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ARMAN
Biography
1928
Born: Nice, France as Armand Fernandez
1946 - 1949
Studied, Ecole Nationale des Art Décoratifs, Nice, France
1949 - 1951
Studied Archaeology and Oriental art at the Ecole du Louvre, Paris, France
1958
Decided to transform his signature
1959
Arman's career took on a new orientation with his "Accumulations d'objets"
1960
Co-founded an artist group called the "Nouveaux Réalistes," under the
guidance of Pierre Restany
1964
Awarded the International Biennale of Prints Prize, Tokyo, Japan
1966
Awarded the Premio Marzotto
1967 - 1968
Taught at the University of California, Los Angeles, CA
1972
Decorated as Chevalier de l'Ordre du Mérite by the President of the Republic
of France
1973
Became an American citizen
2005
Died: New York, NY
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2013
Cycles, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
2011
Museum Tinguely, Basel
2010 - 2011
Centre Pompidou, Paris
2008
Arman: The Day After, Helly Nahmad Gallery, New York, NY
Connaught Brown Gallery, London, UK
2007
Arman. Photographs Friends, French Institute alliance française, New York, NY
Arman. Polychromes, Imago Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
New Realism, The Hannover Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany
2006
Arman. Armand Fernandez, Yeh Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Hommage à Arman 1928-2005, Galleri GKM, Malmö, Sweden
Subida al Cielo, Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain, Nice, France
Arman : No Comment, Galerie Georges-Philippe et Nathalie Vallois, Paris, France
A Tribute to Arman, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY
Arman. Les inédits. Collection de Jean Ferrero, La Malmaison, Cannes, France
2004
Pinturas, Marlborough Gallery, Madrid, Spain
Arman. Interactives and Serious Paintings, Imago Galleries, CA
Arman. Peintures, Marlborough Gallery, Monaco, France
Arman Armé, Historial de la Grande Guerre, Péronne, France
Arman. Photographe, Théatre de la Photographie et de l’Image, Nice, France
Arman Armé, Musée des Beaux Arts, Reims, France
2003
Arman, Musée d’Art Contemporain, Téhéran, Iran
Sans Papiers d’Arman, Artsoum Galerie, Nice, France
Arman. A Survey 1954-2002, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY
2002
Les Cycles de Vie, Galerie Anne Lettrée, Paris, France
Arman. Musique, Kunsthaus Grenchen, Grenchen, Switzerland
Africarmania, Galerie Beaubourg, Paris, France; Château Notre-Dame-des-Fleurs,
Vence, France
2001
Fondacio La Caixa, Barcelona, Spain
La Traversée des Objets, Château de Villeneuve, Vence, France
New Works : Sandwich Combos, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY
Arman. Passage à l’acte, Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain, Nice, France
The Magic of Objects, Galleri GKM, Malmö, Sweden
Arman. Through and across objets, Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
D'Après I'Antique, The Louvre Museum, Paris, France
2000
Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo Assis Chateaubriand-MASP, Sao Paulo, Brazil
National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan
Arman. Works on paper, Ludwig Museum im Deutschherrenhaus, Koblenz, Germany
Arman : Racine Carrée de fragments, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France
Arman. Fragmentations, Galerie Georges-Philippe et Nathalie Vallois, Paris, France
1999
Arman, Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israël
Nec Mergitur, Galerie Piltzer, Paris, France
Arman, Galerie d’Art Contemporain de l’Espace Culturel François Mitterand, Beauvais,
France
1998
Arman, Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris, France (traveled to
Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwighafen, Germany; Culturgest, Lisbonne, Portugal;
Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israël; Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo Assis
Chateaubriand-MASP, Sao Paulo, Brazil; National Museum of History, Taiwan)
Variations sur un Lénine, Galerie Patrice Trigano, Paris, France
