muriel leray selection of works 02/2016 www.muriel-leray.info muriel.leray@gmail.com +33666400902
MUriellerAY bornin1987 livesandworksinparis,france www.muriel-leray.info muriel.leray@gmail.com +33666400902 siret:52867056500027 MDA:l960906 representedbytheescougnou-cetrarogallery(formerlyseestudio),paris www.escougnou-cetraro.fr galerie@escougnou-cetraro.fr +33983025293 education 2008-2012Fine arts School (Beaux-arts) of Paris,MfA. studiosofclaudeclosky,giuseppepenone,guillaumeparis. 2010-2011academy of Fine arts, Vienna, austria, Mobilitygrant. textualsculpturedepartment,heimozobernig. 2005-2008Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne university,ba. studioofmichelverjux. exhibitions _solo 2016Obscène, escougnou-cetrarogallery,paris,fr. 2014 Plus Une Pièce, UnePièceenPlus(storageunit),Paris,fr.curatedbyMuriellerayandelsawerth. 2011Travaille avec,crousdeparisgallery,fr.incollaborationwith JérômeGuitton. 2008une marge plus bas, lemodule,paris,fr. 2007Tableaux à-propos, Poésie-éventuelle,MichelJourniacGallery,Paris,fr. _duo 2016(upcoming) lavitrine,fracile-de-france,paris,fr.withjulienmonnerie. 2015YIA Art Fair,lecarreaudutemple,Paris,fr.escougnou-cetraroGallery.withAndrésramirez. 2015 Reflets, coïncidence.,seestudiogallery,paris,fr.curatedbyderiva.withannatomaszewski. 2013Contre / Espaces, lagâterie,laroche-sur-yon,fr.curatedbympvite.withhélènemoreau. 2010d intérieur le lit, le3,paris,fr.curatedbychristinedelabordecaumont.withjohncornu. 2008Le Jour de la Sirène (51ème), christophecuzin sstudio,paris,fr.withisabellelartault. _group 2015Vit et travaille..., lepavillonvendôme,contemporaryartcenter,clichy,fr. 2015Launch of 50/52,l Appartement,Paris,fr.curatedbyromainsemeteysforlechassis. 201511, rue de l Aqueduc,Galerienord,Paris,fr.curatedbyMarieGlaizeandelsawerth. 2014Black Coffee, Paris,fr.curatedbycamilaoliveirafairclough. 2014Levanta, sacode a poeira, dá a volta por cima,vitrinesete,galeriadasartes,sãopaulo,br. curatedbyestellenabeyratincollaborationwithcamilaoliveirafairclough. 2014Toujours +, florenceloewy...byartistsgallery,paris,fr.curatedbymuriellerayandelsawerth. 2014 Plus Un Multiple, UnePièceenPlus(storageunit),Paris,fr.curatedbyMuriellerayandelsawerth. 2013 The End, seestudiogallery,paris,fr.curatedbyderiva. 2013 Plus Jamais Seul, standards,rennes.invitation:claudeclosky. 2012 d une maison l autre, HomesofthecollectorsodilerepoltandfrançoisHuet,Brussels,Be. 2011 Rétrospective,crousdeParisGallery,Paris,fr. 2011 Une proposition, kanal20-atelier,brussels,be.curatedbykanal20,labelhypothèseandmpvite. 2010Traversée d Art, espace1789,saint-ouen,fr. 2008 Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble, nivet-carzongallery,paris,fr.curatedbylabelhypothèse. +2008,09,10,12 Open Days,Beaux-ArtsdeParis,fr. +2011 Rundgang,openDays,semperdepot,Vienna,At. PriZes 2015Coup de coeur lechassis (artistsunder35),yiaartfair. 2010 Friends of the Beaux-arts de Paris Prizes,selected. exhibitionattheleftgallery,beaux-artsdeparis,fr. PUBlicAtions 2016(upcoming) Second Thoughts,Artistbook.PublishedbyrécitÉditions. 2016Obscene,exhibitioncatalogue.Publishedby escougnou-cetrarogallery.textbymurielleray.
