Toni Grand
Born
Antoine Pierre Charles Grand

2 February 1935
Grand-Gallargues
Died29 November 2005(2005-11-29) (aged 70)
Arles
NationalityFrench
Known forSculptor
MovementSupports/Surfaces
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Toni Grand (born Antoine Pierre Charles Grand; 2 February 1935 – 29 November 2005) was a French sculptor.[1] In his early career he was associated with the Supports/Surfaces group.[2] He represented France at the 1982 Venice Biennale and his work has been shown in major museums.[3][4]

Biography

Grand was born and grew up in Gallargues-le-Montueux, a village in Gard. He went to college at the Armangaud House in Aigues-Vives, where he met Claude Viallat, a member of the Supports/Surfaces group.[5]

He studied literature in Montpellier and then studied for a year at the School of Fine Arts. He met at this time his future wife, Amélie Vasseur.[6]

He began sculpting in 1955. In 1967, Grand exhibited at the 5th Biennale de Paris.[7] He taught at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, until 1976, then in Marseille. In 1982, he was chosen along with Simon Hantaï to represent France at the Venice Biennale.[8]

He taught at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nîmes in Nîmes from 1986. His last exhibition in France was 1994 at the Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume in Paris.[5] Grand's last institutional exhibition dates from 2000 at the Renaissance Society in Chicago in the United States.[9]

Grand died in Mouriès, Arles (Bouches-du-Rhône) on November 29, 2005.[1]

Work

Grand created sculptures that focused on materiality. He preferred a deconstructionist approach and attempted to explore the pre-existing qualities of his materials.[2] In Artforum Simone Menegoi writes about "Grand's career-long interest in the dialectic between nature and culture, between the human gesture that appropriates and transforms and the materials to which it is applied."[3]

Grand used a variety of different materials in his work. His early sculptures, up until the end of the 1960s, were often made with lead, aluminum and steel. From the late 1960s to the mid-1970s he worked primarily with wood. During the late 1970s he began to experiment with synthetic resins applied to wrap stones, wood, bones and even fish.[5][9]

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

  • 1986: contemporary galleries, Center Georges-Pompidou, Paris.[10]
  • 1994: national gallery of the Jeu de Paume.[5]
  • 2000: Renaissance Society, Chicago, USA.[9]

Group exhibitions

  • 1984: An international survey of recent painting and sculpture, Museum of Modern Art, New York.[4]
  • 1987: The era, Fashion, Morality, Passion, Center Georges-Pompidou, Paris.[10]

Collections

Grand's work is held in the following permanent collections:

References

  1. 1 2 "matchID - Moteur de recherche des décès". deces.matchid.io. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  2. 1 2 "Toni Grand – Musée d'Art moderne de Céret". www.musee-ceret.com (in French). Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  3. 1 2 "Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MAMCO)". www.artforum.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  4. 1 2 3 "Toni Grand | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Larnac, Didier (2007). Toni Grand, La légende (in English and French) (bilingual ed.). France: Analogues. ISBN 2915772150.
  6. ↑ contribution of Amélie Grand for the book Toni Grand, the legend, Éditions Analogues, 2007.
  7. ↑ cf . Toni Grand, Éditions du Center Georges Pompidou 1986, catalog of the 1986 exhibition.
  8. ↑ "Venice Biennale 1982: No Form, Little Contentment". www.artforum.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  9. 1 2 3 Society, The Renaissance. "Toni Grand | Exhibitions | The Renaissance Society". www.renaissancesociety.org. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  10. 1 2 3 "Toni Grand (Antoine Grand, dit)". Centre Pompidou. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
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