BIOGRAPHY
Born in Paris, lives and works in France and New YorkEDUCATION
1955–1958 Ecole Nationale des Arts Appliques, Paris
1958–1963 Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, ParisSOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Children of the War, Harriman Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY (in collaboration with Michel Gérard; exhibition booklet written by Regina Khidekel, Christopher Squier, and Marina Tëmkina).2023
Ensemble, two-artist show, Musée de l'Hospice Saint-Roch, Issoudun, France (exhibition catalog written by Francois Michaud, Patrice Moreau, Christopher Squier, Rachel Stella, Marina Tëmkina, including a poem by Bernard Noël).2009
Signature Transformations: 2009-1972, Chateau de Tours, France, catalogue.2008
L’Enfance de l’art, Musee d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain & Galerie des Ponchettes, Nice, France, catalogue.2007
The Power of Naming, in collaboration with Marina Temkina, Musee Pierre Noel, Saint-Die-des-Vosges, France, booklet.2006
Matieres de Memoire: travaux sur papier 1975-2006, Musee departemental d’art ancien et contemporain, Epinal, France, catalogue.
Jet-lag, Francois Barnoud Gallery, Dijon, France.2003
Rue de Leningrad, two-person exhibition with Marina Temkina, Centre d’art contemporain
Cimaise et Portique, Albi, France, booklet.2003/02
The American Decade, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY, traveled to Musee Sainte-Croix, Poitiers, France, catalogues.
Public Art: Realized-Unrealized, The Sacred Heart University Gallery, Fairfield, CT, catalogue.2000
Same & Different, Folin/Riva Gallery, NYC.1998
Stretching Possibilities, Alexandre Folin Gallery, NYC.1997
Recycling Ashes, Ludwig Museum Koblenz, and Kunstraum Fuhrwerkswaage, Cologne, Germany, catalogue. Schwartz Gallery, Cologne, Germany.1996
E.S. Vandam Gallery, NYC.
Shrink & Stretch, One Main Sculpture Space, Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY.1995
Ben Shahn Gallery, William Paterson University, NJ, catalogue.1994
Rachel Stella Gallery, Paris.1989
Carnegie Mellon Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, catalogue.
Art Center Mills’ Valley, Le Creux de L’enfer, Thiers, France, catalogue.
Varachaud Gallery, Grenoble, France, booklet.
William H. Cooke Gallery, Sacramento, CA, booklet.1989/88
Skulpturen 1976-1988, Stadtlische Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany, catalogue.1988
21 Gallery, Kitakyushu, Japan.
Idee Gallery, Fkuoka, Japan.
Sculpture 1976-1987, Musee des Beaux-Arts, Calais, France, catalogue.1987
Leopold-Hoesch Museum, Duren, Germany.
Centre d’art contemporain, Corbeil-Essones, France, catalogue.1986
Passages Gallery, Troyes, France.
Jeanne Bucher Gallery, Paris, catalogue.1983
Walters Hall Gallery, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NY.
Musee de Bar-le-Duc, France, catalogue. Musee departemental, Epinal, France, catalogue.1982
Max Hutchinson Gallery, NYC, catalogue.1981
Jeanne Bucher Gallery, Paris, catalogue.
Maison de la Culture, Macon, France, booklet.1980
Jeanne Bucher Gallery, Paris, catalogue.
Anne Roger Gallery, Nice, France.1979
French Institutes, Cologne and Bonn, Germany.1978
Larcos Gallery, Paris.
Anne Roger Gallery, Nice, France.
Centre d’art contemporain, Villeparisis, France.1977
Lacloche Gallery, Paris.
Arcanes Gallery, Brussels, Belgium.1976
Lacloche Gallery, Paris.
Expression Gallery, Strasbourg, France.1975
Arcanes Gallery, Brussels, Belgium, catalogue.
Centre d’art contemporain, Vivoin, France.1974
Enseigne du Cerceau Gallery, Paris.
Œil de Bœuf Gallery, Paris, catalogue.SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024/25
Autour du Surréalisme : Les Chants de Maldoror et Autres Visions, Musée de l'Hospice Saint-Roch, Issoudun, France.2023/24/25
Amour Systémique, curated by Cédric Fauq, CAPC Musée d'Art Contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.2017
Le Trait de Jupiter, curated by Evariste Richer from the Collection Institut d’Art Contemporain Villeurbanne/Rhone-Alpes, La Ferme de Bourlatier Sagnes-et-Goudoulet, Ardèche, France.2016
Cross Roads, curated by Ilya Shipilovskikh, Temporary Storage Gallery, Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York.2014/15
Hippie Priest, curated by Nikita Vishnevsky, Honey Ramka Gallery, Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York .2013
Matiere et Memoire: la Demeure du patriarche, Veronique Jaeger-Bucher Gallery, Paris.
