13 / 02 / 2012
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12 / 10 / 2011
Collection's life
The Collection partner the FIAC 2011
One day, one work : the artists talk about their works at the Societe Generale's corner (Grand Palais)
FIAC 2011
For the second consecutive year, Societe Generale is proud to partner the FIAC, an unmissable insight into the international artistic scene. Each day, from the 20 October until the 23 October at the Societe Generale corner, the public will discover an artist and a work of the Societe Generale contemporary art Collection.
Presentation by the artist of his work The Day_Before Star System_New York_September 10, 2001_23:59, 2004
6.30 pm: Signature by the artist of his catalogue Bird’s eye view
Friday 21st October, 6pm: interview with Eva Nielsen
Presentation by the artist of her work Mobil-home, 2009
6.30 pm: Signature by the artist of his catalogue Elvendon
Saturday 22nd October, 6pm: interview with Alain Bublex
resentation by the artist of his work Plug - in city (2000) – Eiffel 1, 2002
6.30 pm: Signature by the artist of his monograph volume Alain Bublex and limited edition prints
Sunday 23rd October, 6pm: interview with Farah Atassi
Presentation by the artist of her work Transitional Home, 2009
The artists will be interviewed by Guy Boyer, Editor-in-Chief of Connaissance des Arts and Sophie Gonzalez, Director of Artstorming - Collection's consultant
05 / 10 / 2011
New acquisitions
New acquisitions
Fifteen new works have been added to the Societe Generale Collection since the artwork acquisition committee meeting held in July 2011.
Untitled, 2011
Laurent Grasso
Anechoic wall ,2010
Bernard Piffaretti
Sans titre, 2008
Mélanie Vincent
État Montagne, 2010
Antoine Schneck
Sanké Bah, 2010
Liu Bolin
Hide in the City - Paris - 03, 2011
Hide in the City - Paris - 04, 2011
Olaf Breuning
Pablo, 2011
Lionel Estève
Red Green Monochrome, 2009
Ji Yeon Sung
La Tricoteuse, 2006
Sac plastique 1, 2009
Jonathan Monk
It’s A Circus (dark Grey), 2011
Eric Rondepierre
Sortie, 2008
Christian Bonnefoi
Eureka V, 1999
Elodie et Delphine Chevalme
Sans titre, 2010
Find all the new acquisitions in the "works" section.
12 / 06 / 2008
Collection's life
The Société Générale Collection goes to Bordeaux
From 14th June to 31st August, the Bordeaux contemporary art museum (CAPC) is exhibiting a selection of works of art from the Société Générale Collection within the framework of the “Présence Panchounette” retrospective.
18 / 06 / 2007
Collection's life
The Group’s contemporary art collection in Bucarest
On the occasion of the celebration of “ BRD’s month of contemporary art”, Société Générale put a part of its collection at the disposal of its Romanian subsidiary. The Group's collection gathers 170 major works of art and 700 lithograpies among which forty are currently exhibited at the national Museum of contemporary art of Bucarest. The vernissage took place on 13th June and the exhibition will be opened to the public until 15th July 2007. This initiative shows the Group’s will to share its artistic acquisitions with both its subsidiaries and the public.
26 / 01 / 2012
Words
3 questions for ...
Cédric Teisseire, Societe Generale Collection artist
Cédric Teisseire
The Collection is composed of an ensemble of energetic art pieces that makes it both daring and diverse. I was able to appreciate the full extent of the Collection by browsing the website, which really made me want to see the pieces in situ and find out which audiences are being targeted, and how the pieces are displayed and therefore experienced. This is pivotal to any work of art, in my opinion, for it is a way of gauging both the relevance and the character of a collection.
What were your 2011 highlights in terms of art?
I was particularly moved by the exhibition entitled Contemporary Art and the Côte d’Azur - An Area for Experimentation, 1951 – 2011 which showcased the quality and richness of the region's current artistic scene.*
The exhibition successfully convened a variety of exhibition areas, ranging from the most corporate to the most unusual, as part of a collection that expressed the zeitgeist of contemporary creation. The results of the vivacity and diversity of the projects put forward were rather surprising, and proved that the Côte d'Azur is also a self-replenishing artistic hub. It has its own unique character that goes beyond its regional borders, resonating in the international art scene.
With regards to my work, I was able to find support and an audience to recognise my work since the mid-1990s as both an artist and founder of La Station, a space for exhibiting and making art in Nice.
What does 2012 have in store for you?
My work will be presented at the À l'origine Nice exhibition at the Marlborough gallery in Monaco in March, at the Le Domaine Perdu gallery in Meyrals (Dordogne) in April, and in May at the Paradis Design exhibition at Sinibaldi in Marseille. I will also have two private exhibitions in July at Patrick Des Gâchons in Fraïssé-des-Corbières, Aude, and then in September at the RX gallery in Paris.
* As part of Contemporary Art and the Côte d’Azur - An Area for Experimentation, 1951 – 2011, an exhibition held in some fifty cultural venues, the Societe Generale Collection loaned Raymond Hains's Seita.
With regards to my work, I was able to find support and an audience to recognise my work since the mid-1990s as both an artist and founder of La Station, a space for exhibiting and making art in Nice.
What does 2012 have in store for you?
My work will be presented at the À l'origine Nice exhibition at the Marlborough gallery in Monaco in March, at the Le Domaine Perdu gallery in Meyrals (Dordogne) in April, and in May at the Paradis Design exhibition at Sinibaldi in Marseille. I will also have two private exhibitions in July at Patrick Des Gâchons in Fraïssé-des-Corbières, Aude, and then in September at the RX gallery in Paris.
