romain froquet press kit summary

ROMAIN FROQUET
PRESS KIT
Contacts
-------Domergue Estelle
SUMMARY
00 33 (0)7 60 74 45 25
contact@romainfroquet.com
THE ARTIST
-------Romain Froquet
EXHIBITIONS
00 33 (0)6 70 76 40 46
romain@froquet.com
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VISUALS AVAILABLE FOR THE PRESS
CO-BRANDING
www.romainfroquet.com
PRESS
WEB PRESS
EDITION
The artist
Born in 1982 – France. Live and work in Paris.
The ambivalence of this work is quite surprising. Between spontaneity
and the structuration of the brushstrokes, colours with anarchistic behaviours come to shatter the singularity of the established order obeying to
none of the rules of composition, expressing the depth of the artist’s ego
which, despite himself controls his instincts trying not to rise suspicions
of hidden reality.
Through these geometrical forms, one guesses a search for permanent
equilibrium. This equilibrium is consolidated by the structuring elements
that one could imagine infinite. Some figurative elements come sometimes to add themselves amongst those strokes represented as face
shapes, which he calls masks because they remain unrevealed. For the
artist, the eyes and the stare have a major importance. They are portrayed as the mirror to the soul; thanks to them everything becomes visible and the transparency gives way.
The colour when present is vibrating and imposing. It takes possession
of the space devoted and seems to penetrate the solid structure and
occupies artistically all its space. Drips and colour projections become
emancipated and embed themselves into the composition and match
haphazardly with the material.
Romain Froquet has evolved and revealed himself artistically through
the artist collective 9eme concept, which aims to make art accessible to
everyone and to create an interaction between the public and the artist.
His influences and inspirations come from this but also from a wider art
represented by the tribal art, African or even South American.
Anne-Cécile Lourenço, member of the 9eme concept’s staff wrote about
him: “Romain Froquet’s style has since his beginnings, expressed appearances through faces whose stares and scars led him towards the exploration of a more instinctive unconscious, singular. Far from his original
figurative style, he acquired a dense stroke, sometimes vigorous, sometimes organic and clear, which he develops in arabesques and abstract
volutes. Taking his initial strokes as a base, he builds and details a frame
that will reveal, by its delicacy and ramifications, a chaotic urbanisation,
a genealogical tree, or African inspired masks, memories from his past
loves. Thus, his work has evolved into complex asymmetrical shapes,
controlling colours and provoking the space, heading to a coherent and
structured abstraction. A spontaneous drawing, emancipated from the
gaze of others.”
Exhibitions
Current exhibition
“open the door” - houston, US
Next exhibitions
galerie l’espace - dijon, France (september 2013)
art league - houston, US (november 2013)
Solo exhibitions
2012
“ambivalence” - galerie l’espace - dijon, France
“empreinte” - xoyo gallery - london, UK
“empreinte” - h2 basement - paris, France
2009
“filigrane” - galerie l’arrière boutique - paris, France
Group exhibitions
2013
“open the door” - houston, US
“les bains” - bains douches & galerie magda danysz - paris, France
2012
“tous les chemins mènent à marseille” - road art gallery - marseille, Francev
“urban decay” - ravi gallery - hyderabad - India
“fresh” - yvonamor palix gallery - houston, US
2011
“go west 1” - UNESCO - paris, France
“go west 1” - williams tower - houston, US
“permis de construire” - galerie nikki diana marquardt - paris, France
“black & basque festival” - bayonne, France
2010
“le mur” - espace blancs manteaux - paris, France
2009
“imagine” - palais de tokyo - paris, France
“scratch paper” - l’arrière boutique - paris, France
2007
“collectors” - la belleviloise - paris, France
2006 “planet reef” - galerie kitchen 93 - paris, France
2005
“sang 9” - galeria la santa - barcelone, Spain
2004
“sang 9” - centre d’art en l’île - genève, switzerland
“sang 9” - mk2 bibliothèque - paris, France
“comme à la maison” - galerie the lazy dog - paris, France
Salon de comparaison - paris, France
2003
“sang 9” - kitchen galerie 93 - paris, France
2002
“le labyrinthe” - plage d’anglet, France
“sang 9” - galerie magda danysz - paris, France
Co-branding