Arman, Culturgest, Lisbonne, Portugal
1997
Arman. Cascades, Ilena Sonnabend Gallery, New York, NY
Arman ‘Trésors cachés', Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris, France
Arman : Accumulations in Relation, The James Mayor Gallery, London, UK
Arman. Sculptures Interactives, Galerie Rachlin-Lemarié, Paris, France
Arman : Interactives and Bicycle Paintings, Yeh Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
1996
Arman. Interactives, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, NY
Arman: Accumulations de collections et Transculptures, Galerie Guy Pieters,
Knokke-Le-Zoute, Belgium
The Exhibition of International Sculpture Master, Arman, Modern Art Gallery, Taichung,
Taiwan
1995
Arman ‘Accumulations Renault’ 1967-1970, Galerie Georges-Philippe et Nathalie
Vallois, Paris, France
Arman. Starry Night Hommage aan Van Gogh, Reflex Modern Art Gallery, Amsterdam,
The Netherlands
Arman. Starry Night, Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
Arman. Monumental Aquatints 1989-1993, Avanti Galleries Inc., New York, NY
Arman, Galerie 3, Athènes, Greece
1994
Arman: Retrospective Works, IN Kahn Gallery, New York, NY
Arman au Musée des Tapisseries, Musée des Tapisseries, Aix-en-Provence, France
Arman : Starry Night, Marisa del Re Gallery, New York, NY
Arman. La Nuit Etoilée, Galerie Beaubourg, Paris, France; Château
Notre-Dame-des-Fleurs, Vence , France
Arman. Pintura e Escultura, Galerie 111, Lisbonne, Portugal
1993
Arman. Concerto per mitologie e futuri prossimi, Elleni Galleria d’Arte, Bergame, Italy
Arman. Les Accumulations de Collections, Galerie Beaubourg, Paris, France; Château
Notre-Dame-des-Fleurs, Vence , France
Arman, Galerie Pascal Retelet, Charleroi, Belgium
1992
Arman 1955-1991 : A Retrospective, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX (traveled
to The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY; The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
Brushworks, Riva Yares Gallery, Scottdale, AZ
Archéologie du future, Galerie Beaubourg,Paris, France
Arman. New Accumulations, Ilena Sonnabend Gallery, New York , NY
Arman Cycles, Marisa del Re Gallery, New York, NY
Arman. Accumulations Colères 1960-1975, Galerie Véronique Maxé, Paris, France
Cordes vibrantes, Galleri GKM, Malmö, Sweden
1991
Arman. Pinturas Sucias, Galerie Freites, Caracas, Venezuela
Arman in Italy, Fondazione Mudima, Milan, Italy; B. & S. Gallery, Venice, Italy
Arman. Brush Strokes Paintings, Galerie Heinz Holtmann, Cologne, Germany
Arman ‘Bétons’ 1970-1974, Galerie Georges-Philippe Vallois, Paris, France
Arman : Portrait-Robot de Musiciens, Fuji Television Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Arman. Archeology of the future, Marisa del Re Gallery, New York, NY
Arman’s Sculpture, Contemporary Sculpture Center, Tokyo, Japan
1990
Arman. Dirty Paintings, Marisa del Re Gallery, New York, NY
Arman. Color Scales. New Paintings, Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Arman. Retrospective on Prints, Artcurial, Paris, France
Arman. Einladung, Galerie Belmont, Zurich, Switzerland
Arman ‘À propos de peinture’, Galleri GKM, Malmö, Sweden
Arman, Wichtige Bilder und Skulpturen 1980-1990, Galerie Svetlana, Munich,
Germany
1989
Arman. Accumulations brisées, Galleri Tornvall, Stockholm , Sweden
Arman. A Retrospective, Gana Art Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Arman, Galerie Belmont, Reto a Marca, Zurich, Switzerland
Arman. Works from 1955-1989, The Mayor Gallery, London, UK
Arman ‘Shooting Colors’, Galerie Beaubourg, Paris, France
1988
Arman. Peintures 87-88, Galerie Beaubourg, Paris, France
Arman. Œuvres 1961-1986, Galerie 1900-2000, La Galerie de Poche, Paris , France
Arman. Pinceaux piégés, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nîmes, France
Arman. Paintings, Marisa del Re Gallery, New York, NY
Arman. Musical Instruments, Sculpture and Works on Paper, Princeton Gallery of Fine
Art, Princeton, NJ
Arman. Beelden en Schilderijen, Reflex Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherland
Arman. Peintures, Oniris Galerie, Rennes, France
1987
Arman. Couleurs, Galerie Guy Pieters, Knokke-Le Zoute, Belgium
Arman. Mälningar, Objekt och Grafik, Art Now Gallery, Göteborg, Sweden
Arman. Gods and Goddesses and Selected Works 1963-1985, Wenger Gallery, Los
Angeles, CA
Arman. Rythmes et Couleurs, Galerie Ferrero, Nice, France
1986
Arman Retrospektive, Galerie Pavillon Werd, Zürich, Switzerland
Arman, Fuji Television Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Arman : sculptures, Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita,
KS
Arman. Gods and Godesses, Marisa del Re Gallery, New York, NY; Waddington & Shiell
Galleries Ltd., Toronto, Canada; Galerie Beaubourg, Paris, France
1985
Arman, Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
Arman, Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul, South Korea
Arman aujourd’hui, Musée de Toulon, Toulon, France
Arman. Œuvres Choisies, Galerie Bonnier, Geneva, Switzerland
Arman. Oeuvre de 1955 à 1977, Galerie Zonia Zannettacci, Geneva, Switzerland
1984
Arman, Christian Fayt Art Gallery, Knokke-Le-Zoute, Belgium
Arman’s Monument, Gallery Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
Arman,Galerie Reckermann, Cologne, Germany
Arman o l’Oggetto come Alfabeto : Retrospettiva 1955-1984, Museo Civico di Belle
Arti, Lugano, Switzerland
Arman. Concerto pour cordes, Galerie Le Point, Monte-Carlo, Monaco, France
Arman’s Orchestra, Gloria Luria Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, FL
Arman. Tools and instruments, Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, FL
Arman. Objekte und Bilder 1959-1973, Galerie Renée Ziegler, Zurich, Switzerland
Arman. The Day After, Marisa del Re Gallery, New York, NY; Galerie Beaubourg, FIAC,
Grand Palais, Paris, France
Arman. Bijoux-Violons, Artcurial, Paris, France
1983
Arman. La Parade des Objets, Retrospective 1955-1983, Musée Picasso, Antibes,
France; Musée d’Art Contemporain, Dunkerque, France
Arman, Goldman’s Kraft Gallery, Haïfa, Israël
Arman’s Orchestra, Marisa del Re Gallery, New York, NY (traveled to Goldman Kraft
Gallery, Chicago, IL; Herbert Palmer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Galerie Beaubourg, Paris,
France )
Arman. Wall Pieces 1981-1983, Galerie Beaubourg, Paris, France
Arman, Kingo’s Ginza Gallery & Galleria Reto a Marca, Tokyo, Japan
1982
Arman: Carvings and Drawings, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium; Solomon Gallery,
Dublin, Irland
Arman. Papiers découpés, Galerie Beaubourg, Paris, France
Arman, Galerie Chappe-Lautier, Toulouse, France
Arman, Galerie Sapone, Nice, France
Arman, O.K. Harris Gallery, New York, NY
Arman. Sculture dal 1979 al 1982, Galleria Zarathustra, Milan, Italy
1981
Arman. Prints, Akira Ikeda Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
Arman. Sculptures, Akira Ikeda Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
Arman, Galerie Diego Strazzer, Rome, Italy
1980
Eight Scultures. Bronze 1978-1979, Galerie Valeur, Nagoya, Japan
Arman. Book of Violin, Amano Gallery, Osaka, Japan
Arman, Satani Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Arman. Recent Drawings Akira Ikeda Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
Arman. Rétrospective, Centre d’Art et de Culture de Flaine, Cluses, France
Arman, Hacker Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany
Arman, Galerie Holtmann, Hanovre, Germany
Arman, Galerie Sapone, Nice, France
1979
Arman. Œuvres récentes, Galerie Bonnier, Geneva, Switzerland
Arman. Éclisses et chutes d’atelier, Galerie Ferrero, Nice, France
Arman. Accumulations, André Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY
Arman. 8 sculptures en bronze 1978-1979, Galerie Valeur, FIAC, Grand Palais, Paris,
France
Arman, Galerie d’Art in Progress, Munich, Germany
Arman, Arte Contacto, Caracas, Venezuela
Arman, Galleria dei Amici, Florence, Italy
1978
Arman. Exhibition of Drawings, Galerie Jöllenbeck, Cologne, Germany
Arman. Hard & Soft, Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York, NY
