b. November 17, 1928, France. d. October 22,
2005, New York. American, French-born painter
and sculptor.
The artist Arman was recognized internationally as a major contributor to late 20th century art and a main protagonist of the French “Nouveau Realism” school, which was parallel to the American Pop Art movement in the United States during the 1960s. At the core of his artistic statement are his “Accumulations” which employ the use of everyday objects as subjects. Arman’s work is represented in the major museums and important public collections worldwide. These museums include the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Tate Modern, London; the Hara Museum, Tokyo; Musee d´Art Moderne et d`Art Contemporain, Nice; the Tel-Aviv Museum, Israel; the Musee Picasso, Antibes; Harvard University Art Museums; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC; the Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo, and the Hakone Open Air Museum, Japan.
His work was included in the 2015 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum exhibition ZERO: Countdown to Tomorrow, 1950s–60s and he had a retrospective at the Pompidou Centre in Paris in 2010. Throughout his career, Arman has been awarded with art’s greatest honors such as the Grand Prix Marzotto Commandeur des Arts et Lettres, Officier del'Ordre National du Merite, and Grand Officier de la Legion d'Honneur. He is the subject of the 2020 published monograph by acclaimed Italian art historian and curator, Germano Celant.
｜Selected Solo Exhibitions｜
．Arman: Think Things, ALIEN Art Centre, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, November 22, 2022 – July 2, 2023
．Arman Conceptual Perception, Ascaso Gallery, Miami, FL, December 3, 2020 – February 26, 2021
．Arman, Tornabuoni Arte, Milan, Italy, October 5 - December 6, 2019
．ARMAN À SAINT-TROPEZ: exposition de sculptures monumentales, Saint-Tropez, June 22– September 30, 2018
．Arman 1954-2005, Fondazione Terzo Pilastro, Rome, May 5th - July 23rd 2017
．ARMAN Accumulations 1960-1964, Galerie Templon, Paris, February 27 – April 6, 2016
．Arman The Collector: The Artist's Collection of African Art, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, New York, November 11, 2013 – January 11, 2014
．Arman: Cycles, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, New York, February 28 – April 6, 2013
．Arman Retrospective, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France, September 22, 2010 - January 10, 2011
．Arman: A Tribute to Arman, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, February 2 - March 4, 2006
．Arman: No Comment, Galerie George-Philippe Et Nathalie Vallois, Paris, France, January 20 - February 24, 2006
．Arman: A Survey 1954-2002, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, January 9 - February 1, 2003
．Arman, Musée d'Art Contemporain, Tehran, Iran, May 6 - June 19, 2003
．Arman: Passage à l'acte, Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain, Nice, France, June 16 - October 14, 2001
．Arman: Fragmentations, Galerie Georges-Philippe Et Nathalie Vallois, Paris, France, 2000
．Arman, Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israël, 1999
．Arman: Interactives, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, New York, March 29 - April 27, 1996
．Arman: Starry Night, Marisa del Re Gallery, New York, New York, November 30 - December 31, 1994
．Arman: New Accumulations, Ilena Sonnabend Gallery, New York, New York, April 6 - May 2, 1992
．Arman: 1955-1991: A Retrospective, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan, 1991-1992
．Arman: Gods and Godesses, Marisa del Re Gallery, New York, New York, October 1 - November 15, 1986
．Arman: Arman’s Orchestra, Marisa del Re Gallery, New York, New York, May 11 - June 11, 1983
．Arman, O.K. Harris Gallery, New York, New York, September 18 - October 9, 1982
．Arman: Accumulations, André Emmerich Gallery, New York, New York, October 9 - November 10, 1979
．Arman: Hard & Soft, Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York, New York, May 4 - 27, 1978
．Arman: Lyrical Surfaces, Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York, New York, December 3, 1975 - January 5, 1976
．Arman: Conscious Vandalism, John Gibson Gallery, New York, New York, April 5 - 19, 1975
．Arman: Selected Activities, John Gibson Gallery, New York, New York, October 20 - November 21, 1973
．Arman: Accumulations Renault, Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France, 1969
．Arman: Recent Accumulations, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, New York, May 8 - June 1, 1968
．Arman, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, New York, December 29 - January 27, 1965
．Le Plein: Full-Up, Iris Clert Gallery, Paris, France, October 25, 1960
．Arman: Les Accumulations, Galerie Iris Clert, Paris, France, October - November 1960
．Arman: Allures d'objets, Galerie Saint-Germain, Paris, France, March 16 - April 9, 1960
．Mostra Personale di Arman, Galleria Apollinaire, Milan, Italy, 1959
．Arman: Les Olympiens, Galerie Iris Clert, Paris, France, 1958
｜Selected Group Exhibitions｜
．ON FIRE, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, Italy, April 22 – July 24, 2022.
