YVES OPPENHEIM
Yves Oppenheim’s recent paintings are composed with declarative precision, following the logic of colour and perception. Floating coloured forms are combined and overlap each other in his compositions that look sometimes like collages at first glance. The coloured shapes are rhythmically transformed in variations and follow a general movement or energy, revealing the successive constructions and deconstructions that constitute the work. Yves Oppenheim prevents an immediate understanding of the work; his work intentionally disquiets the viewer and invites to a closer analysis. Oppenheim often lets colour and form exceed beyond the canvas, spreading out on the walls. Parallel to this practice, Oppenheim develops a more personal universe in his drawings and works on paper.
"A strange thing happens when one manipulates colours the way Oppenheim does. They come into competition with one another, each shouting louder than the next. Colours, like so many faces in the crowded stadium: it's as if instead of us struggling to see them, they are struggling to see us. It is a tug of war between formalism and expressionism, and a graph of Oppenheim's painterly thoughts would place the coordinates in an irrational order."
April Elizabeth Lamm, “Lichtpauserei” in Yves Oppenheim: Berlin Paintings 2002-2004, Galerie Max Hetzler, 2004
Image: Untitled (1008L), 2010, acrylic on canvas, 300 x 200 cm
Solo Exhibitions
Group Exhibitions
Biography
VITA
1948
Born in Antananarivo, Madagascar
Lives in Saint Martin de Valamas
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Carré d’Art, Nîmes
Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, Paris
FRAC - Franche-Comté, Besançon
FRAC - Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpellier
Fundación Predo Barrié de la Maza, A Coruña
Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
Musée de Chateauroux, Chateauroux
Musée des Beaux Arts, Dole
Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015
Galerie Max Hetzler, Paris
heurté, je rebondis
Schwarz Contemporary, Berlin
2014
Quand j'aurai circonscrit ma sphère
Galeria Pedro Cera, Lissabon
Charim Galerie, Vienna
2012
Xippas Art Contemporary, Geneva
Galerie Max Hetzler, Weidingen / Eifel
2011
Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York
2010
Galerie Xippas, Athens
2009
Galeria Pedro Cera, Lisbon
Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
2007
Galerie Xippas, Athens
2006
Galerie Xippas, Paris
2005
Galeria Pedro Cera, Lisbon
Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
Galerie Xavier Hufkens, Brussels
Charim Galerie, Vienna
2004
New Paintings
Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin (catalogue)
2002
Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
Charim Galerie, Vienna
2001
Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
Tableaux 2001
Galerie Xavier Hufkens, Brussels
2000
Musée des Beaux Arts de Gap, Gap (catalogue)
F.I.A.C. - Galerie Barbara Farber
F.I.A.C. - Galerie Max Hetzler
1998
Yves Oppenheim. La Salle Blanche
Musée des Beaux Arts, Nantes;
Domain de Kerguéhennec - Centre d'Art Contemporain, Bignan;
Musée des Beaux Arts, FRAC Franche-Comté, Dole (catalogue)
1997
Fatiguer la peinture
Galerie Municipale de l'Ancien Collège, Châtellerault (catalogue)
1995
Fondation d'Arts Graphiques de Santa Cruz, Teneriffe
1994
Galerie Xavier Hufkens, Brussels
1993
Galerie Xavier Hufkens, Brussels
1992
Galerie Durand-Dessert, Paris (catalogue)
1988
Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (catalogue)
Galerie Durand-Dessert, Paris
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013
REMEMBER EVERYTHING
40 Years Galerie Max Hetzler
Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin (catalogue)
2011
60 years of creation, tapestries from Matisse to nowadays
MNAC Muzeul National de Arta Contemporana, Bucharest
La Colección (The Collection)
Fundación Barrié, A Coruña
2010
En Construcción 3
Fundación Barrié, Vigo
2009
Ce qui demeure est le futur. Collection moderne et contemporaine du Musée de Picardie
Maison de la Culture d’Amiens, Amiens
2008
Always There
Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin (catalogue)
2006
Carbonic Anhydride
Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin (catalogue)
2005
Works on Paper
Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin (catalogue)
