Merlin James - Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire

Merlin James
Merlin James est né à Cardiff (Pays de Galles) en 1960
Il vit et travaille actuellement à Glasgow, Royaume-Uni
Expositions personnelles (sélection)
2013 Painting,Galerie Les Filles du calvaire, Paris
2012
2011
2010
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
1997
1996
1995
1991
In the Gallery, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Irlande
Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, USA
'Frame Paintings' Mummery+Schnelle, London, Royaume-Unis
Mummery and Schnelle Gallery, London, Royaume-Unis
Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Irlande
Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, USA
Merlin James, Galerie Les filles du calvaire, Paris, France
Merlin James : Paintings, Galerie Les filles du calvaire, Bruxelles, Belgique
Galerie Andrew Mummery, Londres, Royaume-Unis
Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, USA
Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Irlande
Easel Paintings, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh, Royaume-Unis
Recent Paintings, Vitamin arte, Turin, Italie
The Middle Distance, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Irlande
New Compositions, Andrew Mummery Gallery, Londres, Royaume-Unis
Galleria Ceribelli, Bergamo, Italie
Andrew Mummery Gallery, Londres, Royaume-Unis
Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Irlande
Brent Sikkema Gallery, New York, USA
Andrew Mummery Gallery, Londres, Royaume-Unis
Galerie Yves Hoffmann, Paris, France
Wooster Gardens, Brent Sikkema Gallery, New York, USA
Andrew Grant Gallery, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Irlande
Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery, Londres, Royaume-Unis
Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, Royaume-Unies
Critical Pictures, Picker Gallery, Kingston University, Royaume-Unis
Poussin's Phocion, National Museum, Pays de Galles
Standpoint Studios, Londres, Royaume-Unis
Albemarle Gallery, Londres, Royaume-Unis
Expositions collectives (sélection)
2012
2011
2010
2009
Interior Visions, Colby College, Maine, USA
Broken/Window/Plane, Tracy Williams Gallery, New York, USA
RHA, Dublin, Ireland
Le Tableau, Cheim and Read, New York, USA
Self-Consciousness, Veneklasen Werner, Berlin,
Long, Long Gone, Leo Koenig, New York, USA
Sikkema Jankins, New York, 'Building on a Cliff' (three person exhibition with Arturo
Herreara and Matt Conners)
Southside Studios, Glasgow (three person show with Tom Varley and Andrew Taylor,
curated by Gregor Johnstone)
Estorick Collection, London
Fairfield Building, Glasgow
Cheim and Read, New York, 'Le Tableau' (curated by Joe Fyfe)
Veneklasen Werner, Berlin, 'Self-Consciousness' (curated by Peter Doig and Hilton Als)
Leo Koenig, New York, 'Long, Long Gone'
Mummery+Schnelle, London, 'The Beholder's Share'
Fortes Valeca, Sao Paolo, 'Nus'
Galerie Marabini, Bologna
2008
2007
2006
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2000
1999
1998
1996
1993
1990
21: Selections of Contemporary Art from the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklym Museum,
Brooklyn, USA.
Doppo Gobbo, commissariat de Luca Francesconi, Fluxia Gallery, Milan, Italie.
Brooklyn Art Museum
Galleria Fortes Vilaca, São Paulo
Centre d'art contemporain, exposition du Pavillon du Pays de Galles, 52è Biennale de
Venise, Oriel Newtown, Pays de Galles
Chapter, Centre d'art contemporain, exposition du Pavillon du Pays de Galles, 52è
Biennale de Venise Cardiff, Pays de Galles
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And so it goes, Artists from Wales at the 52 International Art Exhibition- La Biennale
di Venezia, Biennale de Venise, Venise
Full House, Kunsthalle Mannheim
Things we lost in the fire, Transition Gallery, Londres (exposition itinérente, Leicester
City Art gallery)
Interested Painters, Galerie 400, Université de Illinois, Chicago
Galleria Fabjsaglia, Rimini
Remark, Andrew Mummery Gallery, Londres
The Five Corners of Painting, artconnectionlille, Lille
Contemporary Painting, Colby College of Art Gallery, Waterveille, Maine (commissariat: Alex
Katz)
Painting Direct, Kunsthalle, Mannheim
The Edgeof the Real, Whitechapel Gallery, Londres
The Lazarus Effect, Biennale de Prague
Selected Paintings, MW Projects, Londres
Yes! I am a long way from home, Huddersfield Art Gallery (exposition itinérente)
Landscape, Saatchi Gallery, Londres
The Embarkation for Cythera, Andrew Mummery Gallery, Londres
Brent Sikkema, New York
Not Enough, Velan Centre for Contemporary Art, Turin
Painters Painting, The Approach Gallery, Londres (exposition avec Kevin Knox et
Stuart Cumberland)
The Nunnery Gallery, Londres
Another Country, Lawrence Rubin Greenberg Van Doren, New York
Galerie Thomas Korzelius, New York, (exposition de dessin avec James Hyde et Joe Fyfe)
River Deep, Mountain High, Université de Dundee, Ecosse
Raum, Kunstlerhaus, Vienne
East International (sélection par Peter Doig) Norwich, Royaume Uni.
