Richard Texier (born 28 June 1955) is a French painter and sculptor.Notice d'autorité personne du catalogue général de la BNFNotice sur le système universitaire de documentation He lives and works in Paris.
Biography
Texier spent his childhood in the Poitevin region of Western France.Biography www.moreeuw.com In 1973, Texier went to college in Paris. He graduated with a degree in art and architecture from the École spéciale d'architecture and later received a doctorate in plastic art from the Sorbonne.Biography www.peintreofficieldelamarine.fr
In 1979, Texier moved to New York City,Richard Texier www.thessa-herold.com where he initiated a nomadic strategy of creation which he called "Nomadic Workshops". This strategy subsequently enabled him to multiply his workshop space to venues all over the world:Guest Richard Texier www.festivalpocketfilms.fr 1992: House of Culture, Moscow, RussiaPortrait of Richard Texier 1993: Manufacture des œillets, Ivry-sur-Seine, FranceTélérama N° 2406, 1996 02/24 to 03/01, "Texier peintre funambule" by Bernard Heitz 1998: Villa Noailles, Hyères, FranceTexier by Daniel Pennac www.paris-art.com 2002: Starrett-Lehigh Building, Chelsea, New York CityLe Monde N° 18019, 2002/12/31, "Richard Texier la peinture du ressac" by Harry Bellet 2003: Tour de Cordouan (Cordouan Lighthouse), FranceArts & Culture - Richard Texier www.c-royan.com 2004: Liu Foundry, Shanghai, ChinaOfficiel des galeries & musées www.officiel-galeries-musees.com 2012: Rangoon, BurmaFrench embassy in Myanmar www.ambafrance-mm.org
In 1982, Texier exhibited for the first time at the Foire Internationale d'Art Contemporain in Paris with the Claudine Bréguet gallery.Art Press N° 65, "Expositions: Richard Texier - Galerie Claudine Bréguet" by Gaya Goldcymer
In 1989, the French government commissioned Texier to create a series of tapestries on the theme of the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution. The tapestries were exhibited at the Opéra Bastille,Richard Texier change Singapour en galerie d'art www.lanouvellerepublique.fr La Grande Arche de la Défense,La Nouvelle République, May 1989, "Aubusson: Un témoignage pour la postérité" by Pierre Josse the National Assembly of France, the International Tapestry Museum in Aubusson, France, the European Parliament and the Musée du Luxembourg in Paris.Libération, 1996/12/16, "Les droits de l'Homme en basse lisse" by Miriam Rosen
Texier's most recent works include Chaosmos 2009, Pantheo Vortex 2011, and Elastogénèse 2013.
ChaosmosCitizen K, L'Instant T www.citizen-k.com
In 2009, Texier began a series of special paintings entitled Chaosmos. This ongoing work includes more than a hundred paintings. The word Chaosmos was first used in 1939 by James Joyce in Finnegans Wake, whereby he states that the universe cannot function without embracing the concept of chaos. Moreover, the cosmos and chaos are indissolubly united in a vast continuum of order and disorder. At the beginning of the 1970s, Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari revisited the Joycian cosmos, notably in their "Mille Plateaux", affirming that "chaos is not the opposite of rhythm, it is more the center of all centers". It is literally this center of all centers that Texier, as an artistic astrophysicist attempts to define, and restore. Chaosmos is none other than a celebration of energy as a concentration of the history of the world. Zéno Bianu « une autre entrée dans le cœur du monde », , Art press No. 413, "Supplément Richard Texier", July–August 2014,
Pantheo-VortexRichard Texier – Au point d’équilibre www.artshebdomedias.com
