Robert Breer
Robert Breer (1926, Détroit - 2011)
Après des études d’art à l’université de Stanford (où il obtient sa licence en 1949), Robert Breer débute une carrière de peintre. En 1949, il emménage à Paris et rejoint la galerie Denise René.
En 1952, il réalise son premier film, ce qui l’amène, à partir de 1959, à cesser de peindre et à créer ses premiers mutoscopes. De retour aux Etats-Unis, il s’installe à New York et, à partir de 1965, expose ses sculptures en mouvement à la galerie Bonino. Le prix Max Ernst lui est décerné en 1969, lors du Festival du Film de Oberhausen (Allemagne).
En 1970, il initie et co-réalise avec le groupe E.A.T le pavillon américain Pepsi pour l’Exposition Universelle d’Osaka (Japon).
D’abstraits, ses films deviennent plus éclectiques à partir de 1971, intégrant des images rotoscopées et des photographies.
En 1973, il commence à enseigner le cinéma à Cooper Union, NewYork. Une première Rétrospective lui est consacrée au Whitney Museum en 1980. Un an plus tard, le Film Forum de New York lui passe commande d’une grande peinture murale.
En 1999, ses peintures, films et sculptures sont réunies lors d’une exposition au Staff USA / AC project Room, New York. En 2000, un de ses Floats monumentaux (acquis dés 1971) est présenté lors de l’exposition ‘Useless Science’ dans les jardins du MoMA, New York.
Le Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée National d’Art Moderne le convie en 2001 à une rétrospective de ses films organisée en lien avec son exposition personnelle que lui consacre gb agency, Paris.
Son film ‘Fuji’ entre à la Bibliothèque Nationale du Congrès à Washinghton en 2001. En 2005, le prestigieux prix Stan Brakhage lui est remis à Denver, Colorado.
En 2006, Le Musée d’Annecy lui organise une importante exposition monographique ‘Films, Floats & Panoramas’ accompagnée d’un livre.
Récemment Robert Breer a été présenté lors de l’exposition ‘Le Mouvement des images’ au Musée d’Art Moderne à Paris (2006-2007) et à la Kunshalle de Bâle dans l’exposition ‘Poor Thing’.
Pour l’exposition ‘The Death of the Audience’ à la Sécession de Vienne en 2009, Robert Breer a été invité à réaliser de nouvelles sculptures. Il a crée des murs en mouvements d’exposition.
A partir de l’automne 2010, ses Floats seront exposés dans la grande nef du CAPC de Bordeaux, puis une rétrospective itinérante lui sera consacrée, commençant en 2011 au Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK et au Musée Tinguely, Bâle. Une nouvelle publication monographique accompagnera la rétrospective.
Paris+ par Art Basel 2023
Art Fair
Grand Palais Éphémère, Paris
October 18-22, 2023
Floating Worlds
Group show including the work of Dove Allouche, Robert Breer, Mark Geffriaud, Tirdad Hashemi, Pratchaya Phinthong, Roman Ondak and Chloé Royer.
gb agency, Paris
October 10 - November 14, 2023
Art Basel, 2021
Art Fair
Messe Basel, Basel
September 21 - 26, 2021
L’œil vérité
Group show including the work of Robert Breer
The Musée d’Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne, Vitry-sur-Seine
From June 23, 2023
Ridiculously yours!, Art, Awkwardness and Enthusiasm
Group show including the work of Robert Breer and Jirí Kovanda
Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn
October 13, 2022 - February 25, 2023, extended until April 10, 2023
Les figures du vide
Group show including the work of Robert Breer
FRAC Franche Comte, Besançon
June 3 - September, 2023
30 ans de carré d'art
Rehanging of the collection, including the work of Robert Breer
Carré d’art-musée d’art contemporain, Nîmes
Spring - Summer, 2023
Dans l'air, les machines volantes
Group show with the work of Robert Breer
Art Explora, Hangar Y, Meudon
March 21 - August 9, 2023
Gribouillage Scarabocchio, de Léonard de Vinci à Cy Twombly
