| I was born
in
1959 at Issy les Moulineaux, near Paris. I have made my first steps
in painting while pacing through the countryside of Illiers-
Combray, and my first oil paintings at age 14.
When I began to attend the Paris fine art
school in 1978, I ventured in abstraction for several years.
The most significative series of this period are « les
Anthropocages »,
which was the object of my first solo exhibition in 1983 in Paris.
After having endured a period of doubts for several
months where I had stopped painting, I discover through Hesiode's
theogony the necessity of filling iconographic blanks that some
greek myths were pointing to me.
It has been materialized that
way:
1986 Eurynomé, Galerie Darthéa Speyer in
Paris .
I then decided to represent the first
children of Gaïa and Ouranos, the Giants with 50
heads and 100 arms, Cottos, Gygès
and Briarée.
In 1989, during my stay in Barcelona, I
elaborated my Giants through the Têtabras (headarms).
This cycle ended ten years later with the
dislocation of each of them:
| 1988 |
Les Géants aux cent bras, paintings and
drawings, Galerie Darthea Speyer, Paris, France. |
| 1993 |
Les Têtabras, paintings, Galerie de l'Echaudé,
Paris, France.
Cottos, Gygès and Briarée, paintings and drawings,
Galerie Darthea Speyer, Paris, France.
La Dislocation de Gygès, installation, drawings, FIAC,
Galerie de l'Echaudé, Paris, France. |
| 1994 |
La Dislocation de Briarée, installation, paintings
and drawings, French Institut, Berlin, Germany. |
| 1995 |
La Dislocation de Briarée, installation and drawings,
Galerie Paszti-Bott, Köln, Germany. |
| 1996 |
La Dislocation de Cottos, paintings, drawings and installations,
Orangerie du Château de Meudon, France |
They gave way to a research about the forest
which is still in progress.
In 1997,
I was invited by the Karl
Hofer Gesellschaft to work in Berlin and at the Pergamon Museum
where I have held a diary: Les trente-six journées de Pergame, La Nouvelle Revue Française,
n° 548, Gallimard (Ed.) 1999.
| 1998 |
A propos de Pergame, Karl Hofer Gesellschaft,
Berlin.
paintings and drawings, Festival Etonnants voyageurs, Saint-Malo.
L’air du Temps, French Institut, Berlin.
Le Temps solidifié, Pergamon Museum, Berlin.
Des Géants dans la Ville, Museumakademie, Berlin. |
| 1999 |
A propos de l’autel de Pergame, Galerie Mabel Semmler,
Paris, France.
Les trente-six journées de Pergame, Librairie Nicaise,
Paris, France.
Titanomachie, Galerie Graphics, Bordeaux, France. |
| 2001 |
Edition of Méduse, text by Jean-Baptiste
Savigny.
Méduse, Galerie Idem, Paris
Le temps dans les yeux, Galleria del Leone, Venice, Italy.
Forêts premières, Galerie Lambert Rouland, Paris,
France. |
| 2002 |
Edition
of Méduse with an orignal text by Michel Tournier,
Galleria del Leone, Venice, Italy.
Le Radeau de la Méduse, Galerie
Michèle Broutta, Paris |
| 2003 |
De Pergame à nos jours, maison des Arts de Malakoff,
France.
Le Radeau de la Méduse,
Schusev museum of Architecture, Moscow, Russia. |
| 2004 |
Le Radeau de la Méduse, Morat
Institut, Freiburg im Breisgau
Les jeux de l'Eros and du hasard, Galerie Mabel Semmler, Paris,
France.
Forêts, Galerie Michèle Broutta, Paris, France. |
| 2005 |
Medusa Project, Galleria del Leone,
Venise |
COMPLETE BIOGRAPHY
| 1959 |
Lionel Guibout was born on May 3rd at
Issy-les-Moulineaux, near Paris, France. |
| 1983 |
Obtains his degree at the Paris fine arts national school.
Victor Choquet prize, Paris, France. |
| 1989 |
Scholarship Léonard de Vinci given by the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs.
Lives and works in Barcelona. |
| 1997 |
Invited to work at the Karl Hofer Gesellschaft, Berlin,
Germany.
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany. |
| 2004 |
Lives and works in the Vosges, France. |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 1983 |
Les Anthropocages, paintings and drawings, Centre
d’arts plastiques Albert Chanot, Clamart, France. |
| 1986 |
Eurynomé, pastels and lithographs, Galerie Darthéa
Speyer, Paris, France. |
| 1988 |
Les Géants aux cent bras, paintings and drawings, Galerie
Darthea Speyer, Paris, France. |
| 1993 |
Les Têtabras, paintings, drawings, bronzes, Galerie de
L’Echaudé, Paris, France.
Cottos, Gygès and Briarée, paintings and drawings,
Galerie Darthéa Speyer, Paris, France.