« Pantheo Vortex is a collection of paintings begun in 2011. The series is based on the principle of The Cathedral of Rouen by Monet, or by the limitless modern artistic propositions of a conceptual nature. The paintings in this series are both photos and paintings. The image is obtained by using a digital graphic palette and aims to confuse by placing the real in the false and vice versa. The intention is not to trouble or perplex but rather to inspire and encourage the viewer to look beyond simple appearances. The choice of "vortex" in the naming of the work is explicit. According to the dictionary definition a vortex is a human pictorial interpretation which enables the viewer, via IT, to formulate a description of the infinite, and that of mystery.» (…) »
Citation de Paul Ardenne « faire de l’essentiel une œuvre d’art à la mesure », , in Art press No. 413, "Supplément Richard Texier", July–August 2014,
« Ce projet [Pantheo-Vortex] est une stratégie de création pour aborder le mystère et la dimension magique de l’existence. (…) L’art est le seul espace non dogmatique, non religieux où il semble possible d’aborder un sujet qui se dérobe, par définition, aux tentatives d’exploration. (…) »
Citation de Richard Texier, , in Art press No. 413, "Supplément Richard Texier", July–August 2014,
Elastogénèse
«(…) This new series explores the elasticity of the imaginary, the emptiness of the early times of consciousness and cosmos, where all is real as the world invents itself. I baptised it Elastogénèse as it is firstly an artistic rendering of dreams, Yves Tanguy never called it that even if he used it frequently. It is also a tool, a means of embracing reality. It is very different from the virtual world which attempts to dematerialise reality, Elastogénèse on the contrary chooses matter. It is, however something soft, elastic, in motion and restless. This form of movement exists already in nature, and these natural elements prove in a dazzling manner that the soft is stronger than the hard, and that the proof of their elastic, changeable and adaptable nature is finally more elegant than the rigidity of the real.(…) The art world was the first to discover and explore this nature. The sculptures of Arp, the soft watches of Dali, the expansions of Cèsar, and the silicons of Matthew Barney are all intuitive versions I offer a principal of mental resolution, a means of magical thinking.(…)»
Citation de Richard Texier, dans Nager, , a story, published by Éditions Gallimard in Collection Blanche, Paris, .
Distinctions
Officier of the Ordre National du Mérite May 2016Décret du 13 mai 2016 portant promotion et nomination www.legiondhonneur.fr Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres July 2014Nomination ou promotion dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres www.culturecommunication.gouv.fr Peintre officiel de la Marine titulaire en 2015Richard Texier www.peintreofficieldelamarine.fr
Works Selected personal exhibitions 1982: FIAC, Gallery Claudine Bréguet, Paris, France 1983: Exhibition Space, Leo Castelli, 112 Greene Street, New York City, United StatesGallery Guide, February 1984, "Richard Texier at Simon Chaput" by Peter Frank 1985: Gallery Kouros, Madison Avenue, New York City, United StatesRichard Texier by Peter Frank www.tobeart.comArt Press N° 99, January 1986, "Expositions: Richard Texier - Kouros Gallery" by Philippe Evans-Clark 1985: Exhibition at the museum of fine art of La Rochelle & Sainte-Croix museum, Poitiers, FranceTEXIER : PEINTURES 1984-1985 Communauté d'agglomération de La Rochelle 1986: "Richard Texier: el continente de la peonza", Museo Casa Natal de Jovellanos, Gijón, SpainRichard Texier: el continente de la peonza www.cultura.gijon.es 1986: La Roche-sur-Yon museum, Francekanal magazine, N° 23-24, September 1986, "Richard Texier"by Denis Montebello 1987: Sawaya & Moroni, Milan, ItalyThe universe of Richard Texier in Singapour www.operagallery.comGran Harper's Bazaar Italia, N° 54, Febbrario-Marzo 1987, "Logo, Logo go go go- Pitture di Richard Texier e Bogdan Korczowski" by Vincent Biffi 1988: Galerie Lea Gredt, Luxembourg 1988: Gallery of Applied Arts, New York City, United StatesNew York, December 8, 1986, "Step on it" by Corky Pollan 1989: Galeria Ciento, Barcelona, SpainRichard Texier Biography www.pressreader.com 1991: "Territoires nomades" at