Group show with the work of Robert Breer
École des Beaux-Arts de Paris, Paris
February 8 - April 30, 2023
Ridiculously yours!, Art, Awkwardness and Enthusiasm
Group show including the work of Robert Breer and Jirí Kovanda
Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn
October 13, 2022 - February 25, 2023, extended until April 10, 2023
The Dynamic Eye: Op and Kinetic Art
Touring group show, including the work of Robert Breer
Tate Modern Touring Exhibition, Museum of Art Pudong, Shanghai
September 28, 2022 - March 19, 2023
Robert Breer's animated films
Conférence et sortie de livreCinémathèque québécoise, Québec
Septembre 19-20, 2022
STILL ALIVE - Aichi Triennial
Group show with works by Robert Breer and Roman Ondak
Aichi Triennial, Aichi
July 30 - October 10, 2022
Future Bodies from a Recent Past – Sculpture, Technology, and Bodies
Group show with works by Robert Breer
Museum Brandhorst, Munich
June 2, 2022 - January 13, 2023
Ce devant quoi
Une exposition collective de Yann Sérandour
gb agency, Paris
26 mars - 7 mai, 2022
Traverser la nuit: works from the collection of Antoine de Galbert
Group show with works by Mac Adams, Robert Breer
MAAT, Lisbon
March 12 - August 8, 2022
Gribouillage / Scarabocchio. De Léonard de Vinci à Cy Twombly
Exposition collective avec des oeuvres de Robert Breer
La Villa Médicis, Rome
3 mars - 22 mai 2022
Pierre Bal-Blanc: I GOT UP
Exposition collective
gb agency, Paris
19 octobre - 13 novembre 2021
Art Basel, 2021
Art Fair
Messe Basel, Basel
September 21 - 26, 2021
Tricksters
Group show with works by Robert Breer
Gianni Manhattan, Vienna
September 4 - October 23, 2021
Grand bazar - choix de Jean-Hubert Martin dans la collection Antoine de Galbert
Group show with works by Robert Breer
Château d’Oiron, Oiron
June 27 - October 3, 2021
The Paradox of Stillness: Art, Object, and Performance
Exposition collective avec des oeuvres de Cally Spooner et Robert Breer
United States of Abstraction: Artistes américains en France, 1946-1964
Group show with works by Robert Breer
Musée d’arts de Nantes
February 12 - May 24, 2021
Robert Breer, TIME OUT
Solo show
Fondazione Antonio Dalle Nogare, Bolzano
September 12, 2020 - July 17, 2021
Activity of Matter
Exposition collective
gb agency, Paris
30 Novembre 2019 - 11 Janvier 2020
Artissima 2019
Art fiere
OVAL Lingoto Fiere, Torino
October 31 - November 3, 2019
Gigantisme, Art & Industrie with Robert Breer
Group show
Grand Large – Hauts-de-France (FRAC) and Lieu d’Art et Action Contemporaine, Musée de France (LAAC), Dunkerque
May 4, 2019 - January 5, 2020
Robert Breer, Order From Chaos That Includes Chaos
Exposition personnelle
Robert Breer
gb agency
9 Mars - 4 Mai 2019
A vision for painting with Robert Breer
Group show
The Collection of the Fondation. A vision for painting
Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris
February 20 - August 26, 2019
Robert Breer and Roman Ondak. Arco
Exhibition
Arco, Madrid
Feb 22-26, 2017
Paper stories
Group Exhibition
Level One, gb agency
From December 3rd, 2016 to January 14th, 2017
Robert Breer, Time Flies
Solo Show
The Flying Saucer, Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharja
Oct 1st , 2016 - Jan 9, 2017
Robert Breer: Between Cinema and Fixed Imagery
A solo show by Robert Breer
gb agency
From May 19 to July 16, 2016
FIAC 2014
Art Fair
Grand Palais, Paris
23 - 26 October 2014.
New Ways of Doing nothing at Kunsthalle Wien with Robert Breer, Ryan Gander and Jirí Kovanda
Group exhibition
Kunsthalle Wien.
27 June - 12 October 2014.
Frieze, New York, 2014
Frieze Art Fair
New York
May 9-12 2014
Yann Sérandour at M HKA
Group show
M HKA in Antwerpen
Untill May 11, 2014.
El Hotel Eléctrico at M HKA with Robert Breer, Roman Ondak and Yann Sérandour
Group exhibition
M HKA, Antwerpen
21st February - 11th May 2014.