La Dislocation de Gygès, drawings, FIAC, Galerie de L’Echaudé,
Paris, France. |
| 1994 |
La Dislocation de Briarée, paintings and drawings, Institut
français de Berlin, Germany. |
| 1995 |
La Dislocation de Briarée, drawings and installation,
Galerie Pazti-Bott, Cologne, Germany. |
| 1996 |
Les Géants aux cent bras, La Dislocation de Cottos,
installation, paintings and drawings, Orangerie du Château,
Meudon, France |
| 1997 |
Forêts, drawings and lithographies, Galerie La Hune Brenner,
Paris, France. |
| 1998 |
A propos de Pergame, installations, Karl Hoffer Gesellschaft,
Bahnhof Westend, Berlin, Germany
Paintings, drawings and pastels, Etonnants Voyageurs, Saint-Malo,
France.
L’air du temps, installation, French Institut, Berlin,
Germany.
Le Temps solidifié, installation, Pergamon Museum, Berlin,
Germany
Des Géants dans la Ville, installation, works on paper,
Museumakademie, Berlin, Germany. |
| 1999 |
A propos de l’autel de Pergame, installation, paintings,
works on paper, Galerie Mabel Semmler, Paris, France.
Les trente six journées de Pergame, drawings, lithographis,
Librairie Nicaise, Paris, France. |
| 1999-2000 |
Titanomachie, installation, paintings, works on paper,
Galerie Graphics, Bordeaux, France. |
| 2001 |
Méduse, happening, works on
paper, IDEM-Mourlot, Paris, France.
Le Temps dans les yeux, drawings, paintings, Galleria del Leone,
Venice, Italy.
Forêts premières, drawings and paintings, Galerie
Lambert Rouland, Paris, France. |
| 2002 |
Le Radeau de la Méduse, texts
by Michel Tournier, drawings, lithographs, bronzes, Galerie
Michèle
Broutta, Paris, France |
| 2003 |
De Pergame à nos jours, installation, drawings, paintings,
maison des Arts, Malakoff, France.
Le
Radeau de la Méduse, lithographs and paintings, presentation
of the book Schusev Architecture Museum, Moscow, Russia. |
| 2004 |
Le Radeau de la Méduse, lithographs, paintings, sound
installation and charcoals, Morat Institut, Freiburg im
Breisgau, Germany.
Les jeux de l'Eros et du Hasard, Galerie Mabel Semmler, Paris.
Forêts, Galerie Michèle Broutta, Paris |
| 2005 |
Medusa Project, paintings, drawings,
installation, book, Galleria del Leone, Venice, Italy. |
| 2006 |
Medusa Project, exposition inaugurale à "l'Usine",
Fréland, France.
Des Géants et des Hommes, des livres, des forêts,
Arsenal de Soissons, France. |
| 2007 |
Medusa Project, Base sous-marine de Bordeaux, France. |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 1982-1985 |
Salon des Réalités nouvelles, Paris,
France. |
| 1985 |
Salon de mai, Paris, France. |
| 1987 |
Panorama de l’Ecole Française Contemporaine,
French Institut, Tel Aviv, Israel. |
| 1988 |
Gallery Baumgarten, Freiburg, Germany.
Art graphique sur support papier, Salon d’octobre, Brive,
France. |
| 1991 |
Foire Biennale d’Art Contemporain, Galerie Bernard
Cats, Brussels, Belgium. |
| 1994 |
Crayon, Plume, Fusain, Galerie Darthea Speyer, Paris, France. |
| 1995 |
La main dans l’art contemporain, Contemporary Art
International Fair, Francfort, Germany.
Bestiaire, Galerie Darthea Speyer, Paris, France. |
| 1996 |
Six peintres de la galerie Darthéa Speyer, Galerie
d’Athènes, Athènes, Grèce.
Berlin Palimpseste, C.A.C Rouen, France.
Visite d’ateliers, Halle aux grains, Rouen, France. |
| 1998 |
Dessins contemporains, Galerie Lambert Rouland, Paris, France. |
| 1999 |
L’Aventure de l’Art au XXe siècle, curator:
Jean-Louis Ferrier, Galerie Mabel Semmler, Paris, France. |
| 2000 |
Art on Paper Fair, Galleria del Leone, Royal College of
Art, London, UK.
Works on Paper, Galleria del Leone, 7th Regiment Armory, New
York, USA
Les Cafés Littéraires, curator: Gérard
Georges Lemayre, Galerie Mabel Semmler, Paris, France. |
| 2001 |
Art on Paper Fair, Galleria del Leone, Royal College of Art,
London, UK.
Works On Paper, Galleria del Leone, 7th Regiment Armory, New
York, USA.
Salon de march, Galleria del Leone, Palexpo, Geneva,
Switzerland.
Art Paris, Galleria del Leone, Paris, France. |
| 2002 |
Start, Galleria del Leone, Strasbourg, France.
Corps et corps, Carré Sainte-Anne, musée Atget,
Montpellier, France.
Prix International d’Art Contemporain, Monaco.
