Jean-François. Landscape Journeys Respectfully invites you to the opening reception of

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1 Landscape Journeys

2 Respectfully invites you to the opening reception of Jean-François Landscape Journeys Reception Wednesday 5:30 pm In the Presence of the Artist RSVP: seoul operagallery.com or + 82 (0)

3 Preface (Jean-François Larrieu) 18 Musée de Pau 60 Arbre de vie Celebrating the 130 th anniversary of diplomatic relations between France and Korea, Opera Gallery is thrilled to present a solo exhibition of one of the most beloved contemporary French artist, Jean-François Larrieu. This event will be followed by a solo exhibition of Chae Sung Pil in June, a way to establish dialogue between French and Korean artists. Capturing the beauty of nature in an ingenious way, Jean-François Larrieu has been exclusively represented by Opera Gallery worldwide for the last two decades. The primary motifs of Jean-François Larrieu s works come from the beautiful scenery of the Pyrénées where he was born and raised. He draws his inspiration from the colours of the land, his travels and his childhood. Thus he unfolds a world of beautiful, elegant, delightful dreams. Amalgamating nature and architecture into vivid, colourful forms, Jean-François Larrieu s joyful way of portraying dense urban spaces suggests a reaffirmation of literal and figurative roots. For his first solo exhibition in Seoul, Jean-François Larrieu presents, among other pieces, three new works depicting the mountainous and high-rise scenery of metropolitan Seoul. Jean-François Larrieu s dreamful canvas overlaid with a feast of beautiful hues, an infusion of magic and musical cadence will transport the viewer into the land of imagination and utopia. Gilles Dyan Founder and Chairman Opera Gallery Group Gee Chan Kwon Chairman Opera Gallery Seoul Vivian Choi Director Opera Gallery Seoul 2 3

4 Jean-François LARRIEU Born in the Midi-Pyrénées, France, in 1960, Jean-François Larrieu made a spectacular debut as an artist by winning the Grand Prize by François Villon Academy and the Béarnais Museum Prize by the Pau Museum in his teens. Since 1990, he has been the president of the Salon d Automne de Paris and President of the government affiliated Foundation for Graphic and Plastic Arts. He is also the president of the Foundation of the Historic Salons of the Grand Palais and President of the Taylor Foundation in Paris since Jean-François Larrieu has exhibited in over sixty solo exhibitions worldwide since he began his career in His work has been the focus of major museum exhibitions including the Museum of Modern Art, Nanjing, China; the National Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan; the Santilana Foundation, Santander, Spain; the Museum Sursock, Beirut, Lebanon; the Fine Arts Museum, Shanghai, China; The Lima Museum, Peru; the Okinawa Garden Museum, Tokyo, Japan and the Fine Arts Museum, Bordeaux, France (François Villon Painting Academy) (Jean Laforgue) 18 (Musée de Pau) (Musée Béarnais prix) 1982 (Fédération des Salons du Grand Palais) (Salon d Automne Paris) 2010 (Fondation Taylor Paris)

5 JEAN-FRANÇOIS LARRIEU Born February the 28 th in Tarbes (France) President of the Taylor Foundation, Paris, since 2010 President of the Salon d Automne, Paris, from 1995 to 2004 Honorary president of the Salon d Automne President of the Foundation of the Historic Salons of the Grand Palais in 2006 Permanent gallery: Opera Gallery (New york, Miami, London, Paris, Monaco, Geneva, Dubai, Beirut, Hong Kong, Singapore, Seoul ) DICTIONARY Bénézit - International art directory - Who s Who MUSEUMS Museum of Modern Art RCM, Nanjing, China Today Art Museum, Beijing, China Arturo Lopez Museum, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France Santillana Foundation, Santander, Spain Sursock Museum, Beirut, Lebanon Museum of Modern Art, Ueno, Tokyo, Japan Temple Josenji, Tokyo, Japan Informal Museum Nakagawamura, Tokyo, Japan Musée des Beaux-Arts, Montbard, France Garden Museum, Okinawa, Japan National Museum of China, Beijing, China Zitan Museum, Beijing, China Bunkamura Museum Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Terrjin Salaria Event Space, Fukuoka, Japan National Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan Modern Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan Liu Haisu Art Museum, Shanghai, China Jesuits Chapel, Chaumont, France Carmel Museum, Tarbes, France Guangzhou Art Academy, China Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China Sichuan Museum, Chengdu, China National Museum, Lima, Peru Sunny Art Museum, Sinjou, Taiwan Cultural Center, Taoyua City, Taiwan 7