201550/52,emergingfrenchartistsdirectory.Publishedby11-13Éditions. 2015Reflets, coïncidence.,exhibitioncatalogue.publishedbytheseestudiogallery. 2014Boat People,récit,periodical.curatedby MaximePenaudandArthurtiar. 2014Plus Une Pièce Plus Un Multiple, exhibitionscatalogue. Design :Muriellerayandelsawerth.Publishedbykeepthinking.launchatflorenceloewy...byartists. 2013The End, exhibitioncatalogue.publishedbytheseestudiogalleryandderiva. textsbyvaleriacetraro,laurejamouilléandmurielleray(la fin est une habitude). 2013Diplômés 2012, catalogue.textbyelisarigoulet,artcriticandcurator.publishedbylesbeaux-artsdeparis. 2013Contre / Espaces, dessins, BookletofdrawingsmadewithHélèneMoreau.PublishedbylaGâterie. Distribution:laserre(offPrintParisfair 2013). 2013Dédale, BookletpublishedbyleonardoAgostiGallery ontheoccasionof DocksArtfair2013. textbymurielleray,vincent Dulom : Vertus de la pénurie. 2010Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble, exhibitionscatalogue.publishedbylabelhypothèse. 2009d Ici là n 2, Mystérieux travail d un écart qui s imprime, PeriodicaleditedbyPierreMénard. Distribution:Publie.net. MiscellAneoUs since2012keep Thinking, Developmentofartist-runspaces,curatingandpublications. 2016Deux,conferencegivenbylénaBalaudandBernardAspeattheinvitationofMurielleray,during theexhibitionobscene,escougnou-cetrarogallery,paris,fr. 2014"Après cette oeuvre, je fais quoi?" : épreuves pour un écrivain,talkbyjérômeguittonduringthe exhibitionblack Coffee,abouttheworkofHermineBourgadierandMurielleray. 2014Le commissariat et la galerie, Debate/conference.speaker.DerivaandseestudioGallery,Paris,fr. 2013Le mot pour dessiner l espace, talkbyauréliegravelataboutsomecontemporarypractices : PeterDownsbrough,lawrenceweiner,robertBarry,sollewitt,MelBochner,HugorondinoneandMurielleray. BrusselsroyalAcademyoffineArts,Be. 2011L inquiétude, risques et stratégies esthétiques, essay.
In a contemporary context of denial of the world, this work tries, on the contrary, to outface. Here, it is not about building new relationships between ideas. It is about finding new accesses to areas without concepts. Statement the block-poems are an intersection between minimal forms and short texts. A perspective :fightingagainstthenoiseoftheworld. eachproposalisthoughtcustom-built:meaning,dimensions,relationstothespace.the block,recurrentelement,makesasilence.thetext,pieceofthenoise,isworkedfromthe insidebythesyntaxandtheprosody.blockandpoemareintension;searching,when catchingtheobjects,apointwherethecatchfails. thereshouldbenoquestionofthemes,topics,opinions;butaconcern.oftenatthescale ofabody,theblockisacallfromthehollow.itisaboutanencounter.theobjectdoesnot imposeanything;ithastomakeexist.
«Murielleray sartworksareamatterofcontext.custom-made,thoseensemblesmade outofframes glassorcardboard andwordssettledinvinylinteractwiththewalls,angles, radiatorsandpipessurroundingthem,alwaysexpandingfurtherthelimitsinwhichthey operate. At the same time interdependent and independent, the frame and the word seem to organizeanensemblehierarchizedonthemodelofopposition.drawingtheoutlineofa void,therectangledefinesaspacethatactsincontradictionwiththeseemingvolubilityof thetext. contradictivelyallowingtheartisttoextractherworkfromanover-talkativeworld,it s weakened in its syntax that the latter superposes or surrounds its counterpart frame. keepingonlyitsasperityfromthetext,murielleraycreatesastumblethatmakesthetrack derailandonceandforallbreaksofftheensemble shomogeneity. thetippingpointofthis fairepeu operatingthroughsubtractiontakesplaceinthegapthat separatesthetextfromitsgeometricalneighbor.theframeasa block inthisensemble thatseemstobesopreciselywelloiledcouldalmostbethefirsttoexperiencethisflaw.by hollowingthespacewhereonewouldawkwardlytrytoinducemeaning,theartisttakesher workawayfromaworldthatwouldaccepteverythingandwouldn tsortthroughanything. thedatacapturefailurecausesthebigloudmachinetogointodefunctmode,enabling eachandeveryonetotakesometimeout.» Élisa Rigoulet, art critic and curator, Diplômés 2012 catalogue. Translation : Soshana Fearn. «theworkofmuriellerayopensaloophole,createsabreach,makesaspaceandfinds itsplaceinthecontext.blankspaceandsilence,inordertolistentoapieceofnoise,an openconcern,facetoface.impenetrableopaquesurfacesorgleamsofadeepreflection onacontextcrossedbythetext,theblock-poemsimposethemselves.» Valeria Cetraro, curator, The End catalogue.
