the eye of the collector - slick | french scene art fair

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SLICK
CONTINUES ITS
ENGAGEMENT
TOWARDS THE
FRENCH ART
SCENE
After ten editions of the international contemporary art fair in Paris and two in Brussels,
SLICK continues its engagement by exclusively representing the French scene. Fifty
projects will be selected by Julie Crenn, SLICK’s new artistic director.
SINCE 2006
SLICK co-founders Johan Tamer-Morael and Aude de Bourbon Parme have collaborated
with passionate galleries who persistently contribute towards promoting the French and
International art scene. Whether located at the CentQuatre, the Palais de Tokyo esplanade,
or on the Banks of the River Seine, SLICK welcomes on average 13,000 visitors each year.
NEW ARTISTIC DIRECTION : THE FRENCH ART SCENE
The year 2016 marks a new stage in the evolution of the fair.
SLICK is the first contemporary art fair to be exclusively dedicated to the French art
scene. For SLICK, the French art scene is made up of : French artists working in France
and abroad, and the French and foreign galleries that represent them; foreign artists
living and working in France that participate in the French art scene, and the galleries that
represent them. The fair is thus engaged in adding value to the artistic community which
the fair organizers proudly belong to. This represents an opportunity to bring together
galleries, artists and collectors around an exclusive event.
The essence of our engagement is to give French artists and galleries the space they deserve during the Parisian contemporary art week and throughout the year.
NEW ARTISTIC DIRECTOR : JULIE CRENN
Julie Crenn, SLICK’s new artistic director, will select fifty projects exhibited from October
19 to 23, 2016, on the banks of the River Seine, near Alexandre III Bridge in Paris.
NEW SCENOGRAPHY
From a scenographic point of view, the 11th Edition of SLICK has evolved. The entire fair
space will be organized around 50 focus areas exhibiting artists represented by the
galleries. The scenographer Morgane Denzler will work in collaboration with Julie Crenn.
In 2016, SLICK is committed to sustainable development and pledges to reduce its
environmental impact, create ties to the local artistic community, and promote awareness
of sustainability issues among all those involved.
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JULIE CRENN,
AN « UNCOMPROMISING »
ARTISTIC
DIRECTOR
In order to steer the fair in this new direction, art critic and curator Julie Crenn has
been nominated SLICK artistic director. Her deep expertise in the French contemporary
art scene, critical engagement and unique curatorial approach make her well poised to
coherently address the new positioning of the fair.
Julie Crenn will work towards selecting sixty projects that will participate in the next
edition of the fair in October 2016.
BIOGRAPHY
Julie Crenn is art history PhD, art critic and curator. She got her Art History and Critic
Master (Rennes II University, 2006), she wrote a memoir on Frida Kahlo. In the continuity
of her researches on the feminist and postcolonial art practices and theories she wrote
her PhD thesis (Bordeaux III University, 2012) on the subject of Contemporary Textile
Arts linked with memory, History identities and Gender. She also writes on African
contemporary arts and contributes for journals as Africultures, Chinumenga and Afrique
in Visu. She also contributes for art journals as Artpress, Laura, Ligeia, N. Paradoxa,
Seismopolite, Genre & Histoire, Inter Art Actuel, Slicker and La Belle Revue. Curator since
2013, she presented several exhibitions in Belgium (Brussels, Ghent) and France (Paris,
Caen).
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THE MANIFESTO
Because being SLICK means
supporting the French scene, we are happy to share
with you our manifesto, a
synthesis of our state of
mind and the values we
uphold.
DARING THE FRENCH SCENE
Extending from Paris across the country, SLICK declares an exclusive engagement to
French artists and their galleries. The French contemporary art scene is shedding the
gilded reputation of our past, to leap forward into a multidimensional and vibrant reality.
Poised to leave a mark on the global art stage, the French art scene includes cities across
the country humming with new galleries, edgy shows and a frenzy of young artists, collectors, curators, critics and museum directors. SLICK stakes a claim in the French art scene
which we grew up with, placing a spotlight on its plurality, creativity, richness and radicalism.
PLURALITY
The French art scene includes French artists as well as international artists based in
France, that contribute to the dynamic art scene.
CREATIVITY
The French art scene is shape-shifting and trans-generational, with SLICK committed to
giving visibility to both emerging and established artists. SLICK is a place for (re)discoveries.
RICHNESS
The wealth of the French scene extends from Marseille to Lille, crossing through Bordeaux, Rennes, Clermont Ferrand and Paris. Regional galleries will be supported by SLICK,
to showcase the French scene in its entirety. The presence of international galleries will
attest to the relevance of French artists beyond geographic boundaries.
RADICALISM
The selection of galleries, artists and art works will be of the highest standing: we will
constantly seek rigor in form, discourse, engagement and research. We will pay attention
to the active, political, poetic and critical scene.
