Michel Tapié (full name: Michel Tapié de Céleyran; 26 February 1909 – 30 July 1987) was a French art critic, curator, and collector. He was an early and influential theorist and practitioner of "tachisme", a French style of abstract painting popular in the 1940s and 1950s which is regarded as a European version of abstract expressionism.[1] Tapié was a founder member of the Compagnie de l'Art Brut with Dubuffet and Breton In 1948, as well he managed the Foyer De l'Art Brut at the Galerie René Drouin.Tapié was from an aristocratic French family and was a second cousin once removed of the painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. The painter's mother Adèle Tapié de Celeyran was Tapié's great-aunt.
Michel Tapié's 1952 book entitled Un art autre (Art of Another Kind), influenced a distinctly European approach to American abstract expressionism, especially the subgenres of action painting and lyrical abstraction. Herschel B. Chipp's Theories of Modern Art: a Source Book for Artists and Critics (1968; see list of references below), includes an English translation of an extensive portion of that work (pp. 603–605). "L'art Informel" was Tapié's general term for art reflecting the sensibility described in this manifesto.
According to the Guggenheim Collection's art-historical glossary entry on "l'art informel" (see External links), Tapié, in his 1952 book, "was trying to define a tendency in postwar European painting that he saw as a radical break with all traditional notions of order and composition —including those of Modernism.... He used the term Art Informel (from the French informe, meaning unformed or formless) to refer to the antigeometric, antinaturalistic, and nonfigurative formal preoccupations of these artists, stressing their pursuit of spontaneity, looseness of form, and the irrational.... Artists who became associated with Art Informel include Enrico Donati, Lucio Fontana, Agenore Fabbri, Alberto Burri, Asger Jorn, Phillip Martin, Emil Schumacher, Kazuo Shiraga, Antoni Tàpies, and Jiro Yoshihara."[2]
Globe-trotting promoter of modern art
Chipp notes that Tapié's importance to Avant-garde art, beginning in the mid-1940s, was "not only as an author of books, criticism, and exhibition catalogues, but also as an organizer of exhibitions of contemporary art in Europe, Latin America, and Japan, and as an adviser to galleries throughout the world" (p. 591). In 1952, Tapié wrote the catalogue for, and helped to organize, Jackson Pollock’s first solo exhibition in Paris, which took place at the Studio Paul Facchetti (see Tapié's essay/catalogue listed below). The French lyrical abstractionist (or tachiste) Georges Mathieu was another artist of whom Tapié was an early champion (see catalogue below).
In 1957, Tapié travelled with Georges Mathieu to Tokyo, and later to Osaka, to meet the Gutai Group.[3] This first encounter led to numerous collaborations between the gallerist and Gutai, including a 1958 exhibition of Gutai art at the Martha Jackson Gallery in New York, the group's first exhibition outside of Japan. Tapié also was present during Gutai's 1960 art event, "The International Sky Festival", held in Osaka. Some art historians have argued that Tapié was a negative influence on the group, encouraging the artists to pursue informel-style painting rather than their more innovative practices, such as performance and installation.[4]
In 1960, with architect Luigi Moretti it:Luigi Moretti (architetto), Tapié co-founded the International Center of Aesthetic Research in Turin, Italy [Chipp, p. 591], a facility for the study and exhibition of art, as well as for the publication and dissemination of critical, investigative, or theoretical works on art. The Center, which closed its doors not long after the death of Tapié in 1987, also housed a museum with a permanent collection of modern and contemporary art. Tapié organized and curated scores of exhibitions of new and modern art in major cities all over the world, including not only Paris and Turin but also New York City, Rome, Tokyo, Munich, Madrid, Amsterdam, Buenos Aires, Milan, and Osaka.
