Michael Parmentier: paintings and works on paper Michel Parmentier
Notes:
Original French edition published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Villa Tamaris centre d'art, La Seyne-sur-Mer, France, June 7-September 14, 2014. English edition published on the occasion of the exhibitions "Michael Parmentier: paintings and works on paper," at Ortuzar Projects, New York, New York, February 16-April 7, 2018 and "Michel Parmentier," at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, East Lansing, Michigan, April 28-October 7, 2018. Includes contributions by Philip Armstrong, Robert Bonaccorsi, Agnès Foiret, Laura Lisbon, Jean-Marc Poinsot, and Molly Warnock. Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-234).
Summary:
"Grounding his practice on a denial of gesture and narrative, Michel Parmentier (1938-2000) was an active and influential figure within the postwar critique on traditional modes of art-making. He is best known for the highly standardized, horizontally-striped canvases that he painted between 1965 and 1968. These works, produced through the pliage technique of folding the ground before the color is applied, are comprised of perfectly even, 38-centimeter bands which Parmentier varied in color annually (blue in 1966, gray in 1967, red in 1968 and black after 1983)." -- Ortuzar Projects website.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.