RESPONSIBILITY
Aware that an event such as an art fair can cause a negative impact on the environment,
we consider the different actions permitting us to limit this. It is thus an opportunity to
create links with our partners and the public, and to make a positive contribution to the
arts and local community. Our medium/long-term approach is foreseen as a process of
continuous improvement and transparency.
SLICK is committed to the French scene: its artists, galleries and collectors.
Johan Tamer-Morael
Co-fondator & director
Julie Crenn
Artistic director
Aude de Bourbon Parme
Co-fondator & director
of communications
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THE EYE
OF THE
COLLECTOR
For its 11th edition, SLICK is giving a voice to those who know the artists from the French
art scene and support their creative process. We can never thank enough, these patrons
who permit artists to continue to produce their work; the gallery owners who continue
to show these artists and others; and those that enable the artists’ personal and creative
flourishing. So it is with conviction and gratitude that we are highlighting their role this
year.
To celebrate this edition of SLICK, six French collectors have been invited to take a close
and personal look at the artists exhibited at the fair. Each of them will choose three to five
artists represented by the SLICK galleries, whose work they find particularly moving. A
short text will explain their choices and interests, accompanied by a presentation of the
work. The visitor can therefore discover the art fair by following one of six itineraries.
In addition to sharing their favorite exhibiting artists, the collectors will share their
perspective on the French art scene in general.
Find out more about these six art lovers:
MARTY DE MONTEREAU (1)
Having grown up in a family of collectors, Marty Montereau quickly took up the hobby. In
1992 his collecting became serious and official when he purchased his first work of art.
Having started his artistic training early and having studied at Decorative Arts, he loves
sharing his tastes and his collection online, with social networks and through exhibitions
as a curator and organizer. It is therefore with this passion for sharing that he participates
in The Eye of the Collector.
MICHEL POITEVIN (2)
Michel Poitevin would never have imagined a few years back that his life would be so
affected by and full of contemporary art. He started collecting at age 27, when he bought
his first work: a painting by a young artist. Since then, as the years went by, through
various meetings and artistic discoveries, such as Fabrice Hyber or David Drouard, his
collection grew. Serious about his commitment, he became the vice-president of the
ADIAF (Association for the International Diffusion of French Art) and a member of the
buying commission of the FNAC, the national foundation for contemporary art. He
continues to support and collect with his wife, Colette Poitevin.
“Collecting contemporary art is an immense joy! Yes, certainly provided it is not done with
the sole objective of increasing disproportionately one’s ego or heritage, but to commit
to the work of artists and the galleries that represent them. Especially when it comes to
French artists and the galleries present at Slick 2016 !»
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THE EYE
OF THE
COLLECTOR
OLIVIER LOUF-MEERSSEMAN (3)
Olivier Louf-Meersseman conducted a legal career in international business before
becoming the general counsel for several major French companies. His passion for art led
him to take part in The Eye of the Collector. Fascinated since childhood, and especially
at that time for art from the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and the Orient, his first piece
was offered by his mother. He still keeps the bronze Confucius from the Ming period
he received for his 12th birthday with him. He has also collected stamps, assignats,
banknotes, old stocks, bonds and all kinds of scraps of paper since childhood. As an adult,
he has collected furniture from the XVI and XVII centuries after a predilection for law and
barguenos. Olivier has been an «aficionado» of contemporary art for some years, and
in particular of the young French scene. His passion also translates his commitment as
a member of the ADIAF, a jury member of the Discovery Award at the Palais de Tokyo in
2016, and an auditor at the Ecole du Louvre.
« Collecting is a material and aesthetic act, such as the treasure hunts of our childhood
where we were looking for «the most beautiful shells from the beach». It is an act
therefore of discovering, but also of selecting, meeting and sharing. For me, the
encounters and moments shared with artists, gallery owners and other collectors are
paramount. A work has meaning only through the spirit that animated the creation. In this
respect, the young artists have so much to say about our times and our future. »
JEAN-PIERRE MAROIS (4)
After studying literature at Paris III - Sorbonne Nouvelle, Jean-Pierre Marois became,
first a photographer, then a director and film producer. In 2012 he began a project of
transforming the building that houses the famous club Les Bains Douches in order to open
a unique space consisting of almost 3500 m2, which includes a five star hotel. For the
project, he launched a competition with interior architects and designers, and developed
many partnerships and collaborations in order to organize events before its opening in
March 2015. In particular, he created an artists’ residence for three months in early 2013,
with Magda Danysz as curator, welcoming some sixty urban artists from around the world.
“Collecting is like trying to hold in emotions, telling yourself a personal story imagined by
artists you love.”
EVELYNE DERET (5)
Evelyne Deret has devoted much of her career to Human Resources Management and the
professionalization of training, which includes teaching at Dauphine University in Paris.