6 CHRONOLOGY OF MAJOR EVENTS 2016 Lima, Peru, National Museum 2015 New York, USA, solo exhibition, Canfin Gallery Singapore, solo exhibition, Opera Gallery Beirut, Lebanon, Grand Opening, Opera Gallery Paris, France, Grand Opening, Opera Gallery Toayuan, Taïwan, exhibition France - Taïwan, National Museum of Taipei and Cultural Art Center Sinjou, Taïwan, Sunny Art Museum 2014 New York, USA, solo exhibition, Canfin Gallery Lima, Peru, National Museum Paris, France, Comparaisons, Grand Palais Atlanta, USA, Besharat Fondation Singapore, solo exhibition, Opera Gallery 2013 Dubai, UAE, solo exhibition, Opera Gallery Paris, France, Comparaisons, Grand Palais 2012 Tokyo, Japan, solo exhibition, Reijinsha Gallery Seoul, South Korea, solo exhibition, Opera Gallery Paris, France, Comparaisons, Grand Palais 2011 Hong Kong, solo exhibition, Opera Gallery Art Basel, Switzerland, Besharat Gallery Art Palm Beach, USA, Besharat Gallery Paris, France, Comparaisons, Grand Palais 2010 Dubai, UAE, solo exhibition, Opera Gallery Abu Dhabi, UAE, solo exhibition, Emirate Palace, Opera Gallery Paris, France, Comparaisons, Grand Palais Brie-Comte-Robert, France, solo exhibition, Galerie Lætitia Elected President of the Taylor Foundation, Paris, France 2009 Hong Kong, solo exhibition, Opera Gallery Paris, France, Comparaisons, Grand Palais New York, USA, solo exhibition, Opera Gallery 2008 China, official itinerant exhibition of the Olympic games Beijing 2008, sponsored by Adidas (Feng Zhengjie, Wang Guangyi, Yue Minjun, Peter Klasen, Robert Combas ), Opera Gallery Seoul, South Korea, solo exhibition, Opera Gallery 2007 Singapore, solo exhibition, Opera Gallery New York, USA, solo exhibition, Opera Gallery Paris, France, solo exhibition, Opera Gallery Paris, France, Comparaisons, Grand Palais 2006 Hong Kong, solo exhibition, Opera gallery Paris, France, Honorary guest of Espace des Blancs- Manteaux Paris, France, Comparaisons, Grand Palais 2005 New York, USA, solo exhibition, Opera gallery Chaumont, France, Retrospective, Jesuits Chapel Tarbes, France, Retrospective, Carmel Museum Touquet, France, solo exhibition, Galerie Fardel 2004 Taiwan, National Museum of Fine Arts Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Museum of Fine Arts China, Printing of a stamp for the French year Singapore, solo exhibition, Opera Gallery Beijing, China-Korea-France, Crown Plaza Arts Foundation Shanghai, China, the Art Festival for World Peace, Art Liu Hai Su Museum 2003 New York, USA, solo exhibition, Opera Gallery Miami, USA, solo exhibition, Opera Gallery Paris, France, solo exhibition, Opera Gallery Beijing, China, first International Biennal of Contemporary Art, National Museum 2002 Tokyo, Japan, Bunkamura Gallery Fukuoka, Japan, Terrjin Salaria Event Space Yokohama, Japan, Red Brick Wearhouse Gallery Tokyo, Japan, solo exhibition, Art Yomiuri Gallery Hiroshima, Japan, solo exhibition, Art Yomiuri Gallery Kobe, Japan, solo exhibition Art Yomiuri Gallery Seoul and Kwanju, South Korea, itinerant exhibition, French Figurative Paintings Paris, France, solo exhibition, Opera Gallery Beijing, China, French selection, Zitan Museum 2001 New York, USA, solo exhibition, Opera Gallery Singapore, solo exhibition Opera Gallery Kobe, Japan, solo exhibition, Art Yominiuri Gallery Yokohama, Japan, solo exhibition, Art Yomiuri Gallery Beijing, China, l Art actuel, National Museum Nîmes, France, Contemporary Art Fair, Arténim 2000 Touquet, France, solo exhibition, Galerie Fardel Tokyo, Japan, solo exhibition, Art Yomiuri Gallery Tokyo, Japan, solo exhibition, Tokyo Bunkamura Gallery 1999 Paris, France, solo exhibition, Opera Gallery Singapore, solo exhibition, Opera Gallery 1998 Singapore, solo exhibition, Opera Gallery Geneva, Switzerland, Euro Art 98 Okinawa, Japan, Museum Garden Bordeaux, France, solo exhibition, Musée des Beaux-Arts Paris, France, solo exhibition, Opera Gallery 1997 Bordeaux, France, solo exhibition, Galerie Imagine 1996 Montbard, France, solo exhibition, Musée des Beaux-Arts Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France, solo exhibition, Galerie l Hippocampe Touquet, France, solo exhibition, Galerie Fardel 1995 Shanghai, China, L Art actuel International, Museum of Fine Arts Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France, solo exhibition, Galerie l Hippocampe 1994 Tokyo, Japan, L Art actuel, Modern Art Museum Tokyo, Japan, L Art actuel, Josenji Temple Tokyo, Japan, L Art actuel, Informal Museum of Nakagawamura Saint-Brisson-sur-Loire, European Contemporary Art Exhibition 1993 Paris, France, solo exhibition, Galerie Le Breton Château de Joinville, France Berne, Switzerland, solo exhibition, Calli Duphar Beirut, Lebanon, Museum Sursock Paris, France, Salon d Automne 1992 Paris, France, solo exhibition, Galerie Dyan-Coquant 1991 Taipei, Taiwan, Dimension Art Center Gallery Santander, Spain, Foundation Santillana Epernay, France, Gallery LM Moscow, Russia, Contemporary Art Museum Saint-Petersburg, Russia, Contemporary Art Museum 1990 New York, USA, solo exhibition, Gallery Magna 1989 Helsinki, Finland, International Contemporary Art Fair Monte-Carlo, Monaco, First prize of the International Contemporary Art event Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, Les Pléiades, Musée Arturo Lopez Pisa, Italy, Critical Figuration, Pisa palace 8 9

