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Gerald Panighi<\/strong><\/p>\n

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G\u00e9rald’s work is an interdependent association between a carefully neglected image with strong reference and a text diverted from everyday situations. The discrepancy between the two provokes laughter or a smile. G\u00e9rald’s humor is often abrupt, sometimes black, emphasizing our humanity and our imperfections, sending us back to our own reflection through the prism of his vision. In addition to his new original works, he will present two works created together with the artist Caroline Rivalan, a graduate of the Villa Arson, as well as a limited edition specially designed for the occasion. His guest, Philippe Jusforgues, excels in the art of accommodating strangeness, it is in the world of collage and photography that he takes us.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Of course, when I first saw Gerald Panighi’s little vignettes invading an entire wall with a certain casualness, as if they were nothing more than banal Post-It notes, my gaze wandered over this dizzying atomization. There is much to see and read in Gerald’s work. Immediately, but it’s certainly a bit silly, I told myself that he must have binged on a lot of Strange like many boys of his generation and maybe even fell in his childhood on traumatic issues of “Detective” in which the blows, in spite of the hyper-expressivity of the individuals drawn by Angelo Di Marco, don’t generate only onomatopoeias. At this distant time of his life, he perhaps also remained rather perplexed in front of the “Ceci n’est pas une pipe” of Magritte, an anti-tautology so seductive, after all… If the representation is not the real, the dissociation conjugated on the mode dear to the surrealists possesses an even more abstruse charm. Nothing more enigmatically bewitching than this assumed dysfunction of the image. It was appreciated in Magritte’s work as it was venerated in the 80’s, in the more trivial world of Glenn Baxter’s illustration… The absurd is the occlusive answer to all the derisory speculations and it is precisely that which manages to be deliciously enjoyable without ever oozing the slightest pretentiousness in Gerald Panighi’s creations. “<\/span><\/p>\n

Mich\u00e8le Goarant, 2011<\/span><\/p>\n

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G\u00e9rald’s work is an interdependent association between an image carefully neglected with a powerful reference and a text diverted from everyday life situations.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The gap between the two triggers laughter or smile. G\u00e9rald’s humor is often abrupt, sometimes dark, stressing our humanity and our imperfections, referring us back to our own reflection through the prism of his vision. In addition to his new original works, he will present two works made in conjunction with Villa Arson graduate Caroline Rivalan, as well as a limited edition made especially for the occasion.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

His guest, Philippe Jusforgues excels in the art of accommodating strangeness, he leads us into the world of collage and photography.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Upon seeing Gerald Panighi’s works for the first time, evidently my eyes strayed to the stunning explosion of work casually invading an entire wall as if they were ordinary Post-Its. There is much to see and read in Gerald’s work. It may sound silly, but I immediately said to myself that he must have feasted on a lot of Strange as many boys of his generation and perhaps even read alarming issues of “Detective” in his childhood – where the punches, despite the hyper-expressivity of the individuals drawn by Angelo Di Marco, are not only onomatopoeic. In these early days of his life, he may have also remained puzzled by Magritte’s “This is not a pipe”, an attractive anti-tautology after all…<\/span><\/p>\n

If the representation is not real, the combined dissociation of the process beloved of the Surrealists has a more abstruse charm. Nothing is more enigmatically captivating than the assumed dysfunction of the image. We enjoyed it with Magritte as we revered it in the 80s, in the trivial world of Glenn Baxter’s illustrations… The absurd is the answer to all occlusive, ridiculous speculation and it is precisely that that manages to be deliciously enjoyable (without the slightest pretence) in the work of Gerald Panighi.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mich\u00e8le Goarant, 2011<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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G\u00e9rald panighi<\/strong><\/p>\n

Born on 01-11-1974, in Menton<\/p>\n

Lives and works in Nice<\/p>\n

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PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n

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2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

The smell is the main concern of the dog,<\/em> Eva Vautier Gallery, Nice<\/p>\n

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2019<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

He drank on the sly but everyone knew it,<\/em> with Baptiste C\u00e9sar, Galerie incognito, Paris<\/p>\n

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2018<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

Exhibition workshop C\u00e9sar, invitation BEN, Nice<\/p>\n

I don’t know how he lives with himself<\/em>, Galerie vingt-cinq capucins, Lyon<\/p>\n