London East End Acdemy, Whitechapel Gallery, Londres
Quoi de neuf ?, Galerie Delsol et Innocenzi, Paris
Albemarle Gallery, Londres
Bibliographie sélective
Monographies
2012
2007
2004
2002
1996
1995
1991
Merlin James: In The Gallery, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin (poem by Dannie Abse;
notes my Merlin James)
Merlin James, Venice Biennale, Wales Pavilion (text by Hannah Firth)
Merlin James: Recent Paintings, Vitamin arte, Turin
Merlin James: Easel Paintings, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh (text by Ilaria Bonacossa)
Pictures, Lubrina Editore/Brent Sikkema/Cerebelli, New York & Bergamo (text by Ilaria
Bonacossa)
Merlin James: Critical Pictures, Picker Gallery, Kingston University (text by Juan Cruz)
Merlin James, Kettle's Yard, Cambridge (exhibition leaflet, interview with Merlin James
by Simon Wallis)
Poussin's Phocion, National Museum of Wales (hand list, text by the artist)
Poussin's Phocion and other work, Standpoint Studios, London (text by the artist,
limited edition print)
Merlin James, Albemarle Gallery, London (text by the artist)
Catalogues
2011
2010
2009
2006
2005
2003
1999
1998
Between My Head and My hand There is Always the Image of Death, PNCA Portland,
(pamphlet, text Kirsten Kennedy)
Another Country, Estorick Collection, London (text by Brendan Prenderville)
Self-Consciousness, VeneKlasen/Werner, Berlin
Kallat, Fluxia Gallery, Milan (text 'Doppo Gobbo' by Luca Francesconi)
Things We Lost in the Fire, Transition Gallery, London (pamphlet, text by Gordon
Dalton)
White Window, Canterbury (text by Jane Lee documenting 'The Five Corners of
Painting', artconnectionlille)
Contemporary Painting, Colby College Art Callery, Waterveille, Maine (artist‟s
statement)
Painting Direct, Kunsthalle Mannheim (texts by Rolf Lauter and William Feaver)
Short Stories About Painting, University of the Arts, London (text by the artist)
Yes! I am a long way from home, Huddersfield Art Gallery
The Lazarus Effect, Prague
East International, Norwich UK (artist's statement)
River Deep, Mountain High, Westland Place, London (text by Kier Smith)
Landscape, Saatchi Gallery, London
Raum, Kunstlerhaus Vienna (notebook texts by the artist)
Critical Faculty, GVSU Grand Rapids MI (text by C. Horrocks)
Open Drawing, CGCHE Cheltenham
Presse / Publications
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
Matthew Higgs, 'Top Ten', Artforum, Décembre 2011
Charles Marshall Schultz, review, Art in America, Novembre 2011
Suzanne Hudson, review, Artforum, Novembre 2011
Ara Merjian, review, Frieze magazine, Novembre 2011
Lance Esplund, review, Wall Street Journal, 23 juillet 2011
Barry Schwabsky et. al. 'Vitamin P2' (text by Morgan Falkiner), Phaidon, London 2011
John Yau, review, Brooklyn Rail, juillet/août 2010
Barry Schwabsky, review, Artforum, Février 2009
Tim Stott, review, Art Review, Janvier 2009
Lisa Turvey, review, ArtForum, Février 2008
John Yau, review, Brooklyn Rail, Février 2008
Ken Johnson, review, New York Times, 11 janvier 2008
Sherman Sam, 'Yes Yes Yes', Map magazine, Janvier 2008
R. C. Baker, ‟Best in Show‟ Village Voice, New York, 18 décembre 2007
David Cohen, „Model Agencies‟, New York Sun, 13 décembre 2007
John Goodrich, „Merlin James at NY Studio School‟, New York Sun, 8 mars 2007
Claude Lorent, ´ Merlin James explorateur pictural´, La Libre culture, 21 février 2007,
Bruxelles, 2007
Dominique Legrand, ´ Merlin James l‟enchanteur de la puissance originelle´, Le Mad,
31 janvier 2007,
Faye Hersch,”Easel Pleasures”, Art in America, avril 2006
Hilarie Sheets,”Merlin James; Sikkema Jenkins”, Art News, mars 2006
Neil McClister, ”Merlin James”, Art Forum, mars 2006
Roger White,”Merlin James at Sikkema Jenkins”, Brooklyn Rail, février 2006
Roberta Smith,”Merlin James at Sikkema Jenkins”, New York Times, 20 janvier 2006
D. Cohen, New York Sun, 22 décembre 2005
Aidan Dunne, Irish Times, 25 oct. 2005
Licia Pagnesi, ”Merlin James”, Arte magazine, février 2005
Paul Bonnaventura, ”Interview with Merlin James”, V&A Magazine, Londres, printemps
2005
Interview par William Staples, Blunt Art Text 1, Chicago, 2005