Arts et Nature, Chateau de Chaumont-sur-Loire, France.
Le Noir absolu, curated by Gerard-Georges Lemaire, Gran Eterna Gallery, Paris.2012
Summer Show, Vicky David Gallery, NYC.
Arcadia in Celle: Art for Nature, Nature for Art, Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul de Vence, France, catalogue.2011
Hermaphrodite, collaboration with Marina Temkina, curated by Nikita Vishnevsky, The Invisible Dog Art Center, Brooklyn, NY.2009
Le noir absolu et les lecons de tenebres, Villa Tamaris, Toulon, France.2007
Lecciones de Tinieblas, Museo Jose Luis Cuevas, Mexico City, Mexico.
Legacy and Recollection, The Philoctetes Center, New York Psychoanalytic Institute.2005/03
Concepts and Materials, Musee national d’art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris.2003
Vingt ans d’acquisitions, Musee d’art ancien et contemporain, Epinal, France.2002
The Pilot Hill Collection, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH; catalogue.
History y Naturaleza: History and Nature, Ivam Institut d’art moderne, Valencia, Spain, catalogue.2000
Reactions, Exit Art, NYC.
Sculpture contemporaine, Frac Rhone-Alpes, Institut d’art contemporain.
Les Subsistance, Lyon, France.
Art Chicago, Folin/Riva Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Mois de l’estampe à Paris, Novotel collection, Couvent des Cordeliers, Paris.
Pour Bernard Noel, traveling show, Mediatheques, France.1999
Paradise 8, curated by Ingrid Schaffner, Exit Art/The First World, NYC.
Arcadia in Celle: The Gori Collection, traveling show, The Kamakura
Museum of Art, Mie Prefectural Museum, Sapporo Museum of Contemporary
Art, Japan, catalogue.
Fairy Tales, curated by Denise Carvalho Centrum Pro Metamedia, Plasy, Czech Republic, catalogue.1998
Modular Composite, Central Fine Arts Gallery, NYC.
Chorus and Distortion, curated by Eleanor Heartney, Space Untitled Gallery, NYC.
13, Alexandre de Folin Gallery, NYC.1997
Heat, View Gallery, NYC.
A Natural Selection, curated by Dominique Nahas, Z Gallery, NYC.
Solo, The Museo de la Ciudad, Madrid, Spain.
Made in France: 1947–1997, curated by Germain Viatte, Musee national d’art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, catalogue.
Contemporary Artists Explore The Book as Art, curated by Rachel Stella, Robert McClain Gallery, Houston, TX.1996
Storytellers: One-of-a-kind Artists’ Books, curated by Tony Zwicker, Department of Printing and Graphic Arts, The Houghton Library, Harvard University, Boston, MA.
Till Spring Show, curated by Deirdre Scott, Aquamarine Sculpture Garden, NYC.1995
Wheel of Fortune, curated by Amy Lipton, Lombard/Freid Gallery, NYC.
Green Piece, curated by Eric Siegeltuch, Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, NY.
Art as Machine, Artrax Gallery, NYC.
Logo Non Logo, curated by Pierre Restany and Robert Morgan, traveling show, Thread Waxing Space, NYC ; The Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL; The Santa Monica Museum of Art, CA, catalogue.
Risarcimento, curated by Stefania Gori, Galleria Uffizi, Florence, Italy, catalogue, Pour un couteau, Centre national d’art du Creux de l’Enfer, Thiers, France.
Collection Eva et Denys Chevalier, Musee de Meudou.1994
Burning, Patrice Landau Gallery, NYC.
3rd International Sculpture Biennial, curated by Michael Levin, Ein Hod, Israel, catalogue.
The Meeting on Sculpture, curated by Sania Papa, voice performance by Marina Temkina, Eurocultural Center, Delphi, Grece.
Monumental Propaganda, in collaboration with Marina Temkina, curated by Komar & Meamid and Independent Curators, Inc., traveling show, Courtyard Gallery, World Financial Center, NYC; Smithsonian International Gallery, Washington, DC; Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL; Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art & Design, Kansas City, MO; Helsinki City Art Museum, Finland; Institute of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia; Upsala Kunstmuseum, Sweden; Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen, Denmark.1993
'93 New York 50, Socrates Sculpture Park, NYC.
