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Charles Matton

Charles Matton

French artist (1931–2008)

Charles Matton, also known as Gabriel Pasqualini, (13 September 1931 – 19 November 2008)[1] was a multitalented French artist: painter, sculptor, illustrator, writer, photographer, screenwriter and a movie director.[2]

Quick Facts Born, Died ...

Illustrations

In the 1970s, Matton worked with Jean-Paul Goude at Esquire,[3] working as an illustrator and a photographer.[4]

The Boxes

In 1983, Matton was able to show his art in Paris, and in 1987, he exhibited at the Palais de Tokyo. There, he showed what would become his famous Boxes.[5] Then, in 1989, he exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art of Paris, the Centre Georges Pompidou.[6]

During the last decade of his life, Matton showed his work all around the world, especially in New York and Los Angeles, through the Forum Gallery.[7]

After his death, his wife, Sylvie Matton, kept promoting his work and exhibitions took place in Germany and England.[8]

Films

  • 1999 : Rembrandt[9]
  • 1994 : The Light of the Dead Stars
  • 1988 : Douanes (documentary)
  • 1976 : Spermula
  • 1972 : L’Italien des roses
  • 1968 : Mai 68 ou les violences policières (short)
  • 1967 : La Pomme ou l’histoire d’une histoire (short)

References

  1. [1]
    "Biography - Forum Gallery". forumgallery.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-31. Retrieved 2013-12-29.
  2. [2]
    "Charles Matton: Enclosures". Time Out London. 19 September 2011.
  3. [3]
    "Infinity in Miniature" Aesthetica: The Art and Culture Magazine. 1 August 2011
  4. [4]
    "5000 Photographs". 5000photographs.blogspot.fr.
  5. [5]
    Rubenstein, Diane (January 2008). This is not a President: Sense, nonsense and the American Political Imaginary. ISBN 9780814776209.
  6. [6]
    "Le document Charles Matton - Centre Pompidou". centrepompidou.fr.
  7. [7]
    "Architect of Illusions: Charles Matton's Enclosures". The Huffington Post. 21 September 2011.
  8. [8]
    "Charles Matton's Magical Imagination". nysun.com.
  9. [9]
    Lisa Nesselson (18 October 1999). "Rembrandt". Variety.
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