Arman. L’Âge de fer et ses monuments, Galerie Beaubourg, Paris, France
Arman. Accumulations, Galerie Valeur, Nagoya, Japan
Arman Jewelry, Ehrlich Gallery, New York, NY
Arman / New Works, Galerie Charles Kriwin, Bruxelles, Belgium
1977
1977
1976
1976
Arman, Galerie Olga S., Stockholm, Sweden
Arman Objects, Galerie Valeur, Nagoya, Japan
Arman. Paintings and sculptures, Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State
University, Wichita, KS
Arman, Galerie Frédéric Gollong, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France
Arman 23, La Nuova Città, Brescia, Italy
Arman. Peintures, Galerie Beaubourg, Paris, France
Les 3 temps d’Arman, Artcurial, Paris, France
Arman, Galerie Sapone, Nice, France
Arman, Galerie Georges-Philippe Vallois, Paris, France
1975
Arman. Objets armés 1971-1974, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris,
France
Arman. Violin-Service, Galerie Claude Tchou, Paris, France
Arman. Couscious Vandalism, John Gibson Gallery, New York, NY
Arman, Jiyugaoka Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Arman, Galerie Valeur, Nagoya, Japan
Arman. Hommage à la brocante, Galerie Ferrero, Nice, France
Arman. Originaux et Multiples, Galerie Editions de Messine, Paris, France
Arman. Lyrical Surfaces, Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York, NY
Arman, Galerie Beaubourg, Paris, France
Arman, Galerie Charles Kriwin, Bruxelles, Belgium
1974
Arman, John Gibson Gallery, New York, NY
Arman, Galleria Schwarz, Milan, Italy
Arman. Concrete Lyrics, Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York, NY
Arman ‘Sur Béton 1973' , Galerie Bonnier, Geneva, Switzerland
Arman. Béton Musical, Galleria Arte Borgogna, Milan, Italy
Arman. Selected Works : 1958-1974, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla,
CA (traveled to Henri Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Modern Art
Museum, Fort Worth, TX; Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IO; Albriggt-Knox Art
Gallery, Buffalo, NY; Hopkins Art Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Arman. L’Œuvre graphique, Galerie Alexandre de La Salle, Saint-Paul-de-Vence,
France
Arman, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France
1973
Arman. Multiples et Autres, Galerie Ferrero, Nice, France
Arman, Galerie Charles Kriwin, Bruxelles, Belgium
Arman, Galerie Mony Calatchi, Paris, France
Arman. Selected Activities, John Gibson Gallery, New York, NY
Arman, White Gallery, Lausanne, Switzerland
Arman. Retrospective, Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York, NY
Arman, Rosa Esman Gallery, New York, NY
1972
Arman, Galerie Guillaume Campo, Anvers, Belgium
Les moments d’Arman, Galerie de L’Œil, Paris, France
Arman, Galerie Alexandre de La Salle, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France
Arman. Ordures au Nature, lMini-Galerie Carita, Paris, France
1971
Arman, 10 Jahre Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
Arman, Galleria d’Arte San Luca, Bologne, Italy
Arman, Galerie Alexandre de La Salle, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France
Arman. L’intérieur des choses, Galerie Bonnier, Geneva, Switzerland
Arman : Cachets – Colères – Coupes, Galerie Michel Couturier, Paris, France
Arman, Lawrence Rubin Gallery, New York, NY
Arman, Galerie Semiha Huber, Zurich, Switzerland
1970
Amos Anderson Art Museum Helsinki , Finland
Arman Accumulations Renault", Kunsthaus, Zurich, Switzerland
Arman. Recent Works, Lawrence Rubin Gallery, New York, NY
Arman.The Black Panthers, Reese Palley Gallery, New York, NY
Arman. Editions, Galerie Ilena Sonnabend, Paris, France
Arman, Galleria dell’Ariete, Milan, Italy
Arman, Ace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA;Vancouver, Canada
Arman, Galerie der Spriegel, Cologne, Germany
Arman, Galerie Alexandre de La Salle, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France
1969
Arman, Galerie Bonnier, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
Arman. Les Ustensiles familiers, Galerie Ilena Sonnabend, Paris, France
Arman. Oeuvres de 1960 à 1965, Galerie Mathias Fels, Paris, France