Vit et travaille..., exhibitionviews,2015,pavillonvendôme marquer les milieux (et bégaiements) [Markingthemiddles(andstammerings)] wood frames, black cardboard, glass, vinyl lettering, buckets site-specific piece
Vit et travaille..., exhibitionviews,2015,pavillonvendôme marquer les milieux (et bégaiements) [Markingthemiddles(andstammerings)] wood frames, black cardboard, glass, vinyl lettering, buckets site-specific piece
Reflets, coïncidence. exhibitionviews, 2015,withAnnatomaszewski,seestudioGallery. 00 [...],. 01 [...],. 02 [...]and. 03 [...] wood frames, black cardboard, glass, vinyl lettering 125 x 65 cm, 74 x 135 cm, 112,5 x 104 cm et 151 x 104 cm
. 03 nonsembrache...dellespalle... nonloso,perònonlocredo. Dovesei?. 00 scusa,misonopersoperunmomento...sonostatodappertutto... tuttioggisirivolgonoame. photo credit : See studio Gallery
activity: rectangles (..) a long term plan. 2015 wood frame, black cardboard, glass, vinyl lettering and silk tissue paper, bubble wrap 126 x 81 cm
i'll remember 1 1 hundred one one 100. 29cts all of it did happen How are you? herewith ram byclémentlaigle 2014 wood frame, black cardboard, glass, vinyl lettering 35,5 x 104 cm photo credit : Aurélien Mole
Starting blocks isreadyto,processand partyon Hasalreadywarmedupandhas takenitsplace andathirstforgrowth, allsignsin willgoonstandbyforasecond; i'mout. 2014 wood frames, black cardboard, glass, vinyl lettering 105 x 150 x 155 cm
Qu'ils ont dit avoir ouvert et, parfois la réponse est non. [thattheysaidtheyhadopenedand, sometimestheanswerisno.] 2014 wood frame, black cardboard, glass, vinyl lettering and cabinet with glass front drawers 174 x 198 x 48 cm
,,? (slim shady) with secondhome bymatthewdayjackson 2013 wood frame, black cardboard, glass, vinyl lettering clandestine in situ (Rosenblum Foundation, Paris)
pattern ; meanwhile 2012 wood frame, black cardboard, glass, vinyl lettering 100 x 60 cm
(Plan d'évacuation des lieux) après la bataille. [(sitesevacuationplan)missedtheaction.] (2013) 2014 wood frames, black cardboard, glass, vinyl lettering and contextual ready-mades approx. 230 x 490 cm
par mn. une Date : / reviendra. maintenance [permin.adate:/willreturn.maintenance] 2013 wood frames, black cardboard, glass, vinyl lettering variable dimensions
Groupe fort ; comptabilité [stronggroup;accounts] 2012 wood frame, black cardboard, glass, vinyl lettering, pair of shoes domestic space, variable dimensions
Hier, vérifiait bien 1 fois, la nouvelle fois que vous ne, (...) [Yesterday,makewellsurethatonetime,thenewtimethatyoudon't,(...)] 2012 wood frames, black cardboard, glass, vinyl lettering variable dimensions
ensuite la rhétorique [then,rethoric] 2012 wood frames, black cardboard, glass, vinyl lettering variable dimensions (two locations)
et par un contrepoint inattendu change [andbyanunexpectedcounterpoint,change] 2012 wood frame, black cardboard, vinyl lettering 125 x 125 cm
BackOffice 1&2 2013 wood frames, black cardboard, glass, vinyl lettering, removed socket covers and light bulbs specific to a place with suspended ceiling panels and neon tubes with reflectors variable dimensions
et bien sûr faire plus en particulier dans les domaines où gagner sans lui il n y a pas d argent. [Andofcoursedomore inparticularinthosedomainswherewinningwithouthimthere snomoney.] 2011 wood frames, black cardboard, glass, vinyl lettering 110 x 195 cm
email me 2012 wood frame, black cardboard, glass, vinyl lettering 50 x 155 cm
«Je m'installai» collaborationwithjérômeguitton(text) 2011 wood frames, black cardboard, glass, vinyl lettering variable dimensions
«J'ai d'abord» collaborationwithjérômeguitton(text) 2011 wood frames, black cardboard, glass, vinyl lettering variable dimensions
«Puis» collaborationwithjérômeguitton(text) 2011 wood frame, black cardboard, glass, vinyl lettering variable dimensions
1500 musulmans [1500Muslims] 2010 wood frames, black cardboard, glass, vinyl lettering 360 x 104 cm un temps [Atime] 2010 wood frames, black cardboard, glass, vinyl lettering 74 x 100 cm
de préciser. [topointout.] 2010 wood frames, black cardboard, glass, vinyl lettering 105 x 110 cm
le territoire [territory] 2010 wood frame, black cardboard, glass, vinyl lettering 104 x 74 cm
Donnés au mur #1 [Giventothewall#1] 2010 wood frame, black cardboard, glass, vinyl lettering 50 x 74 cm
le second jardinier [thesecondgardener] 2010 wood frames, black cardboard, glass, vinyl lettering 90 x 115 cm
lignes [lines] Tableaux à-propos, Poésie éventuelle [framesonpurpose,potentialpoetry] 2007 wood frames, black cardboard, vinyl lettering 1 : 200 x 104 cm / 2 : 100 x 80 cm 3 : 110 x 50 cm / 4 : 160 x 130 cm
circonstances atténuantes [extenuatingcircumstances] 2008 wood frame, black cardboard, vinyl lettering 135 x 90 cm
une marge plus bas [inalowermargin] 2008 wood frame, black cardboard, vinyl lettering site-specific piece
la quête aux [thequestfor] 2009 wood frames, black cardboard, vinyl lettering 111 x 103 cm
le mauvais sacre [thebadrite] 2009 wood frames, black cardboard, vinyl lettering 135 x 165 cm
Hors caprice [withoutwhim] 2008 wood frame, black cardboard, vinyl lettering 73 x 115 cm