．New Realism = New Perceptive Approaches of the Real, Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris, France, June 11 - July 24, 2021.
．Multiples, Inc., Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York, January 12 – February 27, 2021.
．Blue, Nassau County Museum of Art. Roslyn Harbor, NY, July 8 – November 1, 2020.
．OBJECT OUT LOUD: Arman and Nick Cave, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York, October 15, 2017 – January 7, 2018.
．Serielle Formationen. 1967/2017, Daimler Contemporary, Berlin, June 3 – November 5, 2017.
．Musicircus, Centre Pompidou-Metz, France, April 20 – July 17, 2016.
．Magnificent Obsessions: The Artist as Collector, Barbican, London, England, February 12 – May 25, 2015.
．ZERO: Countdown to Tomorrow, 1950s–60s, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York, October 10, 2014 – January 7, 2015.
．Art or Sound, Fondazione Prada, Venice, Italy, June 7 – November 3, 2014
．The Small Utopia. Ars Multiplicata, Fondazione Prada, Venice, Italy, July 6 – November 25, 2012.
．Nouveau Realisme, Luxembourg & Dayan, London, United Kingdom, June 18 - August 11, 2012.
．Zero in New York, Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York, New York, November 6 - December 20, 2008.
．Pop Impressions: Europe/USA, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York,
February 18 - May 18, 1999.
．Objects of Desire: The Modern Still Life, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, Hayward Gallery, London, United Kingdom, 1997-1998.
．The Americans: The Collage, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas, July 11 - October 3, 1982.
．Paris 1937-1957: Créations en France, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France, May 25-November 2, 1981.
．25 Years of Janis, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, New York, March 13 - April 13, 1974 .
．Painting in France: 1900-1967, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, MH. De Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, California, 1967.
．Painting and Sculpture of a Decade: 1954-1964, Tate Gallery, London, United Kingdom, April 22 - June 28, 1964.
．The Art of Assemblage, Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, Dallas Museum of Contemporary Arts, Dallas, Texas, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California, 1961.
｜Selected Articles and Publications｜
．Celant, Germano. Arman 1954 – 1974. Milan: Silvana Editoriale, 2020.
．Celant, Germano. “Arman: The Archeology of Reality”, Arman: 1954-2005, Fondazione Terzo Pilastro, Rome, Italy, May 5 - July 23, 2017.
．Dannatt, Adrian. “Arman”, Arman Cycles, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, 2013.
．Carrick, Jill. Nouveau Réalisme: 1960s France, and the Neo-avant-garde: Topographies of Chance and Return. Ashgate Press, 2010.
．Hamilton, Jaimey. “Arman’s System of Objects.” Art Journal, Vol. 67, Issue 1, 2008.
．de Lima Greene, Alison. “Arman: An Artist of Our Time. “Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1991.
．Restany, Pierre. “Arman: A Radical Portrait of Modernity”, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1991.
．Kuspit, Donald. “Arman: Monochrome Accumulations 1986-1989,” Vrej Baghoomian Gallery, New York, 1990.
．van der Marck, Jan. Arman. New York: Abbeville Press, 1984.
．Schjeldahl, Peter. “Arman in 1973,” Arman Selected Activities, John Gibson Gallery, New York, 1973.
．Schjeldahl, Peter. “What Others Call Junk, He Transforms Into Art”, The New York Times, October 28, 1973.
．Martin, Henry, Arman, Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1973.
．van der Marck, Jan. “Arman: The Parisian Avant-Garde in New York”, Art in America, Vol. 61, No. 6, November-December, 1973, pp. 88-95.
．Hahn, Otto. Arman: Ateliers d'aujourd'hui. Paris, France: Fernand Hazan, collection, 1972.
．Kramer, Hilton. "Arman: From Neo-Dada to Color Abstraction", The New York Times, May 19, 1968.
．Ashbery, John. “The New Realism” New Realists, Sidney Janis, New York, 1962.
2022.11.23 - 2023.07.12