Ange Leccia (born 19 April 1952) is a contemporary French painter, photographer and film-maker. He works in Paris primarily with photography and video.
Life and career Leccia was born in Minerbio, Barrettali commune, in Corsica, and studied fine arts. Initially he was engaged in both painting and photography, but as time passed he devoted himself more to photography and video as his chosen media.
Leccia is a lecturer at the École nationale supérieure d'arts de Cergy-Pontoise (ENSAPC). He also directs research for young artists at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris.
Leccia's first film was the short, Stridura, in 1980. In December 2004, his film Azé, made in 1999, was released. Like his earlier work, such as the shorts Île de beauté (Island of Beauty) (1996) and Gold (2000), both co-produced with Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, in Azé Ange Leccia continued to stress the light and sound effects.Thirion, A. (2004) "Aze" Cahiers du Cinéma no. 596 (December 2004), p. 38
Selected exhibitions 2004 : Chateau de Tours, France 2003 : Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, France 1999 : National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway 1998 : Musée Nicéphore Nièpce, Chalon-sur-Saône, FranceRosen, M. (2003) ""Le Grand Tour": Musee Nicephore Niepce" Artforum International v. 42 no. 2 (October 2003) p. 181 1996 : Villa Medici, Rome, ItalyCarboni, Massimo (1996) "Ange Leccia" Artforum international 35: p. 117 1995 : Art at the Edge, Atlanta, USA 1992 : Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, USAMoody, Tom (1993) "Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston; exhibit" Artforum international 31: p. 89 1990 : Le Magasin, CNAC, Grenoble, France 1985 : ARC / Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France
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References Simas, Joseph (1990) "Face to Face: meeting the art of Ange Leccia" Arts magazine 64: p. 48 Di Pietrantonio, Giacinto (1991) "Ange Leccia" Flash Art (International Edition) no. 160 (October 1991) p. 118-21, an interview with Ange Leccia Vedrenne, Elisabeth (1997) "Les sons et Lumieres d'Ange Leccia" ("The sound and light of Ange Leccia") L'Oeil no. 490 (November 1997), p. 34, in French Beausse, Pascal (2002) "Ange Leccia's slow dazzle" Art Press no. 277 (March 2002), p. 39-43 Frodon, Jean-Michel (2006) "Le songe de la lumiere" Cahiers du Cinéma no. 611 (April 2006), p. 37, in French Lequeux, Emmanuelle (2007) "Entretien avec Ange Leccia" Beaux Arts Magazine no. 274 (April 2007), p. 112, an interview with Ange Leccia in French
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Galerie Anselm Dreher photograph of Ange Leccia's "Lolita" 1988, a BMW K 100 RS with soundtrack "Lolita" by Kubrick 1954