Marc Desgrandchamps: Collected Interviews from artpress
A new publication compiles interviews with French painter Marc Desgrandchamps from artpress magazine, featuring conversations with Bertrand Burgalat, Jacques Henric, Richard Leydier, and Jeanette Zwingenberger, with a preface by Leydier. Desgrandchamps is known for his transparent bather figures set against melancholic landscapes. He received a retrospective at the Centre Pompidou in 2006 before age 50, and another at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris in 2011. The interviews cover his artistic sources, formal slips, double images, and his engagement with literature, music, and cinema.
Key facts
- Marc Desgrandchamps is a prominent French painter of his generation.
- His works feature transparent bather figures revealing melancholic landscapes.
- Centre Pompidou held a retrospective for him in 2006.
- Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris held a retrospective in 2011.
- The publication collects interviews from artpress magazine.
- Interviewers include Bertrand Burgalat, Jacques Henric, Richard Leydier, and Jeanette Zwingenberger.
- Richard Leydier wrote the preface.
- Desgrandchamps discusses literature, music, and cinema in the interviews.
Entities
Artists
- Marc Desgrandchamps
Institutions
- Centre Pompidou
- Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
- artpress
Locations
- Paris, France
Sources
- artpress —