Quotation
In the words of Saint John of the Cross, 'To reach the unknown, you must pass through the unknown.' Academicism--finished for good, isn't it?[5]
Chipp, Herschel B.. Theories of modern art; a source book by artists and critics (Berkeley, University of California Press, 1968)
Le Pichon, Yann; and Jean Louis Ferrier. Art of our century : the chronicle of western art, 1900 to the present [Walter D. Glanze, English translation] (New York : Prentice Hall Editions, 1989) ISBN0-13-011644-0, ISBN978-0-13-011644-4 [contains extensive material concerning Tapié's Un Art Autre (1952)]
Moretti, Luigi; Michel Tapié. Le baroque généralisé : manifeste du baroque ensembliste (Torino : Edizioni del Dioscuro, 1965) OCLC 57403312
Tapié, Michel. Un art autre où il s'agit de nouveaux dévidages du réel (Paris, Gabriel-Giraud et fils, 1952) OCLC 1110556
Antoni Tàpies and Michel Tapié. Antonio Tapies [sic], New York City, G. Wittenborn, 1959. OCLC 1090149 [Note: this Worldcat listing gives the painter's first name as "Antonio" in the title, also omitting the accent mark in the surname. Despite the similar surnames, the two men were unrelated.]
Tapié, Michel; Paul Jenkins; Esther Jenkins. Observations (New York City, G. Wittenborn, 1956) OCLC 1127301
Tapié, Michel. Elaine Hamilton: Exhibition of Paintings (Osaka, Japan: Fujikawa Gallery), April 12–18, 1961. OCLC 81011323
Tapié, Michel. Hans Hofmann : peintures 1962 : 23 avril-18 mai 1963. (Paris: Galerie Anderson-Mayer, 1963.) [exhibition catalogue and commentary: Tapié was a great admirer of Hans Hofmann] OCLC: 62515192
Tapié, Michel; Instituto Torquato de di Tella. Centro de Artes Visuales. Intuiciones y realizaciones formales : exposición de obras seleccionadas por Michel Tapié, Centro de Artes Visuales, Instituto Torcuato di Tella ... Buenos Aires ... del 14 de agosto al 4 de setiembre de 1964 (Worldcat link: [1]) (Buenos Aires: El Instituto, 1964) OCLC 7889303
Jirō Yoshihara; Shōzō Shimamoto; Michel Tapié; Gutai Bijutsu Kyōkai. Gutai [= 具体] (具体美術協会, Nishinomiya-shi : Gutai Bijutsu Kyōkai, 1955–1965) [Japanese : Serial Publication : Periodical] OCLC 53194339 [Worldcat "Other titles" information: Gutai art exhibition, Aventure informelle, International art of a new era, U.S.A., Japan, Europe, International Sky Festival, Osaka, 1960]
References
^Walker, John. (1992) "Tachisme / Tachism". Glossary of Art, Architecture & Design since 1945, 3rd. ed., G.K. Hall, Boston, Mass. ISBN978-0-81610-556-4 Archived May 19, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
^Bandini, Mirella (1997). Tapié: un art autre. Torino, Parigi, New York, Osaka, (in French and Italian). Turin: Edizioni d'Arte Fratelli Pozzo. ISBN9788886789059.
^Mézil, Eric, "'Nul n'est prophète en son pays', le cas de Michel Tapié, in Daniel Abadie (ed.), Gutai, exh. cat., Paris, Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume, Éditions du Jeu de Paume, (p. 25-41) (in French).