Robert Breer
Solo show
gb agency
September 7 - October 17, 2013
Robert Breer: Clouds
A solo show by Robert Breer
gb agency
From November 20th, 2010 to January 15th, 2011
Nord, Nord-Ouest
Group show
gb agency
From June 25 to July 25, 2009
Cinematic Panorama
Group exhibition
gb agency
From 1 December to 19 January 2008
Time Files
Group show
gb agency
27 January to 10 March 2007
Petites compositions entre amis - Sequence 2
Group exhibition
gb agency
10 September to 29 October 2005
Robert Breer
a solo show by Robert Breer
gb agency
From April 24 to May 29, 2004
Links
Group exhibition
gb agency
13 September to 8 November 2003
Robert Breer
A solo show by Robert Breer
gb agency
From September 8 to October 20, 2001
Hors-Jeu
Group exhibition
gb agency
17 February to 6 March 2001
Robert Breer
Robert Breer, 2011
Catalogue
Size: 24 x 28 cm
Language / Edition: English, 168 Pages, paperback
Author(s): Ute Holl, Andres Pardey, Laurence Sillars
Publisher: Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld
Date of Publication: 2011
ISBN: 978-3-86678-531-4
Robert Breer
Films, Floats & Panoramas, Robert Breer, 2006
Book
Texts by Brigitte Liabeuf, Laura Hoptman, Juliette Singer, Lionel Bovier, Yann Beauvais
204 pages
Published in 2006
Editions de l’Oeil
ISBN 2-35137-022-8
Exhibition view, Still Alive, Aichi Triennale, 2022
Exhibition view, Robert Breer: TIME OUT, Fondazione Antonio Dalle Nogare, Bolzano, 2020-2021
Photos ©Jürgen Eheim Fotostudio and ©Tiberio Sorvillo
Exhibition view, Robert Breer: TIME OUT, Fondazione Antonio Dalle Nogare, Bolzano, 2020-2021
Photos ©Jürgen Eheim Fotostudio and ©Tiberio Sorvillo
Exhibition view, Robert Breer: TIME OUT, Fondazione Antonio Dalle Nogare, Bolzano, 2020-2021
Photos ©Jürgen Eheim Fotostudio and ©Tiberio Sorvillo
Exhibition view, Robert Breer: TIME OUT, Fondazione Antonio Dalle Nogare, Bolzano, 2020-2021
Photos ©Jürgen Eheim Fotostudio and ©Tiberio Sorvillo
Exhibition view, Robert Breer: TIME OUT, Fondazione Antonio Dalle Nogare, Bolzano, 2020-2021
Photos ©Jürgen Eheim Fotostudio and ©Tiberio Sorvillo
Exhibition view, Robert Breer: TIME OUT, Fondazione Antonio Dalle Nogare, Bolzano, 2020-2021
Photos ©Jürgen Eheim Fotostudio and ©Tiberio Sorvillo
Exhibition view, Robert Breer, Time flies, Sharjah Art Foundation, 2016 - 2017
Exhibition view, Robert Breer, Time flies, Sharjah Art Foundation, 2016 - 2017
Exhibition view, Robert Breer, Time flies, Sharjah Art Foundation, 2016 - 2017
Exhibition view, Robert Breer, Time flies, Sharjah Art Foundation, 2016 - 2017
Exhibition view, Robert Breer, Time flies, Sharjah Art Foundation, 2016 - 2017
Exhibition view, Robert Breer, Time flies, Sharjah Art Foundation, 2016 - 2017
Exhibition view, Robert Breer, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, 2011
Exhibition view, Robert Breer, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, 2011
Exhibition view, Robert Breer, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, 2011
Exhibition view, Robert Breer, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, 2011
Exhibition view, Robert Breer, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, 2011
Exhibition view, Robert Breer, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, 2011
Exhibition view, GIGANTISME — ART & INDUSTRIE , FRAC Nord-Pas de Calais, 2011
Exhibition View, Robert Breer, A Retrospective, Tinguely Museum, Basel, 2011
Exhibition View, Robert Breer, Floats, CAPC, Bordeaux, 2010
Robert Breer, Galeria Bonino, New York, 1965, Magazine Art International
Exhibition View, Vision in Motion, Centrum voor Hedendaagse Kunstuitingen, Hessenhuis, 1958
exhibition View, Kinetic and Programmed Art, Rhode Island School Museum, Providence, 1966
Exhibition View, The Death of the Audience, Secession, Vienna, 2009
Robert Breer, gb agency, Paris, 2004
Robert Breer, Galerie Ricke, 1968
Robert Breer, 93 Variations, Galeria Bonino, 1970
Exhibition View, Retrospective Robert Breer, Whitney Museum, New York, 1980
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