YVES OPPENHEIM


Yves Oppenheim’s recent paintings are composed with declarative precision, following the logic of colour and perception. Floating coloured forms are combined and overlap each other in his compositions that look sometimes like collages at first glance. The coloured shapes are rhythmically transformed in variations and follow a general movement or energy, revealing the successive constructions and deconstructions that constitute the work. Yves Oppenheim prevents an immediate understanding of the work; his work intentionally disquiets the viewer and invites to a closer analysis. Oppenheim often lets colour and form exceed beyond the canvas, spreading out on the walls. Parallel to this practice, Oppenheim develops a more personal universe in his drawings and works on paper.

"A strange thing happens when one manipulates colours the way Oppenheim does. They come into competition with one another, each shouting louder than the next. Colours, like so many faces in the crowded stadium: it's as if instead of us struggling to see them, they are struggling to see us. It is a tug of war between formalism and expressionism, and a graph of Oppenheim's painterly thoughts would place the coordinates in an irrational order."

April Elizabeth Lamm, “Lichtpauserei” in Yves Oppenheim: Berlin Paintings 2002-2004, Galerie Max Hetzler, 2004

Image: Untitled (1008L), 2010, acrylic on canvas, 300 x 200 cm

Solo Exhibitions


Group Exhibitions


Biography


VITA

1948

Born in Antananarivo, Madagascar


Lives in Saint Martin de Valamas

 

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Carré d’Art, Nîmes

Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, Paris

FRAC - Franche-Comté, Besançon

FRAC - Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpellier

Fundación Predo Barrié de la Maza, A Coruña

Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris

Musée de Chateauroux, Chateauroux

Musée des Beaux Arts, Dole

Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2015

Galerie Max Hetzler, Paris

heurté, je rebondis
Schwarz Contemporary, Berlin


2014

Quand j'aurai circonscrit ma sphère
Galeria Pedro Cera, Lissabon

Charim Galerie, Vienna


2012

Xippas Art Contemporary, Geneva

Galerie Max Hetzler, Weidingen / Eifel


2011

Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York


2010

Galerie Xippas, Athens


2009

Galeria Pedro Cera, Lisbon

Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin


2007

Galerie Xippas, Athens


2006

Galerie Xippas, Paris


2005

Galeria Pedro Cera, Lisbon
 
Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin

Galerie Xavier Hufkens, Brussels
 
Charim Galerie, Vienna
 

2004
 
New Paintings
Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin (catalogue)
 

2002
 
Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
 
Charim Galerie, Vienna
 

2001
 
Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
 
Tableaux 2001
Galerie Xavier Hufkens, Brussels
 

2000
 
Musée des Beaux Arts de Gap, Gap (catalogue)
 
F.I.A.C. - Galerie Barbara Farber

F.I.A.C. - Galerie Max Hetzler

 
1998
 
Yves Oppenheim. La Salle Blanche
Musée des Beaux Arts, Nantes;
Domain de Kerguéhennec - Centre d'Art Contemporain, Bignan;
Musée des Beaux Arts, FRAC Franche-Comté, Dole (catalogue)
 

1997
 
Fatiguer la peinture
Galerie Municipale de l'Ancien Collège, Châtellerault (catalogue)
 

1995
 
Fondation d'Arts Graphiques de Santa Cruz, Teneriffe
 

1994
 
Galerie Xavier Hufkens, Brussels
 

1993
 
Galerie Xavier Hufkens, Brussels
 

1992
 
Galerie Durand-Dessert, Paris (catalogue)
 

1988
 
Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (catalogue)
 
Galerie Durand-Dessert, Paris

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2013

REMEMBER  EVERYTHING 
40 Years Galerie Max Hetzler

Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin (catalogue)


2011

60 years of creation, tapestries from Matisse to nowadays
MNAC Muzeul National de Arta Contemporana, Bucharest

La Colección (The Collection)
Fundación Barrié, A Coruña


2010

En Construcción 3
Fundación Barrié, Vigo


2009

Ce qui demeure est le futur. Collection moderne et contemporaine du Musée de Picardie
Maison de la Culture d’Amiens, Amiens


2008

Always There
Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin (catalogue)


2006

Carbonic Anhydride

Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin (catalogue)


2005

Works on Paper

Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin (catalogue)

Ido Bar-El / Yves Oppenheim / Erwin Bohatscch
Galerie Charim, Vienna


2004

...im HinBlick... (with Erwin Bohatsch und Lisa Ponger)
Galerie Charim, Vienna 2002
 
Lila, weiß und andere Farben: A Summer Group Show
Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
 

2000
 
Mission Im-possible
Galerie Charim-Klocker, Vienna
 
Dépaysement
Domain de Kerguéhennec - Centre d'Art Contemporain, Bignan;
Musée de Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle (catalogue)
 
Galerie Barbara Farber, Trets (with Gérard Traquandi)


1999
 
Primitive Passion
Palais des Papes, Avignon (catalogue)
 
Dessins
Galerie Durand-Dessert, Paris

Anticiper le Printemps
Musée de Châteauroux, Châteauroux (catalogue)
 