Du bazar des mots et des images<\/em>, Librairie ” aux bons livres “, Nice<\/p>\n

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\n Life is a false beard that comes off from<\/em> time to time,<\/span>
\n<\/span> Villa Cam\u00e9line, Nice<\/span><\/p>\n

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2014 <\/span><\/strong>
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\n And the other one who thinks he’s a genius when it’s me<\/span>
\n<\/em>with Caroline Rivalan, Incognito gallery, Paris
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\n Eponym<\/span>
\n<\/em>with Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Nakache, L’Arteppes-espace of contemporary art, Annecy
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\n G\u00e9rald Panighi “drawings<\/span>
\n<\/em>Gallery L’entrep\u00f4t, Monaco<\/p>\n

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2013<\/strong> <\/span>
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\n They have all been reincarnated<\/span>
\n<\/em>Eva Vautier Gallery, Nice
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\n Two old men fought for a story of nougat<\/span>
\n<\/em>Agn\u00e8s b store, evening visitors, BOTOXS, Nice<\/p>\n

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2011<\/strong><\/p>\n

Drawings (with Junko Yamasaki)<\/em> at Lola Gassin, Nice<\/p>\n

Two nervous people in a nightclub<\/em>, Gallery Espace \u00e0 d\u00e9battre, Nice<\/p>\n

And the other one who thinks he’s a genius when it’s me<\/em>, Galerie Incognito, Paris<\/p>\n

I am a victim of a multitude of misunderstandings<\/em>, Martagon Gallery, Malauc\u00e8ne<\/p>\n

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2007<\/strong><\/p>\n

And the other one who thinks he’s a genius when it’s me<\/em>, Galerie Incognito, Monaco<\/p>\n

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2006<\/strong><\/p>\n

G\u00e9rald Panighi “Drawings”,<\/em> Baumet-Sultana Gallery, Paris<\/p>\n

Galerie de l’UQAM, curated by Louises Dery, Montreal, Quebec<\/p>\n

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GROUP EXHIBITIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n

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2019<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

Ian curtis likes this place, a proposal by Julien Griffaud and Quentin Spohn, Villa Cameline, Nice<\/p>\n

Life is a film, BEN curatorship, le 109, Nice<\/p>\n

With Pleasure \/ 1, Eva Vautier Gallery, Nice<\/p>\n

Projektraum Ventilator Katzbachstr \/ 2, curator Axel Pahlavi, Berlin<\/p>\n

Drawing now, the contemporary drawing fair, Eva Vautier gallery, Le carreau du temple, Paris<\/p>\n

Narrations, le lieu multiple, Montpellier<\/p>\n

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2018 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Drawing now, the contemporary drawing fair, Eva Vautier gallery, Le carreau du temple, Paris<\/p>\n

Pr\u00e9cipit\u00e9, Chauss\u00e9e de Jette workshop, Ceysson & B\u00e9n\u00e9ti\u00e8re Gallery invites G\u00e9rald Panighi, with the assistance of Eva Vautier Gallery, Brussels<\/p>\n

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2017 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Une collection #4, art exhibition in a private villa (on an invitation by Marie-France Frasca, in collaboration with the Eva Vautier gallery), Villa Riviera Cottage, Nice<\/p>\n

Projektraum Ventilator Katzbachstr \/ 1, Axel Pahlavi office, Berlin<\/p>\n

Utopian Cabinet, Villa Cameline, Nice<\/p>\n

Motionless journey, Caisse d’\u00e9pargne, Nice<\/p>\n

Show me the way, Windsor Hotel, Nice<\/p>\n

Le monde \u00e0 l’envers, La mauvaise r\u00e9putation Gallery, Bordeaux<\/p>\n

Le lieu multiple, Montpellier\/S\u00e8te<\/p>\n

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2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

Le monde \u00e0 l’envers, La mauvaise r\u00e9putation Gallery, Bordeaux<\/p>\n

Le lieu multiple, Montpellier\/S\u00e8te<\/p>\n

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2016 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Ideal palace of strange egos, Ch\u00e2teau de Hauterives, curator Ben<\/p>\n