* As part of Contemporary Art and the Côte d’Azur - An Area for Experimentation, 1951 – 2011, an exhibition held in some fifty cultural venues, the Societe Generale Collection loaned Raymond Hains's Seita.
05 / 10 / 2011
Collection's life
Exhibition “Urban Mythologies” at the MAMAC in Nice
Thomas Ruff, w.h.s 05, 2001 © ADAGP
From 17 September to 11 December 2011, the MAMAC (Museum of modern and contemporary art) in Nice will be exhibiting a selection of photographs from the Societe Generale Collection on the theme of “Urban Mythologies”.
Practical info: www.mamac-nice.org / +33 4 97 13 42 01
05 / 10 / 2011
Collection's life
Philippe Cognée’s "Chicago 1" on loan to Nantes
Philippe Cognée, Chicago 1, 2007 © ADAGP
24 / 01 / 2008
Collection's life
The art Collection is being exhibited in Morocco
For the first time, Société Générale’s contemporary art Collection is being exhibited outside Europe, in the Moroccan city of Casablanca. Within the framework of the “Convergences” exhibition organised by Société Générale Morocco, 29 artists from the Group’s art Collection in France will have their works of art displayed alongside those of Moroccan artists – these local works of art belong to the Moroccan bank’s own collection. This exceptional exhibition can be visited from 13th December 2007 to 14th March 2008 in Société Générale’s art area in Casablanca. Société Générale Morocco has, since 1975, been involved in the conservation of Morocco’s cultural and artistic heritage, which it supports, enriches and gives value to – notably via a collection incorporating some 900 works of art. For further information: www.sgmaroc.com
04 / 04 / 2007
Collection's life
A Springtime in Southern France
Twelve works of art from Société Générale’s collection will spend April and March at the Carré d’Art of Nîmes, where they will be completely part of the museum’s new exhibition. The first room gathers pieces in which the artist’s will tends to fade in favor of rules which provide them with a certain degree of autonomy – and life. Around Seita, Raymond Hains’ giant matchbook, the visitor will be able to see various works of art from the Nouveaux Réalistes (“New Realists”), such as Niki de Saint-Phalle’s Tir à la carabine (“Rifle Shooting”). The next room is all about the illusion in which the artist plunges into, taking the viewer with him. The visitor will thus admire the play with light created by Laurent Pariente with his zinc plate. Whether the purpose is to engrave the artistic approach in everyday life, to play with the viewer’s senses or to go past the opposition between abstraction and figuration, the photographs and paintings of Société Générale’s collection will be in a deep dialog with the works of art belonging to Nîmes’ contemporary art museum.
16 / 12 / 2011
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3 questions for ...
Interview of Cléry Bouter, Societe Generale Advisor on contemporary art purchasing
Cléry Bouter © Yana Vetcherkovskaya
A Societe Generale Advisor on contemporary art purchasing? He thought he was just an art-lover. Not quite! He tells us about his experience.
"The Selection Committee's first job was to choose the works to be presented at an initial board meeting. I still consider myself an outsider, and at times it's hard for me to find the words and arguments to defend a work I've proposed and believe in to the experts. But that might be the key to the committee's work: striking a balance so that we can make selections which fit into the Collection and its spirit, while taking risks and betting on young and unfamiliar talents."
Cléry confides that, "My favourite purchase that we've made is definitely "Etat Montagne" by Mélanie Vincent. She's only 26 years old and I feel that it's very important to purchase works by young artists, as well as from more experienced artists."
How would he sum up his year on the committee? "Now I really feel that the Collection is alive! I have a firsthand view of the care taken to maintain and enrich it, to get it out of the Towers and to get people talking about it."
05 / 10 / 2011
Collection's life
New installation of works from the Societe Generale Collection
Carte blanche to Agnès Violeau, exhibition curator
Jonathan Monk, It's a Circus (dark grey), 2011
Societe Generale regularly invites exhibition curators to work on new installations of works from the Collection in the Societe Generale towers at La Défense.
“The Societe Generale Collection holds a wealth of photographs and manufactured paintings, providing a window to a courtyard. The quest for a world in which man, nature and progress unite in perfect harmony, theological aspiration, visionary landscapes and contemporary ruins are just a few of the subjects explored, exposing a universe born in the duality of doubt and reconciliation. I felt that the concept of utopia was the epicentre of this collection, encouraging each of us to consider the beauty surrounding us with greater attention.” Agnès Violeau
10 / 02 / 2009
Collection's life
An exhibition of the Collection in Paris at “Le Laboratoire”
Société Générale is happy to present for the first time in Paris a selection of the works of its collection: Dionisio GONZALEZ, Raymond HAINS, Laurent PARIENTE, Philippe RAMETTE, Vassilakis TAKIS … “Le Laboratoire” ? It is a center of art situated right in the heart of Paris, next to the Palais Royal, that welcomes a selection of works of the Collection. Inaugurated officially on February 10th, the exhibition is opened to the public until May 4th, 2009. You will also discover the works of a young talented Indian artist, Shilpa Gupta. Her exhibition is the result of works realized with neuropsychiatrist Mahzarin Banaji on the subject of the fear. To know more about it: http: // www.lelaboratoire.org/.
17 / 11 / 2007
Collection's life