2013 rossignol
2012 haviland v
2011 f.s.t handwear
2010 coach
2009 desperados
Visuals available
for the press
Démasqué, mix media on canvas, 30”x 40”
Portes (open the door), mix media on metal, 80cm x 160cm
Ma Renaissance, mix media on canvas,140cm x 200cm
Visuals available
for the press
Face a Face, mix media on paper, 70cm x 100cm
Ambivalence, mix media on canvas,120cm x 120cm
Gazelle, mix media on paper, 100cm x 70cm
Visuals available
for the press
La Foule, china ink on paper, 50cm x 70cm
Nature, mix media on metal and plexiglass, 40cm x 50cm
Keep on running, china ink on paper, 21cm x 30cm
Visuals available
for the press
Urban Tree, London, 2012
Urban Tree, Houston, 2012
Urban Tree, Bagnolet, 2011
Visuals available
for the press
“Tous les chemins mènent à Marseille”, installation 2012
Collective installation and video documentary “la main de l’homme” 2012
Performance on wall London, UK 2012
Bricklane Street London, UK 2012
Installation in collaboration with Clemens Behr Paris, France 2011
Co-branding
Rossignol Skis 2013
Haviland porcelain collection forthcoming in 2012
Ur’Bamb ArtToy 2011
Co-branding
Handbag Coach 2010
FST HandWear 2010
Desperados limited collection 2010
Presse Ecrite
June/July 2012
“Maison Française”, French monthly magazine
Presse Ecrite
July 2012
“R.A.R.E”, French monthly magazine
Press
April 2012
“Le Bien Public” , French daily newspaper
Press
April 2012
“Harrods Magazine”, Monthly magazine, UK
Press
May 2013
“ELLE Décoration”, mensuel
June 2012
“Côté Est”, trimestriel Français
Summer 2012
“LIVEOUTLOUD”
Press
June 2007
“Technikart” - no 113 , Monthly magazine, France
Press
Sept 2002
“Beach Brother” - no 2, Monthly magazine, France
Press
Summer 2002
“Clark Mag “- no5, Monthly magazine, France
Web Press
March 2013
“Le Parisien” - French newspaper
March 2013
“WAD” - French magazine
Web Press
March 2013
“Houston Chronicle “- US newspaper
March 2013
“France-Amérique“- French magazine
Web Press
October 2012
“Duke and Dude “- Interview
Web Press
September 2012
“Moswo Blog “- Interview
Web Press
June 2012
“Lost at e minor “- US webzine
Web Press
April 2012
“Unfolded”, Monthly webzine, UK
Web Press
March 2012
“Graffiti Art Magazine”, French magazine
Web Press
Graffiti Art Magazine - april 2012
“...L’exposition Empreinte est une série de dessins réalisés récemment
par l’artiste parisien Romain Froquet. Il réalise des impressions de ces
dessins dans des formats divers sur lesquelles il réintervient. Ce système de reproduction en série propose une interprétation et une lecture
différente de chaque dessin. La déclinaison qu’il en fait apparaît souvent
sous le signe du positif/négatif...”
Deccan Chronicle - february 2012
“...Romain Froquet from Paris was excited about showcasing his video
installation, ‘Scratch Paper’ on the streets of the city. “Street art is for
everybody, you can choose to look or not, it’s for people. Earlier, one
would have to walk into a gallery to appreciate art but street art brings art
to the people and not vice-versa,” he said...”
Urbstreet - february 2012
“...C’est ce que nous ont concocté Clemens Behr et Romain Froquet.
Partageant tous les deux une vision très abstraite et asymétrique de
l’espace, ce n’est pas leur première collaboration, et on espère que ce
n’est pas la dernière après cette imagination structurante et déstructurée
mise en œuvre dans la vidéo qui suit !...”
Graffiti Art Magazine - january 2012
“...On apprécie beaucoup ce genre de collaboration, avec ici l’allemand
Clemens Behr et le parisien, membre du 9eme concept, Romain Froquet.
Mêlant tous deux leur technique et leur art...”
Clark Magazine - january 2010
“...l’‘exposition Filigrane de Romain Froquet du 9ème concept à l’Arrière
Boutique est présentée jusqu’au 10 janvier 2010. L’Arrière Boutique
présente depuis le 20 novembre cette exposition qui propose une plongée dans l’inconscient de l’artiste grouillant de volutes et d’arabesques
végétales...”
Edition
“9eme concept, 20 ans de création collective”
Herscher Editions
2013
“Urban Decay”
Exhibition catalog Hyderabad
Ravi Gallery Editions
2012
“Go West 1”
Exhibition catalog
2011
“Imagine”
Exhibition catalog Palais de Tokyo
Heineken editions
2008
Desperados & 9eme Concept
Heineken editions
Edition
2007
“9eme concept” V2
Editions Pyramid
2007
“9eme Concept” V1
Editions Pyramid
2005
“Sang 9”
Editions Kitchen 93
2004
“Tribe All”
Exhibition catalog Magda Danysz
9eme concept editions
2003