Impressions of workshops, Ch\u00e2teau Grimaldi du Haut-de-Cagnes<\/p>\n

UMAM, Palais de l’Europe, Menton<\/p>\n

A VRRRR festival, Toulon<\/p>\n

Supervues, Hot\u00eal Burrhus, Vaison la Romaine<\/p>\n

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2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tribe, Eva Vautier Gallery, Nice<\/p>\n

The Little Festival, Bonson<\/p>\n

Terrifying statistics Gallery Eva Vautier, Nice<\/p>\n

Words…Words…Words…, Helenbeck Gallery, Nice<\/p>\n

Un printemps \u00e0 Anvers, Galerie l’entrep\u00f4t, Monaco<\/p>\n

A year of light, Eva Vautier gallery, Nice<\/p>\n

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2014 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Where does the future begin? MAMAC collection, Ponchettes gallery, Nice<\/p>\n

Exquisite corpse at the beach, Projektraum Ventilator, Berlin, Germany<\/p>\n

I write therefore I am, Ben, the station and guests, the Garage, Brive<\/p>\n

High Hopes, the place of hypothesis, Paris<\/p>\n

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2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

Art on paper +1, contemporary drawing fair, white hotel by ibis styles, Brussels<\/p>\n

E-motion (Bernard Massini collection), Maeght Foundation, Saint-Paul de Vence*.<\/p>\n

Affordable Art Fair, Brussels Art Fair, Laureen Thomas Gallery<\/p>\n

10 years of bad reputation, Espace \u00e0 vendre gallery, Nice<\/p>\n

Drawing Now, contemporary drawing fair, Galerie Kahn, Paris*.<\/p>\n

Draw me a sheep, French Institute, Nouakchott, Mauritania.<\/p>\n

Un ph\u00e9nom\u00e8ne de Biblioth\u00e8que, Immanence gallery, Paris<\/p>\n

Bonjour monsieur Matisse, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Nice*.<\/p>\n

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2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

Be Another, gallery espace \u00e0 d\u00e9battre, Nice<\/p>\n

Be yourself, gallery espace \u00e0 d\u00e9battre, Nice<\/p>\n

Impressions of workshops, Maud Barral Gallery, Nice<\/p>\n

Sunshine & Precipitation, The Station & Catalyst arts, Belfast, Ireland<\/p>\n

\u00c9chapp\u00e9 belle, Galerie l’Entrep\u00f4t, Monaco<\/p>\n

Les primitifs d’en face, Abandoned house, Villa Cameline, Nice<\/p>\n

Beast and villain, The Window Gallery, Paris<\/p>\n

Originally Nice, Marlborough Gallery, Monaco<\/p>\n

The line, Gallery le cabinet, Paris<\/p>\n

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2011<\/strong><\/p>\n

Macumba night club of ryhm\u00e4n\u00e4ytelly, collective exhibition of 65 artists, Nice<\/p>\n

Vitrine-Galerie Palais de la Scala, Monaco<\/p>\n

Ici Nice, the slaughterhouses, building site 109, Nice<\/p>\n

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2010<\/strong><\/p>\n

One more reality, Careof, curator Documents d’artistes, Milan, Italy<\/p>\n

The drama of Mayerling, Galerie metropolis, Paris<\/p>\n

The line, Gallery space for sale, Nice<\/p>\n

The patriot, Gallery space for sale, Nice<\/p>\n

Everything is clear and dark at the same time, Ch\u00e2teau-mus\u00e9e Grimaldi, Cagnes-sur-mer<\/p>\n

From the trace to the stain, Martagon Gallery, Malauc\u00e8ne<\/p>\n

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2009<\/strong><\/p>\n

Comic Strip, Art Center, Museum of S\u00e9rignan<\/p>\n

Brolly’s showcase hosts 5 aliens, curator BEN, Galerie jean Brolly, Paris<\/p>\n

Hypotheticals, curator Catherine Macchi, Galerie Soardi, Nice<\/p>\n

Back to drawing, Gallery “Le Cabinet” Paris<\/p>\n

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2008<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ni\u00e7a l’occitana a perpiny\u00e0 la catalane, Fluxus, La Station I altres from 1968 to 2008, A hundred meters from the center of the world, center of contemporary art, Perpignan<\/p>\n

