Arman
Bio
1928
was born in Nice, France
1946-1949
studied at École des arts décoratifs de Nice, Nice, France
1949-1951
studied at École du Louvre, Paris
2005
died in New York, USA
Collections
Berardo Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Lisbon
Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, USA
Musée d’Art Moderne Bruxelles, Brussels
Musée d’art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
Musée d’art moderne et d’art contemporain Nice, Nice, France
Museum Folkwang Essen, Essen, Germany
National Museum of Contemporary Art Korea, Seoul
Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, Denmark
Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy
Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere, Finland
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
Tate Britain, London
Tate Modern, London
The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, USA
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Selected solo exhibitions
1959
Mostra Personale di Arman. Galerie Apollinaire, Milan, Italy
1960
Full. Galerie Iris Clert, Paris
1961
Arman. Gallerie Schwarz, Milan, Italy
1962
Arman. Galerie Aujourd’hui, Brussels
1963
Arman. Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, USA
1964
Arman. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Accumulations. Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA
1965
Arman. Galleria del Leone, Venice, Italy
1966
Arman. Galerie Svenk-Franska, Stockholm
1967
Arman. Galerie des Ponchettes, Nice, France
1968
Arman. Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, USA
1969
OEuvres Recentes. Galerie Bonnier, Geneva, Switzerland
1970
Arman. Ace Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
1971
Arman. Galerie Lawrence, New York, USA
1972
Arman. Galerie Arte Borgogna, Basel, Switzerland
1973
Arman. Galerie Charles Kriwin, Brussels
1974
Concrete Lyrics. Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York, USA
1975
Arman. Galerie Bonnier, Geneva, Switzerland
1976
Arman. Galerie Sapone, Nice, France
1977
Arman. Galerie Valeur, Nagoya, Japan
1978
Arman. Galerie Jollenbeck, Cologne, Germany
Accumulation. Galerie Valeur, Nagoya, Japan
1979
Arman. Galleria Cavellini, Brescia, Italy
1980
Arman. Satani Gallery, Tokyo
1981
Opere del 1979. Le Point, Rome
1982
Carvings and Drawings. Solomon Gallery, Dublin
1983
Arman. Goldman’s Gallery, Haifa, Israel
1984
The Day After. Marisa del Re Gallery, New York, USA
1985
Arman. Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo
1986
Arman. Veraneman Foundation, Ghent, Belgium
1987
Trio for Strings. Galerie GKM, Malmo, Sweden
1988
OEuvres 1961-1986. La Galerie de Poche, Paris
1989
Retrospective. Gana Gallery, Seoul
1990
Graphische Arbeiten 1960-1990. Eberhart Auktionen AG, Zollikon, Germany
1991
Arman. Galleria d’Art Immart, Rome
1992
Amsterdam Tour by Arman & Music by Arman. Reflex Modern Art Gallery, Amsterdam
1993
Arman. Galerie Pascal Retelet, Charleroi, Belgium
1994
Pintura e Escultura. Galerie III, Lisbon
1995
Arman. Galerie 3, Athens
1996
Starry Night. Museo Jose Luis Cuevas, Mexico City
1997
Cascades. Ileana Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA
1998
Variations sur un Lénine. Galerie Patrice Trigano, Paris
1999
Arman. Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv
2000
La Traversée des Objets. Château Musée de Villeneuve, Vence, France
2001
Des Cycles de la Vie. Galerie Anne Lettrée, Luxembourg
2002
Works on Paper. Villa Haiss Museum, Zell, Germany
2003
Arman. Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran
2004
Peintures. Marlborough Gallery, Monaco
2006
Subida al cielo. Musée d’art moderne et d’art contemporain Nice, Nice, France
2008
Arman. Palazzo Bricherasio, Turin, Italy
Selected group exhibitions
1960
Avanguardia, Les nouveaux Réalistes. Galleria Apollinaire, Milan, Italy
1961
Biennale de Paris. Musée d’art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
1962
The New Realist. Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, USA
1963
Bewegte Bereiche der Kunst. Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld, Germany
1964
Painting and Sculpture of a Decade: 1954-1964. Tate Gallery, London
1967
Painting in France: 1900-1967. National Gallery of Art, Washington
1968
La 34 Biennale di Venezia. Venice, Italy
1969
Contemporary Art: Dialogue Between the East and the West. National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
1974
Twenty-Five Years of Janis, Part Two: From Pollock to Pop, Op and Sharp-Focus Realism. Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, USA
1976
La 37 Biennale di Venezia. Venice, Italy
1977
Biennale de Paris, une Anthologie: 1959-1967. Fondation Nationale des Arts Plastiques et Graphiques, Paris
1979
Kunst des 20. Jahrunderts: Malerei-Graphik-Plastik. Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany
1980
Reliefs. Westflisches Landsmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Münster, Germany
1982
The Americans: The Collage. Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, United States
1984
Pop Art: 1955-1970. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
1985
Chance in Art. Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
1986
EXPO-86. Vancouver Canada
1987
Picasso et Arman. Galerie l’Orangeraie, Geneva, Switzerland
1988
Aspects of Collage, Assemblage and the Found Object in Twentieth-Century Art. Solomon
R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
1992
Zufall als Prinzip. Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany
1994
Worlds in a Box. The South Bank Center, City Arts Center, Edinburgh, UK
1995
Dessins et oeuvres sur papier de la collection Ahrenberg. Maîson de la Culture d’Amiens, Amiens, France
1996
Europe Express. 12 Artistes Europeens Pour 12 Timbres Français. Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris
1997
Tissées par L’Atelier 3. Artrium, Lyon, France
1998
L’Objet Recrée, 5em Forum d’Arts Plastique. Center Culturel Boris Vian, Paris
1999
Georges Pompidou et la modernité. Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris
2001
The Climax - An Exclamation of 21st Century. Modern Art Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan
2002
From Pop to Now: Selections from the Sonnabend Collection. The Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, United States
Geschenkte Kunst. Ludwig Museum im Deutschherrenhaus, Koblenz, Germany
2004
Walter Benjamin und die Kunst der Gegenwart / Schrift - Bilder - Denken. Haus am Waldsee, Berlin
Porträt ohne Antlitz. Kunsthalle zu Kiel der Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel, Germany
2005
Crowd of the Person. Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, United States
2006
Eye on Europe - Prints, Books & Multiples, 1960 to Now. Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
2007
Pop Art! 1956-1968. Scuderie del Quirinale, Rome
Homenaje a Picasso. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago
2008
Skulpturen im Blickpunkt. Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