1998
 
Les objets contiennent l'infini
École des Beaux-Arts de Tours; École des Beaux-Arts de Quimper
 
Dessiner / Décider
École des Beaux-Arts de Quimper
 

1997
 
Densité ou le Musée Inimagineable
Domaine de Kerguéhennec - Centre d'Art Contemporain, Bignan
 
Accrochage
Galerie Xavier Hufkens, Brussels
 

1996
 
Art en France aujourd'hui
Centre Culturel Français, Casablanca and Rabat (catalogue)
 
Peinture-Peinture
Galerie Samia Saouma, Paris


1995
 
Aujoud'hui la Peinture
FRAC Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpellier
 

1993
 
Blau
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich/Paris


1992

Drawn in the Nineties
Katonah Museum of Art, New York; Fine Arts Gallery Indinana University, Bloomington; Illingworth Kerr Art Gallery, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgery; Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville (catalogue)
 

1991
 
The Pencil of Nature (drawing)
Galerie Samia Saouma, Paris
 

1989
 
Fondation d'Art de la Napoule, Madelieu-La Napoule

 

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Monographs

Galeria Pedro Cera (Ed.): Yves Oppenheim, Lissabon 2014

Galerie Max Hetzler (Ed.): Yves Oppenheim. Berlin Paintings 2002–2004, Berlin 2004

Delphine Hectaridis: Yves Oppenheim, 36 peintures avec l´outremer. Musée Départemental des Hautes Alpes, Gap 2000

Jessica Stockholder (Ed.): Yves Oppenheim. La Salle Blanche, Musée des Beaux-Arts, FRAC Franche-Comté, Nantes 1998

Christian Besson: Yves Oppenheim, Fatiguer la peinture. Galerie Municipale de l’Ancien Collége, Châtellerault, 1997

Alain Cueff: Yves Openheim. Galerie Durand-Dessert, Paris 1992

Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (Ed.): Yves Oppenheim, Paris 1988



Others

Galerie Max Hetzler (Ed.): REMEMBER  EVERYTHING : 40 Years Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin 2014

Galerie Max Hetzler (Ed.): Always There, Berlin 2008

Galerie Max Hetzler (Ed.): Carbonic Anhydride, Berlin 2006

Galerie Max Hetzler (Ed.): Works on Paper, Berlin 2005

Denys Zacharopoulos: La question de la Peinture. Dépaysement, Deurle 2000

Philippe Monsel (Ed.): Etat(s) des lieux, anticiper le printemps, Musée Bertrand Châteauroux, Paris 1999

Palais des Papes (Ed.): Primitive passion, Avignon 1999

Centre Culturel Français (Ed.): Art en France aujourd’hui, Casablance, Rabat 1996

Brigitte Cornand: Nouveaux Créateurs-Regards d´École. Peinture, CNAP, Paris 1988
 

Publications


REMEMBER EVERYTHING

Darren Almond, Glenn Brown, André Butzer, Rineke Dijkstra, Günther Förg, Mona Hatoum, Jeff Koons, Vera Lutter, Marepe, Beatriz Milhazes, Ernesto Neto, Frank Nitsche, Albert Oehlen, Yves Oppenheim, Richard Phillips, Michael Raedecker, Bridget Riley, Thomas Struth, Rebecca Warren, Christopher Wool, Toby Ziegler

Galerie Max Hetzler / Holzwarth Publications / Ridinghouse, Berlin and London 2014
With texts by Julie Sylvester and Jean-Marie Gallais
Edited by Jean-Marie Gallais

€ 45.00

Always There

Haluk Akakçe, André Butzer, Günther Förg, Mark Grotjahn, Arturo Herrera, Sarah Morris, Frank Nitsche, Albert Oehlen, Yves Oppenheim, Richard Phillips, Michael Raedecker, Anselm Reyle, Kay Rosen, Kelley Walker, Christopher Wool

Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin 2008
With a text by Gudrun Inboden

€ 40.00

Carbonic Anhydride

Haluk Akakçe, Darren Almond, Shannon Bool, André Butzer, Terry Haggerty, Mona Hatoum, Arturo Herrera, Ulrich Lamsfuß, Won Ju Lim, Vera Lutter, Marepe, Sarah Morris, Ernesto Neto, Frank Nitsche, Yves Oppenheim, Thomas Struth, Kara Walker

Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin 2006

€ 35.00

Works on Paper

Franz Ackermann, Haluk Akakçe, Darren Almond, André Butzer, Günther Förg, Ellen Gallagher, Mona Hatoum, Arturo Herrera, Mike Kelley, Martin Kippenberger, Graham Little, Marepe, Beatriz Milhazes, Frank Nitsche, Albert Oehlen, Yves Oppenheim, Richard Phillips, Chloe Piene, Jorge Queiroz, Kara Walker, Christopher Wool

Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin 2005
With a text by Kirsty Bell

€ 35.00

Yves Oppenheim: Berlin Paintings 2002–2004

Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin 2004
With a text by April Elizabeth Lamm

€ 25.00

Selected Press


Der Tagesspiegel 2009

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