Works on paper, Baumet-Sultana Gallery, Paris<\/p>\n

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2007<\/strong><\/p>\n

Show off, Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris<\/p>\n

Tank Loft, Chongqing contemporary art center, China<\/p>\n

Are you well adapted to modern life? Norbert Pastor Gallery, Nice<\/p>\n

“Hope you guess my name”, La maison, Galerie singuli\u00e8re, Nice<\/p>\n

Slow down, The court of miracles, Vallauris<\/p>\n

Drawings, collective exhibition of the artists of the Gallery, Baumet-Sultana Gallery, Paris<\/p>\n

Sculpture, Quenza, Corsica<\/p>\n

Democratic Cabinet, Villa Cameline, Nice<\/p>\n

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2006<\/strong><\/p>\n

Drawings, Catherine Issert Gallery, Saint-Paul-de-Vence<\/p>\n

Show off, Contemporary Art Fair, Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris<\/p>\n

Neurotic cabinet, Villa Cameline, Nice<\/p>\n

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2005<\/strong><\/p>\n

Vinyl, Villa Cameline, Nice<\/p>\n

Erotic cabinet, Villa Cameline, Nice<\/p>\n

Sleeping head to toe with a stranger, La Station, Friche Belle de mai, Marseille<\/p>\n

The reserve, Ponchettes Gallery, Nice<\/p>\n

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2004<\/strong><\/p>\n

Atelier Spada, Nice<\/p>\n

3rd Republic, La Colle-sur-loup<\/p>\n

America #4, The Disappearance, Nice<\/p>\n

Wander at night, public visit of private spaces, Nice<\/p>\n

City Hall #3, the unappartement, Nice<\/p>\n

Le d\u00e9sappartement #2, le d\u00e9sappartement, Nice<\/p>\n

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2003<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lee 3 Tau Ceti Central Armory Show, Curator St\u00e9phane Magnin, Villa Arson, Nice<\/p>\n

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2002<\/strong><\/p>\n

Peaux d’Ane (2), SOARDI Gallery, Nice<\/p>\n

Room 09, on a proposal by C.Familliari, Villa Arson, Nice<\/p>\n

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2001<\/strong><\/p>\n

Atlantic Hotel, Le Dany’s, Nice<\/p>\n

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PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n

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MAMAC, Nice, 2012<\/p>\n

Media library of Nice, 2007<\/p>\n

Presence in private collections<\/p>\n

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COLLECTIVE CATALOGS<\/strong><\/p>\n

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2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

Contemporary art and the French Riviera, edition of art, 2012<\/p>\n

Sunshine & Precipitation, La Station edition, 2012<\/p>\n

\u00c9chapp\u00e9 belle, published by Galerie l’Entrep\u00f4t, 2012<\/p>\n

Originally Nice, Malborough Gallery edition, 2012<\/p>\n

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2011<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ici Nice, Bernard Chauveau edition, Paris, 2011<\/p>\n

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2008<\/strong><\/p>\n

28 artists’ studios in the city of Nice – Halle Spada, published by the city of Nice, 2008<\/p>\n

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2007<\/strong><\/p>\n

Show Off, Espace Pierre Cardin, co-edition Show Off and Monografix \u00c9ditions, 2007<\/p>\n

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2006<\/strong><\/p>\n

Show Off, Espace Pierre Cardin, co-edition Show Off and Monografix \u00e9ditions, 2006<\/p>\n

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2005<\/strong><\/p>\n

La r\u00e9serve, text by Catherine Macchi, published by Galerie des Ponchettes, Culture Nice, 2005<\/p>\n

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2004<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lee 3 tau ceti central armory show, Villa Arson edition, Nice 2004<\/p>\n

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PRESS ARTICLES, MAGAZINES<\/strong><\/p>\n

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2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

En Attendant, review, a BOTOX[S] – La Strada collaboration, 2012<\/p>\n

Studio print, South art edition, 2012<\/p>\n

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2011<\/strong><\/p>\n

KIOSK n\u00b028 , DEL’ART edition, 2011<\/p>\n

All white and dark at the same time<\/p>\n

G\u00e9rald Panighi ” And the other one who thinks he is a genius when it is me “, edition La biblioth\u00e8que fantastique, Paris, 2011<\/p>\n

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CONFERENCE<\/strong><\/p>\n

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2006<\/strong><\/p>\n

Galerie de L’UQAM, curator Louise Dery, Montreal, Canada<\/p>\n

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