Simon Pleasance (born 1944) is an Anglo-French art translator and writer. He was educated at St. Edward’s School, then Keble College., Oxford. He is a longtime resident of southern Languedoc, France, and President of the environmental watchdog Observatoire des Paysages Audois.Registered as a non-profit association in Journel Officiel de la République Française, Lois et Décret, 22 November 2008 He has previously taught at the Istituto Britannico, Florence, 1966–1967 and worked with Fay Stender’s [RIP] Prison Law Project, Oakland, California, 1971–1973.
Publications
Original work Pleasance, Simon, et al. The Grimani Breviary: Reproduced from the Illuminated Manuscript Belonging to the Biblioteca Marciana, Venice. Translated from the Italian Breviario Grimani by Linda Packer. . Delray Beach, Fla: Levenger Press, 2007. Pleasance, Simon, and Fronza Woods., eds. Portraits of Love: Great Romances of the 20th Century. New York: Filipacchi Pub, 2002.Originally published in France by Editions Filipacchi, Société Sonodip, Paris Match. Pleasance, Simon. Marc, Macke Und Delaunay The Beauty of a Fragile World (1910–1914); [on the Occasion of the Exhibition Marc, Macke and Delaunay - the Beauty of a Fragile World (1910–1914), Sprengel-Museum Hannover, 29. March - 19. July 2009]. Hannover: Sprengel-Museum, 2009. Pleasance, Simon, and Fronza Woods. Charming hotels around the world. Elle decor guide. New York, N.Y.: Filipacchi Pub, 2003. Pleasance, Simon. Claude Lévêque, Herr monde: exposition, [Thiers, le Creux de l'Enfer], 11 juin-17 septembre 2000. Thiers (Vallée des Usines, 63300): le Creux de l'enfer, 2000.
Numerous art and other publications include studies on Christian Boltanski,Christian Boltanski’s Artist’s Books, Editions 591, July 2008 Sophie Calle,M’as-tu-vu, Musée national d’art modern-Centre Georges Pompidou, 2003-4 Jeff Koons,Jeff Koons Versailles, Baral, Paris, 2008 Annette Messager,Annette Messager, Les Messagers, Mnam-Centre Geortges Pompisou, 2007 Claude Monet,Monet’s Garden in Giverny: Inventing the Landscape, Giverny, Milan, 2008 François Morellet,François Morellet, Serge Lemoine, Waser, Zurich, 1986 Aurélie Nemours,Aurélie Nemours, Serge Lemoine, Waser, Zurich, 1989 Fernando Pessoa,Fernando Pessoa, Hazan, Paris, 1997 Erik Satie,Erik Satie, Hazan, Paris 1997 and Jean Tinguely;Jean Tinguely: Le Cyclop, Centre national des arts plastiques, Paris, 2007 scores of catalogues from Alberti and Albers via Calder, Cocteau, Duchamp, Giacometti, the GRAV, Lichtenstein, Magritte, Miró, Smithson and Soutine to Wéry and Wines; collaborations with leading art critics and historians; and most recently major monographs on Futurism Futurism, Five Continents, Milan, 2009 (Rome, Paris, London), and Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci & France, Carlo Pedretti, Château du Clos Lucé,/Campi Bisenzio, Italy, 2009-2010(Chât. Clos Lucé, Amboise).
Translations France. Ministère de l'agriculture et de la pêche. La forêt et les industries du bois 2006: données disponibles au 1er septembre 2005.: Forests and the wood and timber industries 2006 : data available as of 1 February 2005 Paris: SCEES, 2006. French text and English translation by Simon Pleasance (also earlier years, 2000) Guy Tosatto. Jörg Sasse: tableaux & esquisses; [l'Exposition "Jörg Sasse, Tableaux & Esquisses" est présentée au Musée de Grenoble du 20 novembre 2004 au 24 janvier 2005]. München: Schirmer/Mosel, 2004. Text in French, English (transl. Simon Pleasance and Fronza Woods), and German (transl. Matthias Wolf) Stéphane Calais: boxe thaï. Orléans: HYX, 2002. French text, and English translation by Simon Pleasance.
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