She is involved in several European and international bodies dedicated to promoting
training and learning throughout life (in particular she is Vice President of the World
Committee for Learning throughout life - www.wcfel.org) . She has also worked as a
psychotherapist for adults, children, mothers and babies, while continuing her training.
For the past 15 years, she has collected art within specific themes: childhood, females,
madness in different media: drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, and sculpture....
She is also co-founder, alongside her husband Jacques Deret, of Art [] Collector, which has
supported, since 2011, artists from the French contemporary art scene (www.art-collector.
fr).
The question how do you perceive the French contemporary scene? She responds:
“I like the multiplicity of forms of expression and the use of new tools in artistic creation,
the new «media» used by contemporary artists. I am also sensitive to changes in places
and pattern recognition: fairs, exhibitions, and the place of intermediaries: critics,
collectors…”
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THE EYE
OF THE
COLLECTOR
BRICE ROYER (6)
Brice Royer is an art lover art and art market observer for more than 15 years. After
a law degree from Panthéon-Assas University and a Masters degree in Private asset
management from ESSEC, he forged his experience in law firms, management companies,
and private banks. He currently works in art insurance.
«To support the French contemporary scene is to live within its time, and to constantly
discover new talents and participate in their adventures by purchasing their works.
Besides, a collection is made over a long period of time, and tastes and choices evolve
according to periods, trends and artistic exchanges. Collecting is a lifestyle and a journey
into the world of art.»
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A UNIQUE
LOCATION
For the past four years, SLICK has been based in the heart of Paris, between Invalides,
the Champs-Elysées and Concorde. This unique location on the banks of the River Seine
provides an idyllic setting for welcoming visitors. The proximity to the FIAC, taking place
at the same time in the Grand Palais, gives the fair heightened visibility. This strategic
geographic location offers a delightful environment for SLICK visitors, made up mostly
of privileged socio-professional categories. Each year, 13,000 people discover the galleries
exhibiting at the fair.
CO N CO R DE
G RAN D PALAI S
SLI C K
I N VALI DES
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WE KNOW HOW
TO WELCOME
YOU
AN EXCLUSIVE VIP WELCOME
Because collectors are important actors in recognizing an art scene, SLICK gives them a
privileged welcome and a voice at the fair.
The Eye of the Collector:
Six French collectors have been invited to take a close and personal look at the artists
exhibited at the fair. Each of them will choose three to five artists represented by the
SLICK galleries, whose work they find particularly moving. A short text will explain their
choices and interests, accompanied by a presentation of the work. In addition to sharing
their favorite exhibiting artists, the collectors will share their perspective on the French
art scene in general.
The Crème 2 la Crème:
Each morning, while the fair remains closed to the public, a group of collectors will have
the opportunity to discover the gallery spaces and exhibited works in a privileged fashion.
In order to stimulate meetings and exchanges between art lovers, professionals and
artists, a breakfast will also be served, with a view of the River Seine and Alexandre III
Bridge.
PRESTIGIOUS PARTNERS
Prestigious partners that supported the fair in 2015 :
In 2015 and for the fourth year in a row, the Arte / Beaux Arts Magazine Prize was given
to an outstanding SLICK artist. In 2015, the prize was awarded to Lucien Murat, represented by the Brussels-based gallery LKFF Art & Sculpture Projects.
Prestigious associations and collectors, such as the Association for the International
Diffusion of French Art, the Friends of the Paris Museum of Modern Art, Centre Pompidou,
Palais de Tokyo and Jeu de Paume visited the fair as VIPs, with breakfast served as part of
Crème 2 la Crème.
Hermès and its creative laboratory Petit h exhibited Shinji Ohmaki at the last edition of
SLICK.
Partners 2016 (in progress) :
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CONTACT
DETAILS &
PRACTICAL
INFORMATION
DATES & TIMES
From October 19 to 23, 2016
Every day from 12pm to 8pm
VIP breakfast every morning from 10am to 12pm
Vernissage or private opening on Tuesday October 18, from 4pm to 10pm (by invitation only)
Late night opening on Friday October 21, until 10pm
ADDRESS
Pont Alexandre III
Port des Champs-Elysées
75008 Paris, France
IMPORTANT DATES
March 15, 2016 call for application opens
July 30, 2016 call for application closes
October 18 SLICK vernissage or private opening
October 19 to 23 SLICK public opening
October 23 starting at 8pm stand disassembly
CONTACTS
SLICK Office
29 rue du Faubourg Montmartre
75009 Paris, France
[email protected]
Director of communications
Aude de Bourbon Parme
+ 33 (0)6 14 62 14 48
[email protected]
Press Relations
Marie Schneier
+ +33 (0)6 60 87 71 78
[email protected]
THANK YOU.
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