Michel François
Michel François uses an economy of means to transform seemingly uncomplicated objects and materials, or traces of past events, into deeply resonant carriers of meaning. His sculptures can be seen as an exploration of cause and effect, and the ways in which simple gestures can change the status of an object or have important consequences.
Michel François (b.1956, Saint-Trond) lives and works in Brussels. Among countless international exhibitions, he has presented projects at the Havana Biennial (2015), the Belgian Pavilion at the 48th Venice Biennale (1999), the 22nd São Paulo Biennial (1994) and documenta IX in Kassel (1992). He has had solo exhibitions at Ikon Gallery, Birmingham; Dia Center for the Arts, New York; S.M.A.K., Ghent; Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona; Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Haus der Kunst, Munich. He has participated in group exhibitions at venues such as Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro; Tapei Fine Art Museum, Taipei; Centre Pompidou-Metz, Metz; Jeu de Paume, Paris; Haus der Kunst, Munich; Centre Pompidou, Paris; and Fondation Hermès, Brussels.
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Exhibitions at carlier | gebauer
- 03/22 Maria Thereza Alves / Tacita Dean / Jimmie Durham / Cecilia Edefalk / Michel François / Asta Gröting / Mathew Hale / Pakui Hardware / Lena Henke / Iman Issa / Tarik Kiswanson / Guillaume Leblon / Juan Maidagan / David Maljković / Aernout Mik / Jean-Luc Moulène / Bojan Šarčević / Nida Sinnokrot / Mark Wallinger / Dolores Zinny, Standing
- 11/21 Leonor Antunes / Rosa Barba / Michel François / Luis Gordillo / Rachel Harrison / Harriet Korman / Paul Mogensen / Thomas Schütte, 8/XXX
- 09/20 Michel François, A Very Brief Eternity
- 02/20 Sebastián Díaz Morales / Hélène Delprat / Michel François / Cecilia Edefalk / Vincent Gicquel / Paul Graham / Dor Guez / Kyungah Ham / Tarik Kiswanson / Julie Mehretu / Caroline Mesquita / Richard Mosse / Oscar Muñoz / Paul Pfeiffer / Laure Prouvost / Edi Rama / Erik Schmidt / Nida Sinnokrot / Thomas Schütte / Mark Wallinger, So what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing?
- 06/18 Michel François, Une Hétérotopie
- 01/17 Sebastián Díaz Morales / Michel François / Paul Graham / Santu Mofokeng / Andreas Mühe / Paul Pfeiffer / Michael Wesely, The Extended Moment
- 05/14 Harold Ancart / Aaron Aujla / Neil Beloufa / Jonathan Binet / François Curlet / Michel François / Zak Kitnick / Caroline Mesquita / Ajay Kurian / Valerie Snobeck / Jessica Warboys / Emily Wardill, Memory Palaces | group show
- 04/13 Michel François, Pieces of Evidence
- 12/10 Michel François, Michel François
- 09/06 Michel François, Sculpture Show
- 01/04 Michel François, Déjà-vu
- 05/02 Michel François, Autoportrait contre nature
- 1992 Michel François / Hans Hemmert / Kirsi Mikkola, Blue Velvet
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Scenography of EXIT ABOVE (Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, 2023), Paris, Düsseldorf, Aalst, Ghent, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Alès, Albi, Tarbes, Narbonne, Hasselt, Lille, Sevilla, Madrid
30.10.2023–19.05.2024 -
L'air d'un Souffle, with Ann Veronica Janssen, Esplanade Solidarność, European Quarter of Brussels, Belgium
10.01.–31.05.2024 -
Toucher l’insensé, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
02.2024