Pierrette Bloch, Louise Bourgeois, Claude Cahun, Sophie Calle, Tracey Emin, Gisele Freund, Emilie Girault, Florence Henri, Hannah Höch, Judith Hopf, Rebecca Horn, Annette Messager, Meta, Louise Nevelson, Meret Oppenheim, Christiane Pooley, Judit Reigl, Niki de Saint Phalle, Jeanne Silverthorne, Adriena Simotova, Christiana Soulou, Nancy Spero, Maria Stangret, Alina Szapocznikow, Agnès Thurnauer, Toyen
... AVEC ELLES, from 1981 to today the Galerie de France has come a long way.
These 26 women artists, chosen among more than 40 shown in the different locations in the gallery, have maintained a professional, friendly and mutually cooperative relationship with the people who run it.
* October 1981: Louise Nevelson unveils her opening in the new space of the Galerie de France.
* 1989: Niki de Saint Phalle develops her forest of mosaic figures inspired by those of the Tarot Garden and then in 1990 exhibits a historical set of "Shootings" (Tirs) in 1960.
* 1982/2012: eight renditions, Judit Reigl exhibits a series of recent paintings, such as "The Art of The Fugue" or "New York 2001" ...
* In 1986, Rebecca Horn created memorable installations in situ, including the prodigious "Hydra-piano" in 1990, today part of the collection of the Tate Modern.
* Beginning in 1982, the Czech artist Adriena Simotova takes refuge there to escape the authorities of the time.
* 1981/1996: Gisèle Freund photographs on site a number of encounters, be they intentional or impromptu.
* 1993: Pierrette Boch draws yards of lines of writing on the kitchen table in Indian ink.
* 1997: Nancy Spero makes the voice of Artaud ring out in the "Artaud paintings" exhibition.
* Annette Messager holds talks here with Meret Oppenheim, Rebecca Horn and Judit Hopf in 2013.
This inspiring closeness continues today with Agnès Thurnauer, Emilie Girault, Christiane Pooley, Jeanne Silverthorne and Christiana Soulou.
... avec elles, the presence of these works and the artistic adventure are enough to place these artists at the highest level, apart from any consideration of "quotas", genres, generations or nationalities.
Without this "other half" of art, the history of the Galerie de France would be like trying to walk with one leg.
Curator : Catherine Thieck