Nine artists, Noel Art Gallery, Bronxville, NY.1992
Showcase of the Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Bradley Int. Airport Gallery, CT.
Blue Hill Cultural Center, Pearl River, NY.1990
California A to Z and Return, curated by John Fitz Gibbon, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH; catalogue.1988
Olympiad of Art, South Korea, curated by Thomas Messer and Pierre Restany, catalogue.
2nd International Biennial of Paper Art, Leopold-Hoesch Museum, Duren, Germany, catalogue.
Images et Mages, curated by Jan Hoet and Claude Viallat, Château de Foucaud, Gaillac, France, catalogue.1987
Architextures, Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, catalogue.
Monumenta, International Biennial of Sculpture, Museum of Antwerpen, Belgium, catalogue [pp. 102-103].1986
Chairs, San Francisco Airport Gallery, CA.
Recent acquisitions, Musee de Valence, France.
Images of the Body, curated by Marc Le Bot, Bayer Foundation, Leverkusen, Germany, catalogue.
First International Biennial of Paper Art, Leopold-Hoesch Museum, Duren, Germany, catalogue.
Art in France, curated by Jean-Luc Chalumeau, KeDeWe, Berlin, Germany, catalogue.
Group show, Paule Anglim Gallery, San Francisco, CA.1985
Le dessin, Denise Breteau Gallery, Paris.
Symposium international de sculpture metallique, Thiers, France, catalogue.
Fifth International Biennial of Sculpture, Athens, Greece, catalogue.1984
Nouvelles acquisitions, Musee national d’art moderne, Centre G.Pompidou, Paris.
Mile of Sculptures, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL.
Images and Metaphors, curated by Nancy Einreinhofer, Ben Shan Gallery, Paterson University, NJ, catalogue.
Group show, Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Art Expo, Chicago Art Fair, Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago, IL.1983
Varieties of Sculptural Ideas, curated by Eric Siegeltuch, Max Hutchinson Gallery, NYC.
A.I.R. Gallery, NYC.
Neuf annees d’acquisitions, Musee de Tourcoing, France, catalogue.
Papier et arts plastiques, Centre National de Recherche et Creation, Le Creusot, catalogue.
Marseille Art Present, Musee de Marseille La Vieille Charite, France, catalogue.
Papier, La Hune Gallery, Paris.
Papier detournement volontaire, Musee d’Annecy, France, catalogue.1982
12th International Sculpture Conference, curated by Jean-Louis Froment, Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland, CA.1981
The International Drawing Triennial, Warsaw, Poland.
International Triennial of Small Sculpture, Padua, Italy, catalogue.
Sculptures metalliques, Musee de Belfort, France, catalogue.
Tours multiple, Musee de Tours, France, catalogue.1980
Accrochage 4, Musee national d’art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou.
Art et Metallurgie, La Louviere, Belgium, catalogue.1978
International Biennial of Sculpture, Budapest, Hungary.1976
Intervention sur les mass-media, galerie Lara Vinci, Paris.1975
Un siecle de dessins de sculpteurs, Musee de Calais et de Pau, France, catalogue.
Terre des hommes, Museum of Modern Art, Montreal, Canada, catalogue.
Mythologies quotidiennes, Musee d’art moderne de la ville de Paris, catalogue.
Assemblages, Galerie de l’Universite, Paris.
Contemporary Sculpture in France, curated by Denys Chevalier, traveling show: Australia, Mexico, New Zealand, Venezuela, catalogue.
La Boite et son contenu, Musee d’art moderne de la ville de Paris, catalogue.1969/67/63
Paris Biennial, Musee d’art moderne, Paris, catalogues.PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Arkansas Center for the Arts, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.
Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA.
Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, California, USA.
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France.
Bremen Kunsthalle, Germany.
Butler Institute of American Art, USA.
CAPC Musée d'art contemporain, Bordeaux, France.
Chicago Art Institute, Illinois, USA.
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California, USA.
Everson Museum, Syracuse, New York, USA.
Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, Paris, France.
F.R.A.C. Languedoc Roussillon, France.
Institut d’Art Contemporain. Villeurbanne, France
F.R.A.C. Lorraine, France.
Galleria Degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy.
Ixelles Museum, Brussels, Belgium.
John Hopkins Institute of Bioethics, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Ludwig Museum, Koblenz, Germany.
MAMAC, Musee d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain, Nice, France.
