Alain Bublex's Retrospective Exhibition at Galerie Vallois
Alain Bublex's retrospective exhibition is currently on display at Galerie Georges-Philippe et Nathalie Vallois, located at 36 rue de Seine in Paris, running until July 18, 2026. Curated by Anaël Pigeat, the exhibition includes works exploring the fictional city of Glooscap, alongside a 1992 model introduced by Jean-Yves Jouannais. Notable projects featured are Aérofiat (1995), Plug-in-City (2000), and the anticipated Projekte auf kleiner Flamme (1998). Visitors can trace automobile history through interactive elements, while the gallery also showcases designs by Bublex and Ania Martchenko.
Key facts
- Exhibition at Galerie Georges-Philippe et Nathalie Vallois, 36 rue de Seine, Paris
- Runs until July 18, 2026
- Curated by Anaël Pigeat as a dialogue with Alain Bublex
- Features the fictional city Glooscap (formerly Glousse-Cap until 1751)
- Includes a 1992 model shown to gallerists after introduction by Jean-Yves Jouannais
- Gallery furniture designed by Bublex with Ania Martchenko in 2005
- Projects on display: Aérofiat (1995), Plug-in-City (2000), Plan Voisin de Paris (2004), Projekte auf kleiner Flamme (1998)
- Projekte auf kleiner Flamme anticipated Centre Pompidou-Metz by Shigeru Ban and Jean de Gastines
- 'Les tentatives' (1996) includes 16 exhibitions staged only for photography
- Diagramme 1.9 (de cause à effet) updated early 2026
- Visitor can take a leaf tracing automobile history
- Bublex was a car designer at Renault
- Luc Baboulet published a monograph on Bublex with Flammarion in 2010
- Paul Ardenne curated 'Motopoétique' at Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon in 2014, featuring Bublex
Entities
Artists
- Alain Bublex
- Anaël Pigeat
- Jean-Yves Jouannais
- Ania Martchenko
- Shigeru Ban
- Jean de Gastines
- Luc Baboulet
- Paul Ardenne
- Xavier Bourgine
- Aurélien Mole
- Albert Marquet
- John Singer Sargent
- Rem Koolhaas
Institutions
- Galerie Georges-Philippe et Nathalie Vallois
- Flammarion
- Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon
- Renault
- artpress
- Université Bordeaux Montaigne
- Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace
- Galerie Georges-Philippe Vallois
- Mamco
- Centre Pompidou
Locations
- Paris
- France
- Metz
- Lyon
- Nouvelle-France
- Glooscap
- 36 rue de Seine
- La Défense
- Canada
- United States
- Passamaquoddy Bay
- Savoie
- Switzerland
- Japan
- Mont Fuji