Arman Biography

French-born American sculptor and printmaker, widely considered as one of the leading exponents of NOUVEAU RÉALISME.

Born in Nice, France, the artist initially studied at the ÉCOLE DES ARTS DÉCORATIFS and the ÉCOLE DU LOUVRE. Along with his renowned artist-friend, YVES KLEIN, Arman was greatly influenced by Japanese art and culture, particularly the philosophy of Zen Buddhism.

He is best known for his large ASSEMBLAGES, that used junk materials, such as Long Term Parking ( Cartier Museum, 1982), a gigantic sculpture, encompassing 60 automobiles embedded in cement.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2001
Arman, Fundaciò “la Caixa”, Barcelone, SPAIN
Arman, Zürichsee Auktionen, Erlenbach, SWITZERLAND
Arman, Galerie Belmont, Films, SWITZERLAND
Arman: Superpositions, Guy Pieters Gallery, Knokke-le-Zoute, BELGIUM
Arman, Sandwich Combos, Malborough Gallery, New York, USA
Arman: En tout cas c’est de l’art, Galleria Dante, Padova, ITALY
Arman: La Traversée des Objets, Palazzo delle Zitelle, Venise, ITALY
Arman: Vingt Stations de l’Objet, Chantier Naval Opéra, Antibes
Arman: Works on Paper, Vila Zanders Bergisch-Gladbach, GERMANY
Arman: Through and Across Objects, Bocca Raton, Florida, USA
Arman: Des Cycles de la Vie, Galerie Anne Lettree, LUXEMBOURG
Arman, Galeria De Arte Isabel Aninat, Santiago, CHILE
Arman, Die Galerie, Zurich, SWITZERLAND
Arman: Vingt Siécles vus par Arman, Exposition au Chantier Naval Opera, Port Vabanantibes

2002
Arman: Musique, Kunsthaus Grenchen, Grenchen, SWITZERLAND
Arman: Africarmania, Arman et l’Afrique, Galerie Beaubourg, Vence, FRANCE
Arman: Dix Mots Pour, Sonia Zannettachi Gallery, SWITZERLAND
Arman: Œuvre Monumentale, Ville du Lavandou, Le Lavandou, FRANCE
Arman: Works on Paper, Villa Haiss Museum, Zell, GERMANY
Arman: Fragmentations, FIAC Galerie Beaubourg, Paris, FRANCE

2003
Arman: A Survey, Marlborough Gallery, New York, USA
Arman: Centomilacenerentole, Dante Vecchiato Galleria d’Arte, Padova, ITALY
Arman: Arman, Museum of Contemporary Art of Teheran, Teheran, IRAN
Arman: Le plein de l’art, Galleria Fonte d’Abisso, Milano, ITALY
Collection: Obelisk, 1983, (Towering accumulation of bronze cellos): Inducted into the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, New Orleans Museum of Art, Louisiana USA

2004
Arman: Peintures, Marlborough Gallery, Madrid, SPAIN
Arman: Peintures, Marlborough Gallery, MONACO
Arman: Interactives and Serious Paintings, Imago Gallery, Palm Desert, California USA
Collection: Cavalleria Eroica, 1987 Erected by Jing An District People Government, Shanghai, TAIWAN
Arman photographe, Theatre de la Photographie et de L’image, Nice, FRANCE
Arman: The Violence and the Number, Historial de la Grande Guerre, Peronne, FRANCE
Arman: Superposition, New Art: 38th Int’l Fair for Modern & Contemporary Art, Cologne, GERMANY
Arman: Opere Recenti, Centro d’Arte Cultura and Bugno Art Gallery, Venezia, ITALY

SELECTED MUSEUMS AND COLLECTIONS

Museum of Modern Art, New York
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
National Galleries of Scotland
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
Tate Gallery, London
MUMOK - Museum Moderner Kunst Stiflung Ludwig Wien, Vienna
Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain, Nice

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