MNAM, Musee National d’Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France.
Musee d’art moderne de la Ville de Paris, France.
Musee de l'Hospice de Saint-Roch, Issoudun, France.
Musee des Beaux-Arts, Pau, France.
Musee des Beaux-Arts, Tourcoing, France.
Musee du Château, Belfort, France.
Musee des Beaux-Arts, Calais, France.
Museo Civico, Gibbelina, Italy.
Musee d’art ancien et contemporain, Epinal, France.
Musee Pierre Noel, Saint-Die-des-Vosges, France.
Lila Wallace Readers Digest Association, Inc. Connecticut, USA.
Security Pacific National Bank, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Stadtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany.
Villa Celle, Fattoria di Celle, Pistoia, Italy.
Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany.
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Zimmerli Voorhees Art Museum, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.PUBLIC and PRIVATE OUTDOOR COMMISSIONS
USA
For Mary Ellen Kramer, 1992, Sculpture Park, William Paterson University, NJ.
The Try-Al, 1983, Sculpture Park, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA.
Chair for Looking at Manhattan Island, 1983, Rutgers University Campus, NewBrunswick, NJ.France
Tree of Life, work-in-progress, 2014, proposed for Orly International Airport, Paris, France.
Porte du champ, 2006, Château de Dravert, Sculpture Park, Burgundy.
Orb, 1985, Hopital Beaujon, Paris.
Brou, 1985, Bourg-en-Bresse, Parc de l’Abbaye.
La nuit du 29 mai 1980, Parc de la Cerisaie, Lyon.
Homme en marche, 1989, Place du Marche des Vosges, Belfort.
Spirale, 1986, l’Est Republicain Park, Nancy-Houdemont.
Orbs, 1985, Rocher de Borde, Thiers.Germany
Wanderung eines Caspar David, 1991, Park Hafeninsel, Saarbrucken.Italy
Cellsmic, 1991, Sculpture Park, Fattoria di Celle, Pistoia.Israel
Olive Chariot, 1994, Sculpture Park, Ein Hod.Greece
Sarajevo…Sarajevo…Sarajevo, 1994, sound track by Marina Temkina, European Culture Center Sculpture Park, Delphi.Korea
From Below, 1988, Olympic Sculpture Park, Seoul.GRANTS and ARTIST RESIDENCES
2005 Grant, The George Sugarman Foundation, USA.
2004 Grant, The Institute for Contemporary Art & Research, ICAR, NYC.
2002 Grant, The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, USA.
2000 Artist Residence, Dure Foundation, Montaulieu, France.
1999 Artist Residence, Centrum Pro Metamedia, Plasy, Czech Republic.
1988 Artist Residence, Carl Djerassi Foundation, California, USA.
1984 Grant for the research “Art in Public Places”, Ministry of Culture, France.ARTISTS’ BOOKS
Boys Fight in collaboration with Marina Temkina, Winter Editions, Brooklyn, NY, and Alder & Frankia, Bridgeport, CT, 2023.Who Is I? in collaboration with Marina Temkina, edited by James Copeland, Content Series, limited edition, Brooklyn, NY, 2011.
MoMA Duomo, in collaboration with Marina Temkina, limited edition, Richard Meier Edition, France, 2006.
Observatoire Geomnesique, in collaboration with Marina Temkina, trilingual limited edition, translated in English by Alfred Corn, Richard Meier Edition, 1990.
Wanderung Eines Caspar David, limited edition, Richard Meier Edition, 1987.
New York Chairs et Autres Sculptures, precede de Portrait de l’Artiste en Jeune Pied,in collaboration with Claude Miniere, Carte Blanche Edition, Paris, 1985.
Projet d’un livre sur papier epais, in collaboration with Michel Butor, artist book in seven copies, 1984.
Feuillets d’espace, in collaboration with Michel Butor, artist book in seven copies, 1981.
ARTIST BOOK COLLECTIONS
Columbia University, NYC.
Harvard University, Houghton Library, Cambridge, MA.
Cornell University Library, NY.
New York Public Library, NY.
Stanford University Library, CA.
University of California, Berkeley, CA.
Central Connecticut State University Library, CT.
Yale University, Bienecke Library, CT.
Chicago Art Institute Collection Library, IL.
Princeton University Library, NJ.
Ohio State University Library, OH.TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1997-2003 Professor of Studio Arts, Ecole Nationale Superieure d’Art de Dijon, France.