^"from Michel Tapié's Un art autre", 1952), as quoted (in translation) in Art of our century (1988), page 495
External links
Color image of a Michel Tapié painting (via an auction record at artnet.de)
Information on Michel Tapié at www.the-artists.org
: art-historical glossary entry elucidating the term "art informel"
L'exposition "Tapié: un art autre": Information on 1997 Tapié exhibition in Toulouse
historical essay on Fluxus mentioning the formative influence of the Gutaj group and its connection to Michel Tapié
Le grand Œil de Michel Tapié, de Franck Prazan (Sous la direction de), Baptiste Brun (Avec la contribution de), Juliette Evezard (Avec la contribution de), Edouard Lombard (Avec la contribution de), Paris, Skira, Applicat-Prazan, 2018
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This article includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations July 2012 Learn how and when to remove this template message Michel Tapie full name Michel Tapie de Celeyran 26 February 1909 30 July 1987 was a French art critic curator and collector He was an early and influential theorist and practitioner of tachisme a French style of abstract painting popular in the 1940s and 1950s which is regarded as a European version of abstract expressionism 1 Tapie was a founder member of the Compagnie de l Art Brut with Dubuffet and Breton In 1948 as well he managed the Foyer De l Art Brut at the Galerie Rene Drouin Tapie was from an aristocratic French family and was a second cousin once removed of the painter Henri de Toulouse Lautrec The painter s mother Adele Tapie de Celeyran was Tapie s great aunt Contents 1 Art of Another Kind 2 Globe trotting promoter of modern art 3 Quotation 4 See also 5 Sources 6 References 7 External linksArt of Another Kind EditMichel Tapie s 1952 book entitled Un art autre Art of Another Kind influenced a distinctly European approach to American abstract expressionism especially the subgenres of action painting and lyrical abstraction Herschel B Chipp s Theories of Modern Art a Source Book for Artists and Critics 1968 see list of references below includes an English translation of an extensive portion of that work pp 603 605 L art Informel was Tapie s general term for art reflecting the sensibility described in this manifesto According to the Guggenheim Collection s art historical glossary entry on l art informel see External links Tapie in his 1952 book was trying to define a tendency in postwar European painting that he saw as a radical break with all traditional notions of order and composition including those of Modernism He used the term Art Informel from the French informe meaning unformed or formless to refer to the antigeometric antinaturalistic and nonfigurative formal preoccupations of these artists stressing their pursuit of spontaneity looseness of form and the irrational Artists who became associated with Art Informel include Enrico Donati Lucio Fontana Agenore Fabbri Alberto Burri Asger Jorn Phillip Martin Emil Schumacher Kazuo Shiraga Antoni Tapies and Jiro Yoshihara 2 Globe trotting promoter of modern art EditChipp notes that Tapie s importance to Avant garde art beginning in the mid 1940s was not only as an author of books criticism and exhibition catalogues but also as an organizer of exhibitions of contemporary art in Europe Latin America and Japan and as an adviser to galleries throughout the world p 591 In 1952 Tapie wrote the catalogue for and helped to organize Jackson Pollock s first solo exhibition in Paris which took place at the Studio Paul Facchetti see Tapie s essay catalogue listed below The French lyrical abstractionist or tachiste Georges Mathieu was another artist of whom Tapie was an early champion see catalogue below In 1957 Tapie travelled with Georges Mathieu to Tokyo and later to Osaka to meet the Gutai Group 3 This first encounter led to numerous collaborations between the gallerist and Gutai including a 1958 exhibition of Gutai art at the Martha Jackson Gallery in New York the group s first exhibition outside of Japan Tapie also was present during Gutai s 1960 art event The International Sky Festival held in Osaka Some art historians have argued that Tapie was a negative influence on the group encouraging the artists to pursue informel style painting rather than their more innovative practices such as performance and installation 4 In 1960 with architect Luigi Moretti it Luigi Moretti architetto Tapie