左:《Weinende Frau》(1997),托馬斯.舒特,作品於沙尼市中心展出,圖片由Pietro Spartà藝廊提供;右:Pietro Spartà於托馬斯.舒特作品前,拍攝於2022年9月,照片由Louis Canadas為藝+巴黎:由巴塞爾藝術展呈獻拍攝
左:《Weinende Frau》(1997),托馬斯.舒特,作品於沙尼市中心展出,圖片由Pietro Spartà藝廊提供;右:Pietro Spartà於托馬斯.舒特作品前,拍攝於2022年9月,照片由Louis Canadas為藝+巴黎:由巴塞爾藝術展呈獻拍攝

Spartà在法國沙尼(Chagny)的工人階級環境中成長,但他發現圍繞他成長的那些典型職業 —— 例如農業和工廠職業 —— 並不適合他。「我希望能有一些改變 —— 徹底的改變。雖然我愛我的家人,但我不想和他們一樣。」他說道。可是他也不想離開這裡。這位藝廊主的家鄉沒有文化氛圍 —— 他坦然承認這一切 —— 除了一家米其林星級餐廳。 Spartà自學成才,他通過書籍發現了藝術,並對彼特蒙德里安(Piet Mondrian)和卡濟米爾馬列維奇(Kazimir Malevich)產生了特別的興趣。在書中,他瞭解到貧窮藝術(Arte Povera)、極簡主義(Minimalism)和觀念藝術家,並希望有朝一日可以與書中所記載的令人讚歎的藝術家們見面。他說:「我一定要在他們離世前見到他們。」他覺得自己的這種迫切期望很好笑。但對此的堅持卻十分真誠。「我想知道他們做了什麼,他們如何生活 —— 作為一名藝術家是什麼樣子。」

Pietro Spartà藝廊首個展覽海報,由芭芭拉·克魯格設計,圖片由藝術家和位於沙尼的Pietro Spartà藝廊提供
Pietro Spartà藝廊首個展覽海報,由芭芭拉·克魯格設計,圖片由藝術家和位於沙尼的Pietro Spartà藝廊提供

Spartà的一位朋友曾借給他一本「藝術日記」,彙集了藝術家們的聯繫方式。Spartà給每一個他希望見到的藝術家都撥通了電話,包括馬里奧梅爾茨(Mario Merz)、吉爾伯托佐里奧(Gilberto Zorio)、尼爾托羅尼( Niele Toroni )和丹尼爾布倫(Daniel Buren)。藝術家們都對他的熱情做出了回應,並邀請Spartà去參觀各自的工作室。「我不太知道該對他們說什麼,只是表達了我對他們作品的喜愛。」Spartà承認道。當年的Spartà既不是一個藝廊主,也不是一個收藏家。當時還是冶金學家的他,每個周末都會去巴黎的藝廊,特別是Yvon Lambert藝廊、Liliane et Michel Durand-Dessert藝廊和Lelong & Co. 藝廊

那些他聯絡過的藝術家都向他保證,如果他專門開設一個空間,他們將為Spartà提供作品。 Spartà將這一切付諸於行動,並在沙尼找到了一個場地。然後,他開玩笑地說:「我做了和很多巴黎藝廊主一樣會做的事。把空間內部全部重新粉刷成白色。」一年之內,他在1982年的7月舉辦了第一個展覽,名為「Le Poids des Mots, Le Choc des Photos 」(文字的力量,影像的震撼)的群展。展覽集合了眾多知名藝術家,包括安奈特梅莎熱(Annette Messager)、漢斯-彼得費爾德曼(Hans-Peter Feldmann)、河原溫(On Kawara),珍妮霍爾澤(Jenny Holzer)、約瑟夫‧科蘇思(Joseph Kosuth)、理查普林斯(Richard Prince)和索菲卡爾(Sophie Calle)。前來參加開幕的芭芭拉克魯格(Barbara Kruger)還帶來了展覽海報,張貼在沙尼的街道上。