1984-1991 Professor of Sculpture, Ecole Nationale Superieure d’Art de Cergy-Pontoise.
1983-1984 Visiting Artist, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA
1973-1984 Professor of Sculpture, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Tours, France.
1990 Young Sculptor Program, organized/supervised international exchange program, summer residency workshop and exhibition at Socrates Sculpture Park, New York; students from Ecole Nationale Superieur D’Art de Cergy-Pontoise, France, Bellas Artes Universitad de Barcelona, Spain, and Stadelschule Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
1984-1990 International Students Exchanges, organized/supervised programs between Ecole Nationale Superieure d’Art de Cergy-Pontoise and Rutgers University, NJ, University of Massachusetts at Amherst; Kyushu Institute of Design Kitakyushu, Japan.SELECTED WRITING BY MICHEL GERARD
“Life Before Art,” in Michel Gerard, The American Decade 1989–1999, catalogue, The Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY, 2002. §
“Transitions,” in New Observations, ed. Michelle Cone, issue 104, Jan./Feb., NYC, 1995 [p. 24-25].
“Ed Paschke,“ Galerie Darthea Speyer, catalogue, Paris, 1989.
“Notes,“ Jeanne Bucher Gallery, catalogue, Paris, 1989.
“Espace mental/Espace reel,“ in the series Entrecroisements, Sgraffite publisher, 1982.
“Papier Ouvre,” in Traverse, published by Centre Georges Pompidou, issue 27-28, 1982.
“La poesie, c’est-a-dire l’ecriture,“ in TXT, Issue 14, automne 1982.
“L’œuvre la plus niaise,“ in Daily-Bul, 1982.
“Notes,“ in Spirales, issue 12, 1981.
“Notes,” Jeanne Bucher Gallery, catalogue, Paris, 1981.
“Carl Andre and Michel Gerard: a Conversation” in Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, catalogue, Carl Andre exhibition, 1979.
«Carl Andre a l’ARC», MAM Ville de Paris, La Quinzaine Litteraire 1-15 Mai 1979.
“M.Servet/M.Boukheser,” in Chronique des annees de crise, Recherche/Exit Pobl., 1978.
“Un langage, quel langage?,“ in Loques, janvier 1978.
“D’une langue un peu chargee,“ in Artitudes, issue 39/44, 1977.
“Le Mythe du chrome,“ in Mythologies Quotidiennes, Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1977.
“Notes,“ Œil de Bœuf Gallery, catalogue, Paris, 1974.
Wrote art reviews in Les Nouvelles Litteraires, 1977; Opus International and La Quinzaine Litteraire, 1979–1989.MONOGRAPHS
Irlandes, Alain, Signature Transformations: 2009–1972, with a conversation between Alain-Julien Laferriere and Michel Gerard, Christian Pirot Publisher, 2009. §
Kuspit, Donald, Rue de Leningrad, with a conversation between Gerard Durozoi and Michel Gerard, Bernard Muntaner Publisher, Marseille, 2006.
Lemaire, Gerard-Georges, Michel Gerard Sc. With texts by Michel Butor, Alain Borer, Roger Dadoun, Gerard Durozoi, Giovanni Joppolo, Jean-Marie Gibbal, Olivier Kaeppelin, Gilbert Lascault, Marc Le Bot, Jean-Pierre Lemesle, Claude Miniere, Bernard Noel, Georges Raillard, Claudine Romeo, Jerome Peignot, Pierre Tilman; Limage Publisher, Paris, 1980. Du Centre d’Art
Van Tieghem. Jean-Pierre, Michel Gerard, Le Territoire de l’œil coll., Pierre Horay publisher, Paris, 1977.INCLUDED IN BOOKS
Chronique du Centre d’art Le Lait, Ed. Centre d’art Le Lait, 2019.Arcadia in Celle: L’art pour la nature, la nature pour l’art, Ed. Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul de Vence, 2012.
Cros, Caroline and Le Bon, Laurent, L’art a ciel ouvert, Flammarion publisher, 2008.
Garraud, Colette, L’artiste contemporain et la nature, Hazan publisher, Paris, 2007.
Monvoisin, Alain. Dictionnaire international de la sculpture, Ed. du Regard publ., 2007.
Merly, Isabelle, Art Contemporain, La Collection du Musee National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou publisher, 2007.
Lemaire, Gerard-Georges, Le Noir, Hazan publisher, Paris 2006.
Scheps, Marc, ArteinMemoria, Roma: Incontri Internazionali d’Arte, Zevi Editione, 2003.
