

1986 : Grand prix du Salon de Montrouge – Montrouge, France

Artist in residence

1985

1985 : Villa Médicis Hors les Murs , Residence in PS1 – Paris, France
Awarded by : AFAA Association Française d’Action Artistique – 1 bis avenue de Villars – Paris, France

Other professions

Professor
ENSBA Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts – 14 rue Bonaparte – Paris, France

Work

Categorie and medium


Print-Multiple : Print
Sculpture-Volume : Bronze
Drawing-Watercolor :
Audiovisual-Multimedia : Video

Subject

architecture
Body
urbanism

Artistic periods

1994-2001 : Sculpture in connection with the packaging, the hollow. Different techniques of cast iron : bronze, iron and aluminium with lost models. Architectural and monumental context.
1982-1994 : Sculpture of assembly wood, metal or cut and welded steel. Vertical apparence, "opened" sculpture.

Works

Ventre
Date of creation : 2001
Medium : Iron
Size : 340 x 60 x 80 cm
 
Outres
Date of creation : 1999
Medium : Iron
Size : 240 x 60 x 80 cm
 
Sans titre
Date of creation : 1997
Medium : Bronze
Size : 30 x 30 x 50 cm
 
Château Haut-Selves
Date of creation : 1996
Medium : Concrete
Technical data : wine building
Subject : architecture
In collaboration with : Sylvain DUBUISSON
 
Château Haut-Selves
Date of creation : 1996
Medium : Steel
Technical data : railing
Subject : architecture
Size : 500 x 500 cm
 
Etuis
Date of creation : 1994
Medium : Bronze
Size : 20 x 10 x 10 cm
 
Château Cadillac-en-Fronsadais
Date of creation : 1992
Medium : Object
Materials : marble-stone-steel
Technical data : yard and fountain
Subject : architecture
Size : 300 x 200 cm
 
Bestiaire
Date of creation : 1984
Medium : Assemblage
Materials : metal-wood
Size : 230 x 60 x 60 cm
 
Corpus
Medium : Sculpture
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)

Solo exhibitions

2005

La grande nef
Musée des Beaux-Arts – Tourcoing, France
2005 – 05/25/2005

2004

Galerie Bernard Jordan – Paris, France
03/17/2004 – 04/24/2004

2003

Quincy, Relever-Révéler
Abbaye Notre-Dame de Quincy – Commissey, France
07/12/2003 – 10/13/2003

2001

Vincent Barré
Musée d’Art et d’Histoire – Belfort, France
07/05/2001 – 09/16/2001

Vincent Barré Corpus
Scène Nationale d’Orléans – Carré Saint Vincent – Orleans, France
02/03/2001 – 03/24/2001

2000

Vincent Barré Corpus
Galerie Bernard Jordan – Paris, France
11/22/2000 – 01/09/2001

Vincent Barré Sculptures Contemporaines
Musée Sainte Croix – Poitiers, France
03/23/2000 – 06/04/2000

Corpus Vincent Barré
Maison de la Culture – Amiens, France
01/08/2000 – 02/20/2000

1997

Posé, suspendu, couché
Galerie Bernard Jordan – Paris, France
11/20/1997 – 12/14/1997

1992

Le Chemin de Ronde
Musée d’Art et d’Histoire – Belfort, France
05/23/1992 – 09/1992

Group Exhibitions (Selected)

Art shows / fairs

2002

KunstRAI
Amsterdam, Netherlands
05/15/2002 – 05/20/2002
Represented by : Galerie Nanky De Vreeze – Eerelmanstraat 12 – Heemstede, Netherlands

2001

FIAC, n°28
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/10/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Galerie Jordan Devarrieux – 5 rue Chapon – Paris, France

Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Jane Corkin Gallery – 55 Mill street, Bulding 61 – Toronto ON, Canada

Group exhibitions

2001

L’Art dans les Chapelles, n°10
Maison du Chapelain – Plumeliau, France
07/06/2001 – 07/08/2001

1997

Dialogue(s) 10 sculptures dans la ville
Faculté de Droit Alexis de Tocqueville – Douai, France
04/20/1997 – 08/31/1997

1996

In Quarto
Abbaye Musée de Saint-Germain – Auxerre, France
06/1996 – 09/1996

Bibliography (Selected)

On the artist

Exhibition catalogues

1996

In quarto, Paroles d’ateliers
Publisher: Abbaye Musée de Saint-Germain – Auxerre, France
04/1996
ISBN : 2-909418-67-3

1992

Vincent Barré, Le chemin de Ronde 1982-1992
Publisher: Musée d’Art et d’Histoire – Château de Belfort – Belfort, France
Author: Wilkin Karen
Author: Cousin Christophe – Belfort, France
1992
ISBN : 2-7291-0816-5

Periodicals

2000

LE BAYON Michel – Vincent Barré : Corpus
in: Post : l’actualité de l’art contemporain n° 3
Paris, France
11/2000

1999

MURAT Laure – ENSBA Le pinceau et la souris
in: Connaissance des Arts n° 557 p. 95
Paris, France
01/1999

Legals