Francis LIMERAT
Introduction
Francis Limérat was born on August 1st 1946 in Alger. He lives and works between Paris and the Entre-Deux-Mer.
He is a teacher at Anger's Ecole des Beaux-Art.
Represented in several galleries in France and abroad, F. Limérat is featured in many solo and collective exhibitions.
Francis Limérat's work is very original and has gradually changed during the forty years of his artistic practice. Materials and techniques are new; pieces of oblong wood with different sizes, almost always painted, layered, stacked, like repetitive modules and assembled together with or without a precise order; sheets of paper and black ink or sepia worked with a feather or as a tint.
"No images, no medium. The material is both the work's skeleton and body. The wood, sometimes recycled, had already been shaped for other uses: boards or sticks, enslaved to geometry – measured, calibrated, tinted with nut husk.
His work is only rigour, order and rhythm. Appended and juxtaposed boards create an animated surface following the woods fibres, their texture, reliefs and the interstice separating them. The repetition of the shapes created as such guaranties the order. In contrast, the sticks form a hemstitched space with a steady – and almost haunting – rhythm. Surface-line, full-empty, black-white, contrasts, symmetry and asymmetry and rhythm compose the visual vocabulary of Limérat, recalling those of rural buildings (like wooden fences, timbering, doors) and African or other constructions. The “act” is precise, conscientious; well-done work is the basis of creation. Sometimes, accidents trouble this meticulous organisation. Then, ruptures – visual chocks disturbing the eye – but repetition soon takes over them. From linearity arise writing. The space condenses, tightens. It breathes."
Anto Alquier, visual art teacher at Riscle school.
Biography
Born 1 August in Alger.
Works and lives in Paris.
Solo exhibitions (selected)
2015
- Art espace 83 Gallery, La Rochelle, France
- Capazza Gallery, Nançay, France
- Fine Arts Museum of Angers, France
2014
- Fine Arts Museum, Angers, France
- Nouvellet Gallery, Paris, France
2013
- Kandler Gallery, Toulouse, France
- Matière d'arbre, Pome Turbil Gallery, Lyon, France
2012
- Arts et Lettres Gallery, Vevey, France
- Pome Turbil Gallery, Lyon, France
2010
- Oeuvres sur papier, Olivier Nouvellet Gallery, Paris, France
2009
- Art/Espace, Thonon-les-Bains, France
- Christine Kandler Gallery, Toulouse, France
2008
- Mémoires en Promenade, Cabinet d'arts graphiques, Fine Arts Museum, Caen, France
- Scripto Sensu 2 angles, Contemporary Art Center, Flers, France
2007
- Mémoires en promenade (1975-2006), Cabinet d'arts graphiques, Fine Arts Museum, Angers, France
2006
- Art et chapelles, Notre-Dame de la Garde Chapel, Seiches, France
2005
- Linéaments, CIRCA, Montreal, Canada
- Eric Devlin Gallery, Montreal, Canada
2003
- Devoirs de Vacances, Moments Artistiques chez Christian Aubert, Paris, France
2002
- Bleue Gallery, Riscle, France
- L'Art dans les chapelles, Saint-Nicomède-en-Guenin Chapel, France
- Claires-Voies, Sabine Puget Gallery, Paris, France
2001
- Arrêt sur l'image Gallery, Bordeaux, France
2000
- Vingt ans de création-bois peints, dessins, carnets de voyage, Fine Arts Center, Royan, France
1997
- Francis Limérat. Oeuvres de 1973 à 1997, Lescombes Domain, Eysines, France
1992
- Francis Limérat (1972-1992), Fine Arts Museum, Angers, France
- Le Troisième Oeil Gallery, Bordeaux, France
1990
- Graff Gallery, Montreal, Canada
- Leif Stahle Gallery, Paris, France
Group exhibitions (selected)
2017
- India Art Fair, New Delhi, India
- Francis Limérat et Michel Duport, baudoin lebon, Paris, France
- KIAF, with baudoin lebon, Seoul, South Korea
2016
- Vénus et Vulcain, Capazza Gallery, Nançay, France
- India Art Fair, New Delhi, India
2015
- India Art Fair, New Delhi, India
2014
- Art Elysées, Paris, France
- India Art Fair, New Delhi, India
2013
- Lignes, baudoin lebon, Paris, France
- India Art Fair, New Delhi, India
2012
- Art Elysées, Paris, France
- Figures en lignes, baudoin lebon, Paris, France
2011
- Traces d'aube et de nuit. Autour de la revue Préau des collines n°12, Olivier Nouvellet Gallery, Paris, France
