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Axelle Fine Arts Galerie Soho is pleased to present a solo exhibition of new pieces by French artist Laurent Dauptain. This is Dauptain’s fifth exhibition at Axelle Fine Arts in New York City. Dauptain is most well known for his self portraits, of which he has painted thousands.
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L A U R E N T DA U P TA I N
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cover | Autoportrait (1487) 51” x 38” above | Bouquet de roses 36” x 28¾”
Autoportrait (1486) 51” x 38” | 32 | Autoportrait (1433) 51” x 38”
Rue commerçante 38” x 57½” | 5Autoportrait (1399) 63¾” x 51”
was born on March 25, 1961. A graduate of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in
Paris (1981) and the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs (1983), he gained a master’s
degree in Aesthetics in 1984. After years of painting self portraits from
every perspective, he found his niche painting large representations of his
face. Although he continually paints the same face, the outcome is always
unique. He experiments with brush stroke, texture, palette and attention
to details. At times, his compositions appear to be completely abstract,
but upon further examination, a face always emerges. Although known
for his self portraits, Dauptain is very successful with other genres. His
landscapes and cityscapes are reminiscent of Hopper, yet Dauptain takes
greater liberties with brush stroke to infuse a sense of movement in the
painting that can be linked to impressionism.
Since 1981, Dauptain has exhibited constantly and received numerous
awards for his work, the most recent of which include the Grand Prix of
the Salon des Peintres de l’Armée (2003), the Taylor Prize (2001), and the
gold medal of the Salon des Artistes Français (1997).
L A U R E N T DA U P TA I N
6 | Vers la gare 38” x 57½” Métro aérien 38” x 57½” | 7
| 9Autoportrait (1479) 76¾” x 51”
The distinctiveness of my approach is rooted in the fact that portraiture has always been my preferred genre.
For practical reasons and for self-liberation, I was inspired to paint my own portrait most frequently. Therein results a series of more than two thou-sand self-portraits drawn or painted over the course of twenty-five years. This substantial quantity of work sparks my curiosity instead of satisfying it and I have never ceased searching for what the next version will resemble. At the same time, this subject annuls itself by force of repetition. It is a pretext for continuously searching for new solutions, as much from the point of view of formal beauty as technical. Finally, it is the painting itself that is at the heart of my work.
I also paint still lives and landscapes; these play a role of “respiration” between two portraits. For me, they are an opportunity to search for the evocation of profoundness while I wish that my faces “come forth.”
I devote myself to views of the coast and countryside as much as to more typical representations of towns, factories, roads, automobiles – scenes that constitute our daily environment, but still appear to me as a “field” to be discovered for the painters of today.
– Laurent Dauptain
Autoportrait (1474) 36” x 28¾” | 11Autoportrait (1483) 51” x 38”
12 | Autoportrait (1443) 36” x 28¾” Autoportrait (1447) 36” x 28¾” | 13
14 | Poste de secours, le soir 28¾” x 36” Poste de secours, fin de journée 28¾” x 36” | 15
16 | This is the title PP” x PP” Groupe d’immeubles 7¾” x 11” | 17Autoportrait (1484) 51” x 38”
La maison près de l ’autoroute 7¾” x 11”
Près du pont 7¾” x 11”
18 | Autoportrait (1442) 36” x 28¾” ©2012 Laurent Dauptain
SOLO EXHIBITIONS2Ol1 Galerie Claudine Legrand, Paris
Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, New York
Galerie Art du Temps, Cléon d’Andran
Galerie Patricia Oranin, Pont l’Abbé
Galerie Pierrick Touchefeu, Sceaux .
2010 Galerie Claudine Legrand, Paris
Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, New York
2009 Galerie Pierrick Touchefeu, Sceaux
Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, New Orleans
Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, San Francisco
Galerie Claudine Legrand, Paris
2008 Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, New York
Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, Boston
Galerie Pierrick Touchefeu, Sceaux
2007 Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, New York
Galerie Patricia Oranin, Pont l’Abbé
Galerie Art du Temps, Cléon d’Andran
2006 Galerie Apropos d’Art, Montreuil
2000 Galerie des Saints-Pères, Paris
1997 Galerie l0l, Antony
1996 Centre Culturel de Dourdan
1994 Galerie de la Fondation Taylor, Paris
Chapelle Marquelet de la Noue, Meaux
1988 Galerie Jan de Maere, Bruxelles
1987 Galerie Jan de Maere et Ozenne,Paris
1986 Galerie La Litote, Toulouse
1986 Galerie Oberlin, Strasbourg
1984 Galerie Michel Ozenne, Paris
1983 Galerie Peinture Fraîche, Paris
198l Galerie de la Maison des Beaux-Arts, Paris
GROUP EXHIBITIONS2012 “Drawing Now”, Lille Art Fair Comparaisons, Paris
2011 “Chic Dessin” Galerie Claudine Legrand Comparaisons, Paris
2010 “Chic Dessin” Comparaisons, Paris
2009 Galerie Claudine Legrand, Paris
Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, New York
Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, Boston
SLICK Paris - Comparaisons, Paris
2008 Galerie Claudine Legrand, Paris
Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, New Orleans
Galerie Bailly Contemporain, Paris
Lille Art Fair - Lille - Comparaisons, Paris
2007 Stâdtische Galerie, Rastatt
Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, NewYork
Salon Comparaisons, Paris
2004 Salon de Mai, Paris
1982-81 Musée d’Art Contemporain du Prince Murat, Nointel
1984 F.I.A.C. Galerie Jan de Maere, Paris
RECENT PUBLICATIONS2008 AZART (Septembre/Octobre ) - Vernissages (Juillet)
2009 PRATIQUES DES ARTS (Novembre)
2010 DAILYNEWS (Mai) - MIROIRDE L’ART (Mai)
2011 MIROIR DE L’ART (Décembre) - <<276 RENCONTRES
INSOLITES > éditions AZART - ( LE PORTRAIT DANS L’ART
CONTEMPORAIN) Editions PATOU)
LAURENT DAUPTAIN
20 | Feu vert 28¾” x 36”
Canal 28¾” x 36”
Travaux du tramway 28¾” x 36” | 21
Rue en pente 28¾” x 36”
Supermarché, le matin 38” x 57½”