Peter Jones ”Merlin James” Turps Banana magazine, issue 1, Londres 2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1991
Neil Tate and Andreas Leventis,”On Merlin James” Painting, Miser & Now magazine,
issue 5, Londres, 2005
Gary McDonnald, ” Concious Fictions”, Miser & Now magazine, Londres, 2005
“Merlin James”, Exhibart, décembre 2004
Susan Mansfield, The Scotsman, 25 Mars 2004
Louisa Buck, ”Merlin James”, The Art Newspaper, juin 2003
Martin Coomer, ´”Merlin James”, Time Out, 28 mai 2003
Jane Neel, ”Merlin James”, Contemporary, Issue 55, 2003
Mario Naves, New York Observer, 21 Juin 2002
Peter Schjeldahl, ”Merlin James at Sikkema Jenkins”, The New Yorker, 17 juin 2002
Emma Kay, Contemporary Visual Art, Janvier 2002
Aidan Dunne, The Irish Times, 18 Janvier 2002
Philippe Dagen, ”La peinture en Grande Forme”, Le Monde, 11 juin 2001
Hilarie Sheets,” Reinventing the Landscape” (discussion sur le travail de Merlin James),
Art News, Mars 2001
Martin Coomer, ”Merlin James”, Time Out, 7 février 2001
Barry Schwabsky ”Suddenly This Summer”, Art in America, octobre 1999
Ken Johnson, New York Times, 22 oct. 1999
“Conversation on drawing with Joe Fyfe and James Hyde”, Modern Painters, automne
1999
D. Cohen, ”Merlin James”, Art in America, février 1998
Jane Lee: Interview avec Merlin James Transcript magazine, Vol III, No. 2, 1998
Martin Coomer, ”Merlin James”, Flash Art, juillet 1997
Martin Coomer, Time Out, 25 Février 1997
D. Cohen, ”Painting with Attitude”, The Independent, 27 août 1996
J. Lee,”Persistently Painting”, AN Magazine, juillet 1996
D. Cohen,” A Fine Anxiety”, Modern Painters, printemps 1995
Art Line, été 1991
John Cornall,”Night-Time Interiors”, The London Magazine, juin 1991
Publications par Merlin James (sélection)
2012
2011
2008
2007
2004
2002
2001
2000
1999
1997
1995
1992
Serge Charchoune (exhibition monograph), Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh/Smart
Museum of Art, Chicago
Alex Katz (exhibition catalogue), James Cohan Gallery, Shanghai
William Nicholson (catalogue raisonné) Modern Art Press/Yale, London
Live Undead (exhibition brochure) Transmission Gallery, Glasgow
Serge Charchoune (exhibition catalogue), Mummery+Schnelle, London
Carol Rhodes (exhibition catalogue) Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art,Edinburgh
William Nicholson (exhibition catalogue) Royal Academy of Arts, London
Alex Katz: Cartoons and Paintings (exhibition catalogue), Albertina Museum, Vienna
Painting per se, (published lecture), Cooper Union School of Art, New York
Morandi: The Collector’s Eye (exhibition catalogue, essay by Merlin James), Estorick
Collection, London
Alex Katz: The Woodcuts and Linocuts (exhibition catalogue, essay by Merlin James),
Blum Editions, New York
Lowry’s People (exhibition catalogue text) The Lowry Centre, Salford
Lowry’s Places (exhibition catalogue text)The Lowry Centre, Salford
Edges (etchings, Alex Katz; poem, Robert Creeley; essay, Merlin James), Peter Blum
Editions, New York
The Non-Existence of Art Criticism (the 1996 Stanley Picker Lecture, Tate Gallery; New
York Studio School; Kingston University), Kingston University Press, London
Alex Katz : Twenty-Five years of Painting (edited by David Sylvester; text by Merlin
James), Saatchi Gallery, London
David Jones: Map of the artist's mind, (exhibition catalogue) Lund Humphries, London
Engaging Images: "Practical Criticism" and visual art, Menard Press/King's College,
London
Merlin James a rédigé de nombreux écrits dans Burlington Magazine, Times Literary
Supplement et d‟autres journaux internationaux.
Résidence et enseignement
2002
1996
Alex Katz Chair in Painting, Cooper Union School of Art, New York
Glasgow School of Art, Artiste en résidence
Projets de commissariat
2012-13 Other Modernisms: Serge Charchoune (1889-1975), Smart Museum of Art,
University of Chicago; Talbot Rice gallery, University of Edinburgh
2009 Primitif Compliqué, Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire, Brussels
2008-9 Serge Charchoune, Mummery+Schnelle, London
2005 Incorrgible, Sentimental, Kerlin gallery, Dublin