- Francis Limérat et Charles C. Hill, Kandler Gallery, Toulouse, France
2010
- Arts Elysées, Paris, France
- Art on Paper, Kandler Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2009
- Abstractions faîtes, Sabine Puget Gallery, Fox-Amphoux, France
- Salon du dessin contemporain, Paris, France
- Tritptyque, Angers, France
- Suivez la ligne, Francis Limérat et Charles Christopher Hill, 212 Gallery, Aspen, Colorado, USA
2008
- Arts Elysées, Paris, France
- Salon du dessin contemporain, Paris, France
2007
- Citadelle, Fort Vauban, Belle-Île-en-Mer, France
- Les métamorphoses du végétal, Sabine Puget Gallery, Fox-Amphoux, France
- Rendez-vous d?Octobre, chez Jacqueline Boissier, Paris, France
- Francis Limérat et Charles Christopher Hill, Lescombes Domain, Eysines, France
2006
- D'autres mondes, Dartois Workshop, Bordeaux, France
- Francis Limérat et Jean-Pierre Schneider, Sabine Puget Gallery, Fox-Amphoux, France
2005
- Peintures, dessins, sculptures, Libéral Bruant Gallery, Paris, France
2004
- Oeuvres choisies de la collection John A. Schweitzer, Stewart Hall Gallery, Montreal, Canada
- Le silence aussi se regarde, Sabine Puget, Fox-Amphoux, France
2003
- D'ailleurs, carte blanche à Francis Limérat et C. Van Lunen, Ronceray Abbey, Angers, France
- Campus Europe Art, travelling exhibition through the European universities, International Muhan Station 2003, MA Gallery, Japan
- Francis Limérat et Tanguy Tolila, Contemporary Art Center Bouvet-Ladubay, Saint-Florent, Saumur, France
2002
- Territoires alentour, Sabine Puget Gallery, Paris, France
- Triptyque, Angers, France
- Art Paris, Sabine Puget Gallery, Paris, France
2001
- Manif 01, Art Center, Seoul, South Korea
1999
- Les peintres de Sed Contra, hier et aujourd?hui, Lescombes Domain, Eysines, France
- Francis Limérat et Nils Udo, Krief Gallery, Paris, France
1998
- Collection de Jean-Pierre Alys, donation, Ceret?s Museum, France
1997
- Cinq années d'activités, Le Troisième Oeil Gallery, Paris, France
- Kolb-Limérat, Krief Gallery, Paris, France
1996
- Cabinet d'un amateur, Krief Gallery, Paris, France
- Hommage à Geneviève Thévenot, Museum of Modern Art, Troyes, France
- Septemvir, Beaux-Arts Gallery, Bordeaux, Le Troisième ?il Gallery, Paris, France
- Dessein-dessin, Studio Kostel, Paris, France
1994
- Taxi-Couleur, French Cultural Center and National Institute of Arts, Bamako, Mali
- Ecole régionale des Beaux-Arts, Angers, France
1993
- 20 années d'activités ou les sillons du temps, Le Troisième ?il Gallery, Bordeaux, France
- Dessins et sculptures du FRAC Picardie, Cultural House, Amiens, France
- Les artistes rendent hommage à Sud-Ouest, Le Troisième ?il Gallery, Bordeaux, France
1992
- Le rythme et la rigueur, Le Troisième Oeil Gallery, Bordeaux, France
1991
- Collection B.N.P. National School of Fine Arts, Paris, France
- SAGA, Editions Brandes, Roubaix, France
- Dessins d?été, Régional School of Fine Arts, Angers, France
1990
- Art Frankfurt, Leif Stahle Gallery, Francfurt, Germany
- Art Basel, Leif Stahle Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
- Barbara Sylvester Gallery, Montreal, Canada
public collections
Artothèque 2 angles, Flers, France
BNP Paribas Bank, Paris, France
National Bank of Paris, Limoges, Mexico
Bibliothèque nationale de France (France National Library), Paris, France
Deloitte Office, Paris, France
Caisse des dépôts et consignations, Angers, France
Center for Visual Arts, Royan, France
John A. Schweitzer collection, Montreal
Crédit Mutuel d'Anjou, Angers, France
Contemporary Art Funds for the following regions : Aquitaine, Picardie, Rhône-Alpes, Champagne-Ardennes, France
Pays de Loire et Auvergne, France
National Fund for Contemporary Art, Paris, France
Modern Art Museum (dépôt Alis), Céret, France
Modern Art Museum of the city of Paris, France
Modern Art Museum of Lille métropole, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
Contemporary Art Museum, Montreal, Canada
Angers Fine Arts Museum, France
Bordeaux Fine Arts Museum, France
Calais Fine Arts Museum, France
Paul Delouvrier Museum, Evry, France
Exhibitions
gallery exhibition
Francis Limérat / Michel Duport
Art fair
ART ELYSÉES
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