Arman : 33 Accumulations, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Arman. Accumulations, Union centrale des Arts décoratifs, Paris, France
Arman, Svensk-Franska Kontgalleriet, Stockholm, Sweden
1968
Arman, Galleria Schwarz, Milan, Italy
Arman, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, NY
1967
Arman, Galleria La Bussola, Turin, Italy
Arman, Galleria Il Punto, Turin, Italy
Arman, Galleria Sperone, Turin, Italy
Arman, Galerie Claude Tchou, Paris, France
Arman, Galerie Françoise Meyer, Bruxelles, Belgium
Arman, Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy
Arman, Galleria La Bertesca, Genoa, Italy
Arman, Galerie Ileana Sonnabend, Paris, France
Pavillon de la France, Exposition Universelle de Montréal Expo 67, Montreal, Canada
1966
'Quid pro Quo’ Exchange, Allan Stones Gallery, New York, NY
Arman, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles, Belgium
Arman, Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet, Stockholm, Sweden
Musée de la Ville, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France
Arman, Galerie La Vieille Echoppe, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France
Galerie Saqqârah, Gstaad, Switzerland
1965
Arman, Galleria del Leone, Venice, Italy
Arman, Richard Feigen Gallery, Chicago, IL
Arman, Galerie Lawrence, Paris, France
Arman, Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany
1964
Arman, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherland
Arman, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, NY
Arman, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
1963
Arman, Galerie Lawrence, Paris, France
Arman, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, NY
Armand, Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf, Germany
Armand, Galleria Schwarz, Milan, Italy
1962
Arman. Montages, Dwan Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Arman, Galerie Lawrence, Paris, France
Arman. Musical Rage, Galerie Saqqârah, Gstaad, Switzerland
Arman, Galerie Aujourd’hui, Bruxelles, Belgium
1961
Arman, Cordier-Warren Gallery, New York, NY
1960
Arman. Allures d’objets, Galerie Saint-Germain, Paris, France
Arman. Poubelles et Accumulations, Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf, Germany
Arman. Le Plein, Galerie Iris Clert, Paris, France
Arman.Les Accumulations, Galerie Iris Clert, Paris, France
1959
Galerie Saint-Germain, Paris, France
Mostra Personale di Arman, Galleria Appollinaire, Milan,Italy
1958
Galerie Iris Clert, Paris, France
1957
Galerie La Roue, Paris, France
1956
Galerie du Haut-Pavé, Paris, France
1955
Gouaches, London, UK
Selected Public Collections
Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
Selected Public Collections
State Museums of Florence, Florence, Italy
Tate Gallery, London, UK
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, Germany
The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
Allen Art Museum at Oberlin College, OH
Harvard University Art Museums, MA
Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain, Nice, France
Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Trento, Italy
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium
Literature
2004
Reut, Tita. Arman Inclusions. Bordighera: Edizioni Cudemo, 2004
1994
Durand-Ruel, Denyse> Catalogue raisonné III, Paris, France: La Différence, 1994
1993
Cabane, Pierre. Arman. Paris, France: La Différence, collection "Classiques du XXIème
siècle", 1993
1992
Hahn, Otto. Mémoires accumulés d'Arman. Paris, France: Belfond, 1992
1991
Durand-Ruel, Denyse. Catalogue raisonné II, Paris, France: La Différence, 1991
1990
Otmezguine, Jane et Marc Moreau. Arman Estampes. Paris, France: Editions Marval,
1990
1987
Lamarche-Vadel, Bernard. Arman, Paris, France: La Différence, 1987
1984
Castle, Frederic Ted.The Public Sculpture of Arman. New-York: Marisa del Re Gallery,
1984 (catalogue)
Van der Marck, Jan. Arman. New-York: Abbeville Press, 1984
1973
Martin, Henry. Arman. New-York: Harry N. Abrams, 1973
1972
Hahn, Otto. Arman, Paris, France: Fernand Hazan, collection "Ateliers d'aujourd'hui”