the Musée des beaux-arts d'Angers, FranceLa Libre Belgique, May 22, 1991, "L'invitation au voyage" by Stéphane Penxten 1992: Galerie Mobile & Galerie Hadrien- Thomas, Paris, FranceLe nouvel Observateur N° 1458, October, 15-21, 1992, "L'immergé de la Moskova" by Philippe Carteron 1992: "Moscou 92" VDNKh in Moscow, RussiaLe Figaro N° 1497, October 13, 1992, "Richard Texier dans la cerisaie socialiste" by Frédéric Ferney 1992: "Histoire du Ciel", Galleria La Bussola, Turin, ItalyPiemonte N° 4, Anno 1, 4 Aprile 1992, "Dioce, Histoire du Ciel" 1992: Contemporary Art Center of Moscow, Russia 1993: The Botanique museum, Brussels, Belgium 1994: Gallery Nii Osaka, JapanTélérama Hors-Série Delacroix, September 1994, "Texier: les oreilles du lapin" by Bernard Heitz 1994: Château de Chambord, FranceTechnikart N° 14, Summer 1994, "Richard Texier: Printemps-Eté 1994 " by Alexia Guggémos 1994: Institut français de Taipei, Taiwan 1994: Galleria Grafica Tokyo, JapanRichard Texier à la galerie Guy Pieters www.artcotedazur.fr 1995: the Bouvet-Ladubay Contemporary Art Center, Saumur, FranceList of contemporary artists www.bouvet-ladubay.fr 1995: Gallery Garando Nagoya, Japan 1995: Gianni Piretti Gallery, Stockholm Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden 1996: Museum of Fine Art of Taiwan, TaipeiRichard Texier Biography www.artnet.com 1996: Manufacture des œillets, Ivry-sur-Seine, FranceL'Œil, Magazine international d'art N° 479, March/April 1996, "Richard Texier" by Patrick-Gilles Persin 1996: Galerie Virus, Antwerp, Belgium"Richard Texier - Peintures Récentes 1996", edited by Galerie Virus Anvers, 1996 1997: Galerie Reflex, Amsterdam, NetherlandsKunstbeeld, 10/1997, "Richard Texier, een mooi vormgegeven chaos" by Saskia Monshouwer 1997: Suzanne Tarasiève, Barbizon, France 1998: Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, SpainRichard Texier biography fr.artprice.com 1998: Musée national de la Marine, Palais de Chaillot, Paris, FranceSud Ouest, August 27, 1997, "Le signal de Richard Texier" by Philippe Baroux 1999: Carrousel du Louvre, Art Paris Art Fair, Paris, France 1999: Villa Noailles, Hyères, FranceVSD N° 1142, July 1999, "Une villa marquée par l'histoire" by Natacha Wolinski 2000: "Sculptures", Galerie Artcurial, Paris, France 2001: Galerie J. Bastien Art, Brussels, BelgiumRichard Texier. Peintures - Sculptures www.artaujourdhui.info 2002: "Suite des droits de l'homme", 7 Aubusson tapistries, Musée du Président-Jacques-Chirac, France 2002: "Nomadic Atelier", Gallery Atelier 14, New York City, United StatesArt Now Gallery Guide, June/July/August 2002, p.44The New York Times, Friday, June 21, 2002, "Weekend Fine Arts Leisure: Richard Texier" by Johnson 2004: "Les îles de la destinée", Galerie Tessa Herold, ARCO, Madrid, SpainPast exhibitions www.thessa-herold.comRichar Texier monography Audiovisual Encyclopedia of Contemporary Art 2004: Creation of 8 stained glass windows, Abbaye d'art de Trizay, Trizay, FrancePrésentation Abbaye Trizay www.trizay.com 2005: Fine art museum of Shanghai (Shanghai Meishu Guan), ChinaStarts with A Dream Everything Starts with A Dream www.zefyrlife.com 2006: "5 large bronze sculptures", Grand Palais, Paris 2007: “Opere recenti”, Galleria San Carlo, Milan, Italy,San Carlo Gallery 2007: "Paintings on Chinese Nautical Charts - New York by Richard Texier", Alice King Gallery, Hong KongSouth China Morning Post, Wednesday, May 23, 2007, "Pick of the day: Paintings on Chinese Nautical Charts" by Janice Leung 2008: "Créatures mythiques", M Art Center of Shanghai, ChinaRichard Texier www.m-artcenter.com 2011: "Theoria Sacra", Galerie Pierre Levy, ParisLa galerie Pierre Lévy expose Richard Texier fr.artmediaagency.com 2013: 11 monumental sculptures Orchard Road, SingaporeRichard Texier, le Français qui a fait du monde son jardin www.lepoint.fr 2014: "Pantheo-Vortex", Gallery Guy Pieters, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France 2019: "Light", Galerie Downtown, Paris, France