在首個展覽後,Spartà繼續以自主形式經營藝廊。他還未懂得如何售賣藝術品,又或是吸引不同的收藏家。他完全接受他與市場的距離,並邀請藝術家創作「不能賣」的作品。他指出:「這是讓藝術家創作的方法之一,而藝術家們也喜歡製作複雜的藝術品。」他獨特的作風讓他得以凝聚不同藝術家,打造出一個獨立的藝術社群,吸引更多分享同樣立場的藝術家。只有6000人的沙尼反而支持著Spartà的雄心,為他帶來了在沒有市場壓力下充足的實驗空間。Spartà指:「偉大的藝術家不單執著於作品形態,更要有決心面對世態。」他對積極透過創作及開明的方式闡述重要課題的藝術家感到興趣。

Installation view of Niki de Saint Phalle’s exhibition ‘The 1980s and 1990s: Art Running Free’ at Les Abattoirs, Musée – Frac Occitanie, Toulouse, 2023. Photograph by Boris Conte. Courtesy of Niki Charitable Art Foundation and ADAGP Paris.
Installation view of Niki de Saint Phalle’s exhibition ‘The 1980s and 1990s: Art Running Free’ at Les Abattoirs, Musée – Frac Occitanie, Toulouse, 2023. Photograph by Boris Conte. Courtesy of Niki Charitable Art Foundation and ADAGP Paris.

Niki de Saint Phalle
‘The 1980s and 1990s: Art Running Free’
Les Abattoirs, Musée – Frac Occitanie, Toulouse
Until March 5, 2023

The solo show at Musée Frac Occitanie is dedicated to the last two decades of the life and work of Niki de Saint Phalle. Different projects by the French-American artist unfold in the rooms of Toulouse’s former slaughterhouse, Les Abattoirs. Models and sketches of the monumental Tarot Garden, an illustrated diary, drawing series to raise AIDS awareness, and works condemning racism and the destruction of nature, confirm the power and lucidity of a woman ahead of her time. Furniture, clothing, monumental sculpture, books, fountains: creative exploration was without limits for Saint Phalle, who wanted to encourage women to create extraordinary things.

Installation view of ‘Constellation’ at MAGNIN-A, Paris, 2023. Courtesy of the artists and MAGNIN-A.
Installation view of ‘Constellation’ at MAGNIN-A, Paris, 2023. Courtesy of the artists and MAGNIN-A.

Group show
‘Constellation’
MAGNIN-A, Paris 11th arrondissement
Until March 18, 2023

The group show presents the work of African-born artists. MAGNIN-A has been highlighting these artists for decades, long before the recent discovery of their richness by a wider audience. In ‘Constellation’, you’ll find historical gems, such as photographs by Malick Sidibé documenting the Bamako night life of the 1960s and 1970s, as well as recent works like Amadou Sanogo’s singular and intimist paintings. The title of the exhibition reflects its ambition: this sparkling network illustrates a multiplicity of approaches and debunks the often too simplistic readings of African arts.

Installation views of Bianca Bondi’s work Beltane Oracle in ‘Au-delà: Rituals for a new world’, Lafayette Anticipations, Paris, 2023. Courtesy of the artist.
Installation views of Bianca Bondi’s work Beltane Oracle in ‘Au-delà: Rituals for a new world’, Lafayette Anticipations, Paris, 2023. Courtesy of the artist.

Group show
‘Au-delà: Rituals for a new world’
Lafayette Anticipations, Paris 4
th arrondissement
February 15 to May 16, 2023

Conceived by performer and curator Agnes Gryczkowska, the group exhibition presents the work of around 20 artists who question the meaning of archaic, contemporary, individual, and collective rituals in our society. In the labyrinthine spaces of Lafayette Anticipations, the large installation Beltane Oracle by Bianca Bondi enters into a dialog with films by the legendary artist Ana Mendieta, while new sculptures and paintings by Tobias Spichtig refer to the ‘Dances of Death’. Through a corpus of heteroclite works – from the handwritten pages of the medieval mystic and visionary Hildegard of Bingen to the last sculpture produced by Eva Hesse – the curator transforms the space of Lafayette Anticipations into a dense initiatory journey that questions the imagination and knowledge of the audience.

Paris+ par Art Basel editorial team (Patrick Steffen, Karim Crippa, Juliette Amoros)

Caption for full-bleed image: Installation view of Niki de Saint Phalle’s exhibition ‘The 1980s and 1990s: Art Running Free’ at Les Abattoirs, Musée – Frac Occitanie, Toulouse, 2023. Photograph by Boris Conte. Courtesy of Niki Charitable Art Foundation and ADAGP Paris.

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