co founded the International Center of Aesthetic Research in Turin Italy Chipp p 591 a facility for the study and exhibition of art as well as for the publication and dissemination of critical investigative or theoretical works on art The Center which closed its doors not long after the death of Tapie in 1987 also housed a museum with a permanent collection of modern and contemporary art Tapie organized and curated scores of exhibitions of new and modern art in major cities all over the world including not only Paris and Turin but also New York City Rome Tokyo Munich Madrid Amsterdam Buenos Aires Milan and Osaka Quotation EditIn the words of Saint John of the Cross To reach the unknown you must pass through the unknown Academicism finished for good isn t it 5 See also EditElaine HamiltonSources EditChipp Herschel B Theories of modern art a source book by artists and critics Berkeley University of California Press 1968 Le Pichon Yann and Jean Louis Ferrier Art of our century the chronicle of western art 1900 to the present Walter D Glanze English translation New York Prentice Hall Editions 1989 ISBN 0 13 011644 0 ISBN 978 0 13 011644 4 contains extensive material concerning Tapie s Un Art Autre 1952 Moretti Luigi Michel Tapie Le baroque generalise manifeste du baroque ensembliste Torino Edizioni del Dioscuro 1965 OCLC 57403312 Tapie Michel Un art autre ou il s agit de nouveaux devidages du reel Paris Gabriel Giraud et fils 1952 OCLC 1110556 Antoni Tapies and Michel Tapie Antonio Tapies sic New York City G Wittenborn 1959 OCLC 1090149 Note this Worldcat listing gives the painter s first name as Antonio in the title also omitting the accent mark in the surname Despite the similar surnames the two men were unrelated Tapie Michel Paul Jenkins Esther Jenkins Observations New York City G Wittenborn 1956 OCLC 1127301 Tapie Michel Elaine Hamilton Exhibition of Paintings Osaka Japan Fujikawa Gallery April 12 18 1961 OCLC 81011323 Tapie Michel Hans Hofmann peintures 1962 23 avril 18 mai 1963 Paris Galerie Anderson Mayer 1963 exhibition catalogue and commentary Tapie was a great admirer of Hans Hofmann OCLC 62515192 Tapie Michel Ossorio Alfonso Pollock Paris P Facchetti 1952 OCLC 30601793 Tapie Michel Instituto Torquato de di Tella Centro de Artes Visuales Intuiciones y realizaciones formales exposicion de obras seleccionadas por Michel Tapie Centro de Artes Visuales Instituto Torcuato di Tella Buenos Aires del 14 de agosto al 4 de setiembre de 1964 Worldcat link 1 Buenos Aires El Instituto 1964 OCLC 7889303 Jirō Yoshihara Shōzō Shimamoto Michel Tapie Gutai Bijutsu Kyōkai Gutai 具体 具体美術協会 Nishinomiya shi Gutai Bijutsu Kyōkai 1955 1965 Japanese Serial Publication Periodical OCLC 53194339 Worldcat Other titles information Gutai art exhibition Aventure informelle International art of a new era U S A Japan Europe International Sky Festival Osaka 1960 References Edit Walker John 1992 Tachisme Tachism Glossary of Art Architecture amp Design since 1945 3rd ed G K Hall Boston Mass ISBN 978 0 81610 556 4 Archived May 19 2012 at the Wayback Machine Art Informel Archived from the original on 2008 10 13 Bandini Mirella 1997 Tapie un art autre Torino Parigi New York Osaka in French and Italian Turin Edizioni d Arte Fratelli Pozzo ISBN 9788886789059 Mezil Eric Nul n est prophete en son pays le cas de Michel Tapie in Daniel Abadie ed Gutai exh cat Paris Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume Editions du Jeu de Paume p 25 41 in French from Michel Tapie s Un art autre 1952 as quoted in translation in Art of our century 1988 page 495External links EditColor image of a Michel Tapie painting via an auction record at artnet de Information on Michel Tapie at www the artists org Guggenheim collection art historical glossary entry elucidating the term art informel Guggenheim Museum Pollock bio mentioning his first Paris show in 1952 L exposition Tapie un art autre Information on 1997 Tapie exhibition in Toulouse Fluxugenova historical essay on Fluxus mentioning the formative influence of the Gutaj group and its connection to Michel Tapie Le grand Œil de Michel Tapie de Franck Prazan Sous la direction de Baptiste Brun Avec la contribution de Juliette Evezard Avec la contribution de Edouard Lombard Avec la contribution de Paris Skira Applicat Prazan 2018 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Michel Tapie amp oldid 1152187377, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