7 BLUE SkY, 2016 Acrylic on canvas 73 x 92 cm 28.7 x 36.2 in. 10

8 ARBRE de VIE / TREE OF LIFE, 2016 Acrylic on canvas 81 x 65 cm 31.9 x 25.6 in. TREE OF LIFE SUMMER, 2016 Acrylic on canvas 116 x 89 cm 45.7 x 35 in. 13

9 YELLOw SkY, 2016 Acrylic on canvas 100 x 81 cm 39.4 x 31.9 in. BAOBAB, 2016 Acrylic on canvas 80 x 80 cm 31.5 x 31.5 in

10 LE GRANd CERISIER THE BIG CHERRY TREE, 2015 Acrylic on canvas 140 x 200 cm 55.1 x 78.7 in. 16

11 PRINTEMPS / SPRING, 2015 Acrylic on canvas 146 x 114 cm 57.5 x 44.9 in. TREE OF LIFE BLUE SkY, 2015 Acrylic on canvas 130 x 162 cm 51.2 x 63.8 in

12 LES MARRONNIERS / THE CHESTNUT TREES, 2001 Acrylic on canvas 81 x 65 cm 31.9 x 25.6 in. TREE OF LIFE, 2014 Acrylic on canvas 162 x 130 cm 63.8 x 51.2 in

13 LOVE BUTTERFLIES, 2015 Acrylic on canvas 140 x 140 cm 55.1 x 55.1 in. BUTTERFLIES, 2015 Acrylic on canvas 116 x 89 cm 45.7 x 35 in

14 HAN RIVER, 2016 Acrylic on canvas 92 x 73 cm 36.2 x 28.7 in. SEOUL CELEBRATION, 2016 Acrylic on canvas 92 x 73 cm 36.2 x 28.7 in

15 SEOUL TOwER, 2016 Acrylic on canvas 114 x 146 cm 44.9 x 57.5 in. 26

16 SEOUL CITY, 2016 Acrylic on canvas 140 x 140 cm 55.1 x 55.1 in. MANHATTAN, 2016 Acrylic on canvas 130 x 97 cm 51.2 x 31.2 in. 29

17 HONG kong, 2012 Acrylic on canvas 61 x 50 cm 24 x 19.7 in. 30 LES TOITS de PARIS / THE ROOFS OF PARIS, 2014 Acrylic on canvas 65 x 54 cm 25.6 x 21.3 in. 31

18 OCEAN, 2016 Acrylic on canvas 130 x 162 cm 51.2 x 63.8 in. 32

19 POISSON BULLE / BUBBLE FISH, 2010 Acrylic on canvas 61 x 50 cm 24 x 19.7 in. 34

20 HONG kong, TRAdITION ET MOdERNITé / HONG kong, TRAdITION ANd MOdERNITY, 2013 Acrylic on canvas 81 x 65 cm 31.9 x 25.6 in. LES MARCHANdS d épices / SPICES TRAdERS, 2012 Acrylic on canvas 60 x 73 cm 23.6 x 28.7 in. 37

21 38 TERRE ROUGE / REd EARTH, 2013 Acrylic on canvas 97 x 130 cm 38.2 x 51.2 in.

22 PAYSAGE SOLAIRE / SOLAR LANdSCAPE, 2013 Acrylic on canvas 120 x 120 cm 47.2 x 47.2 in. 40 LANdSCAPE, 2015 Acrylic on canvas 130 x 162 cm 51.2 x 63.8 in. 41

23 TABLE des SOUVENIRS / TABLE OF MEMORIES, 2015 Acrylic on canvas 120 x 120 cm 47.2 x 47.2 in. 42 VOYAGE EN INdE / TRAVEL TO INdIA, 2008 Acrylic on canvas 60 x 73 cm 23.6 x 28.7 in. 43

24 CREdITS: Coordinators: Vivian Choi, Aurélie Heuzard, Marion Galan Alfonso, Victoire Coquet Author: Vivian Choi Designer: Valérie Renaud All works The Artist. Courtesy of Opera Gallery. operagallery.com 1FL, SB Tower, 318 Dosandaero, Gangnam-Gu, Seoul T. +(82) seoul@operagallery.com

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