Ido Bar-El / Yves Oppenheim / Erwin Bohatscch
Galerie Charim, Vienna
2004
...im HinBlick... (with Erwin Bohatsch und Lisa Ponger)
Galerie Charim, Vienna 2002
Lila, weiß und andere Farben: A Summer Group Show
Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
2000
Mission Im-possible
Galerie Charim-Klocker, Vienna
Dépaysement
Domain de Kerguéhennec - Centre d'Art Contemporain, Bignan;
Musée de Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle (catalogue)
Galerie Barbara Farber, Trets (with Gérard Traquandi)
1999
Primitive Passion
Palais des Papes, Avignon (catalogue)
Dessins
Galerie Durand-Dessert, Paris
Anticiper le Printemps
Musée de Châteauroux, Châteauroux (catalogue)
1998
Les objets contiennent l'infini
École des Beaux-Arts de Tours; École des Beaux-Arts de Quimper
Dessiner / Décider
École des Beaux-Arts de Quimper
1997
Densité ou le Musée Inimagineable
Domaine de Kerguéhennec - Centre d'Art Contemporain, Bignan
Accrochage
Galerie Xavier Hufkens, Brussels
1996
Art en France aujourd'hui
Centre Culturel Français, Casablanca and Rabat (catalogue)
Peinture-Peinture
Galerie Samia Saouma, Paris
1995
Aujoud'hui la Peinture
FRAC Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpellier
1993
Blau
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich/Paris
1992
Drawn in the Nineties
Katonah Museum of Art, New York; Fine Arts Gallery Indinana University, Bloomington; Illingworth Kerr Art Gallery, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgery; Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville (catalogue)
1991
The Pencil of Nature (drawing)
Galerie Samia Saouma, Paris
1989
Fondation d'Art de la Napoule, Madelieu-La Napoule
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Monographs
Galeria Pedro Cera (Ed.): Yves Oppenheim, Lissabon 2014
Galerie Max Hetzler (Ed.): Yves Oppenheim. Berlin Paintings 2002–2004, Berlin 2004
Delphine Hectaridis: Yves Oppenheim, 36 peintures avec l´outremer. Musée Départemental des Hautes Alpes, Gap 2000
Jessica Stockholder (Ed.): Yves Oppenheim. La Salle Blanche, Musée des Beaux-Arts, FRAC Franche-Comté, Nantes 1998
Christian Besson: Yves Oppenheim, Fatiguer la peinture. Galerie Municipale de l’Ancien Collége, Châtellerault, 1997
Alain Cueff: Yves Openheim. Galerie Durand-Dessert, Paris 1992
Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (Ed.): Yves Oppenheim, Paris 1988
Others
Galerie Max Hetzler (Ed.): REMEMBER EVERYTHING : 40 Years Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin 2014
Galerie Max Hetzler (Ed.): Always There, Berlin 2008
Galerie Max Hetzler (Ed.): Carbonic Anhydride, Berlin 2006
Galerie Max Hetzler (Ed.): Works on Paper, Berlin 2005
Denys Zacharopoulos: La question de la Peinture. Dépaysement, Deurle 2000
Philippe Monsel (Ed.): Etat(s) des lieux, anticiper le printemps, Musée Bertrand Châteauroux, Paris 1999
Palais des Papes (Ed.): Primitive passion, Avignon 1999
Centre Culturel Français (Ed.): Art en France aujourd’hui, Casablance, Rabat 1996
Brigitte Cornand: Nouveaux Créateurs-Regards d´École. Peinture, CNAP, Paris 1988
Publications
REMEMBER EVERYTHING
Darren Almond, Glenn Brown, André Butzer, Rineke Dijkstra, Günther Förg, Mona Hatoum, Jeff Koons, Vera Lutter, Marepe, Beatriz Milhazes, Ernesto Neto, Frank Nitsche, Albert Oehlen, Yves Oppenheim, Richard Phillips, Michael Raedecker, Bridget Riley, Thomas Struth, Rebecca Warren, Christopher Wool, Toby Ziegler
Galerie Max Hetzler / Holzwarth Publications / Ridinghouse, Berlin and London 2014
With texts by Julie Sylvester and Jean-Marie Gallais
Edited by Jean-Marie Gallais
€ 45.00
Always There
Haluk Akakçe, André Butzer, Günther Förg, Mark Grotjahn, Arturo Herrera, Sarah Morris, Frank Nitsche, Albert Oehlen, Yves Oppenheim, Richard Phillips, Michael Raedecker, Anselm Reyle, Kay Rosen, Kelley Walker, Christopher Wool
Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin 2008
With a text by Gudrun Inboden
€ 40.00
Works on Paper
Franz Ackermann, Haluk Akakçe, Darren Almond, André Butzer, Günther Förg, Ellen Gallagher, Mona Hatoum, Arturo Herrera, Mike Kelley, Martin Kippenberger, Graham Little, Marepe, Beatriz Milhazes, Frank Nitsche, Albert Oehlen, Yves Oppenheim, Richard Phillips, Chloe Piene, Jorge Queiroz, Kara Walker, Christopher Wool
Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin 2005
With a text by Kirsty Bell
€ 35.00
Selected Press
Der Tagesspiegel 2009