Végétal, Centre d’art de Verderonne, France.
Pages d’Art, Orangerie de Madame Elizabeth, Versailles,
France.
Art Paris, Galleria del Leone, Paris, France.
Salon d’Angers. |
| 2003 |
Natures, Galerie Mabel Semmler, Paris, France. |
| 2004 |
Salon de mai, Nouveau regard sur le pastel, Paris, France. |
| 2005 |
Art Paris, Galleria del Leone, Paris, France. |
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS, MUSEUMS,
FOUNDATIONS
| 1987 |
Des Ténèbres à la Lumière,
mural painting, Quinze-Vingts Hospital, Paris, France. |
| 1994 |
Dislocation de Briarée, installation Hausa am Checkpoint
Charlie, Berlin, Germany. |
| 1995 |
Couple de Têtabras, oil on canvas, Musée d’Art
and d’Histoire de la ville de Meudon, France. |
| 1998 |
Le Temps solidifié I, acrylic on newspaper,
Fond National d’Art Contemporain, Paris, France. |
| 2004 |
14 Anthropocages, Morat Institut, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. |
BIBLIOGRAPHY (books, catalogs)
| 1992 |
Les Têtabras. Cottos, Gygès, Briarée,
Galerie de l’Echaudé, Paris, France (Cat.)
Forêts, Diane de Biéville, Alias, William Blake
& Co (Ed). |
| 1993 |
La Dislocation de Gygès, Preceded by Dédicaces,
Jean-Michelena, Galerie de l’Echaudé,
William Blake & Co (Ed) |
| 1994 |
La Dislocation de Briarée. A propos des Titans, Manfred
Flügge, Frank Waill, Galerie de l’Echaudé
(Ed).
Titanomachie I, livre d’artiste.
Titanomachie II, livre d’artiste.
Titanomachie III, livre d’artiste.
Les Bois de Salomé, Philippe Douville, aux dépens
des 40 (Ed.) livre d'artiste. |
| 1996 |
Dislocation de Cottos, Vie et mort des Géants, Michel
Braudeau, Musée d’Art and d’Histoire de
Meudon (Ed.).
Rencontre dans la forêt, Henri Michaux, Aux dépens
des 36 (Ed.) Livre d'artiste. |
| 1998 |
Des géants dans la Ville, Museumakademie, Berlin (Cat.). |
| 1999 |
Pour nous la loi (sur Hölderlin), Jean-Paul Michel, William
Blake & Co (Ed.). |
| 2000 |
Ne vois-tu pas ? Pascal Bonafoux. Galerie Lambert Rouland
(Ed.). |
| 2001 |
Méduse, JBH Savigny, Aux dépens
des 40 (Ed.).
Le Temps dans les yeux, Pascal Bonafoux, Galleria del Leone,
Venise, Italie (Cat.).
Le Radeau de la Méduse, Michel
Tournier, Galleria del Leone, Venise, Italie (Ed.). |
PRESS, ARTICLES
| 1986 |
Kanal, Pascale Nemer, may |
| 1988 |
Art Press, Anne Dagbert, march
L’œil, Pierre Brisset, march |
| 1993 |
Cimaise, « Lionel Guibout, peintre des mutations »,
Claude Bouilleure, march
Le Parisien, Elisabeth Santacreu, april
Le Point, Jean Pierrard, march
L’œil, Laurence Pythoud, april
Le Monde, Harry Bellet, april |
| 1995 |
Kunstform, Jürgen Kisters, may |
| 1996 |
Express 92, “Gigantomachie”, Alix Saint-Martin,
may
Libération, Henri-François Debailleux, may |
| 1998 |
Der Tagesspiegel, Elfi Kreis, 2 february
Die Berliner Zeitung, Christian von Kageneck, 31 january-1er
february |
| 1999 |
L’Aventure de l’Art au XXe siècle, «
Les Dieux sur la Ville », Jean-Louis Ferrier, Le Chêne
(Ed.)
Les trente-six journées de Pergame, La Nouvelle Revue
Française n°548, Gallimard (Ed.) |
| 2001 |
Arts and métiers du livre, n°
226, "Méduse", Gilles Kraemer
Autour du Radeau, La Nouvelle Revue Française, n°557,
Gallimard (Ed.).
Dictionnaire des Arts plastiques modernes and contemporains,
J.-P. Delarge, Gründ (Ed.). |
| 2002 |
La Rencontre, « La Sève des Géants »,
Anne Brandebourg, Revue des Amis du Musée Fabre n°59,
1er trimestre
Figaro Magazine, « Le Radeau Maudit
», Béatrice Comte, 5 october.
La Gazette de Drouot n°33, septembre 2002, Lydia Harembourg |
| 2003 |
Express 92, « Les Dieux sont dans la Ville »,
Alix Saint-Martin |
| 2004 |
L'oeil, "Carte blanche à
Lionel Guibout", Philippe Piguet, april |
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