> 1st salvo : Biennale d'art contemporain
de Lyon
From 14 September to 31 December 2005
> 2nd salvo : Palais de Tokyo, site de création contemporaine
From 8 October 2005 to 8 January 2006
In Lyons, pure color
The first part of "Robert Malaval, kamikaze",
which will be featured as part of the Biennale d'Art Contemporain de Lyon, will concentrate on the years
1972 and 1973. This is when light invaded the artist's oeuvre and fresh colors, pastel blues,
tender yellows, and clear pinks, are present in all of the paintings.
Robert Malaval, Vol 545, 1972
Flowers,landscapes, playful rural motifs form his sources
of inspiration. The brushstrokes are repetitive, the motifs often geometric,
and the picture as a whole exudes the pleasure of painting and obvious happiness. A few years earlier
the series titled "Rose-Blanc-Mauve" sketched out a
truly pop universe peopled with female silhouettes and pink fogs. The body is a constant
presence in the series, fragmented, sketched out. The series reflects the circles Malaval
was moving in at that very moment, the world of fun and frivolous society life, and it was
one of his rare attempts at integrating society. He was no dupe of that world and quickly
put an end to the attempt.
The series "Été pourri peinture fraîche and
Multicolor", which make up the main thrust of this show, represent the ultimate development of this and announce the artist's subsequent abandoning of the human figure once
and for all in his work.
Robert Malaval, Planche de Cent demi-heures de dessin quotidien,
1969
Echoing the general theme of the Biennale d'Art Contemporain de Lyon
(the experience of time),
the 1969 series "Cent demi-heures de dessin quotidien",
like an experiment designed to test his never-ending impatience, suggests imposed discipline, work on himself, and a search to make available both the mind
and the hand, intended as a way of predisposing the artist to discover new realms.
Everyday he methodically filled with tiny dots one of the one hundred small squares
drawn on a dozen sheets of paper. The hour, date, and diameter of the pen used fill
out the objective information provided. The days without work are represented by the squares left empty by the artist. Malaval was quickly tired of the exercise
but persisted to the very end of the three-month experiment, an eternity
for Malaval...
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Informations about the Biennale d'art contemporain de Lyon 2005
>>> Experiment of duration
> From 14 September to 31 December 2005. Professionnal days on 12 and 13
September. Opening on 13 September 2005
> Opening on the :
From tuesday to sunday from 12 to 7 pm. Closed on mondays. Late admission
on Fridays from 12 to 10 pm except at the Fort Saint-Jean.
>>> Les Biennales
de Lyon
3 rue du Président Edouard Herriot 69 001 Lyon
Tel. : + 33 (0)4 72 07 41 41
Fax : +33 (0)4 72 00 03 13
Information : + 33 (0)4 72 07 41 45
Web Site : www.biennale-de-lyon.org
Email : info@biennale-de-lyon.org
>>> Adresses of the various sites:
> La Sucrière
Port Rambaud, quai Rambaud, 69002 Lyon
>
Le Musée d'Art Contemporain de Lyon
Cité internationale
81 quai Charles de Gaulle 69006 Lyon
> L'Institut d'Art Contemporain de Villeurbanne
11 rue du Docteur Dolard 69100 Villeurbanne
> Le Rectangle
Place Bellecour 69002 Lyon
> Le Fort Saint-Jean
Ecole national du Trésor 21 montée de la Butte 69001 Lyon