Historia y Naturaleza – Fattoria di Celle, Ed.Bancaja, Ivan Institut,Valencia, Spain, 2002.
Durozoi, Gerard, editor, Dictionnaire de l’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Hazan publisher, 2002, M.G. [p. 275].
Joppolo, Giovanni, Le Matierisme dans la peinture des annees 80, L’Harmattan publisher, Paris, 1999.
Miniere, Claude, Panorama de l’ art europeen de puis 1945, Vol: L’art en France 1960-1995, Nouvelles Editions Francaises, Paris 1995.
Gori, Stefania, Risarcimento, Artisti Contemporanei per gli Uffizi, Leo S. Olschki publisher, Florence, 1995.
Ashton, Dore, Monumental Propaganda, Independent Curators Inc., New York, 1994.
Hobbs, Robert, Art in Arcadia, The Gori Collection, Umberto Allemandi publisher, Torino, 1994.
Durozoi, Gerard, editor, text by Schulmann, Didier, Dictionnaire de l’art moderne et contemporain, Hazan publisher, Paris, 1992.
L’Art du XX eme Siecle, Dictionnaire de peinture et de sculpture, Edited by Jean-Philippe Breuille, Larousse publ., Paris, 1991.
Pleynet, Marcelin, Michel Ragon l’art abstrait 1970–1987, Maeght publisher, Paris 1988.
Olympiad of Art, Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee, Ante Globata publisher, 1988, [pp. 320-321].
Bernard Christian, 25 ans d’art en France 1960–1985, Larousse publisher, Paris, 1986.
Pouillon, Nadine, La collection du Musee d’art Moderne, Centre Pompidou publ., 1986.
Le Bot, Marc, Images du corps, Presence Contemporaine publisher, 1986, [pp. 64-67].
La Sculpture contemporaine, Hazan publisher, Paris 1983.
Chalumeau, Jean-Luc, Lectures de l’art, Chene/Hachette publ., Paris 1981.
Xuriguera, Gerard, La sculpture en France, Arted publisher, 1982, M.G. [p. 124].
The Second International Triennale, Wroclaw, Poland, 1981, M.G. [p. 154].
Watlet, Francois, Corps de la Faim, 15 images approximatives de Michel Gerard, Atelier, Atelier de l’Agneau publisher, 1979.
Lascault, Gilbert, Encyclopedia Universalis, Paris, 1978.
Leveque, Jean-Jacques, Le complexe de Pompei, Pierre Horay publisher, Paris, 1978.
Chalumeau, Jean-Luc, Introduction a l’art d’aujourd’hui, Nathan publ., Paris 1976, [p. 161].
SOLO EXHIBITION CATALOGUES
Khidekel, Regina, "The Long End of the War"; Squier, Christopher, "A Reflection on Disappearance"; Temkina, Marina, "Wars Are Personal," The Harriman Institute at Columbia University co-organized with the Russian American Cultural Center, New York, NY, 2024.Barre, Francois, L’art de la fugue; Marc Scheps, A la recherche de souvenirs d’enfance; Perlein, Gilbert, Conversation; MAMAC and Galerie des Ponchettes, Nice, France, 2008.
Frizzell, Deborah, Matieres de memoire; Lemaire, Gerard-Georges, Du plomb et Du charbon; Musee d’art ancien et contemporain, Epinal, France, 2006.
Pean, Anne, Itineraire, Musee Sainte-Croix, Poitiers, France, 2003.
Danto, Arthur, An Artist of His Time; Eleanor Heartney, Material Energies; In Michel Gerard, The American Decade: 1989 – 1999; The Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, New York, 2002.
Frizzell, Deborah, Public Art: Realized & Unrealized; Sophia Gevas, Introduction; The Sacred Heart University Gallery; Fairfield, CT, 2002.
Kolberg, Gerhard, Introduction, Ludwig Museum Koblenz and Kunstraum Fuhrwerkswaage, Cologne, Germany, 1997.
Heartney, Eleanor, Retooling Nature; Einreinhofer, Nancy, Introduction; Ben Shahn Gallery, William Paterson University, NJ, 1995.
King, Elaine A, Ruins of the Future, Carnegie Mellon Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, 1989.
Kaeppelin, Olivier, Sortir, Varachaud Gallery, Grenoble, France, 1989.
Kaeppelin, Olivier, Journal d’un corps, Galerie Jacques Donguy, Bordeaux, France, 1989.
Guidieri, Remo, Retrieving the Dismembered Body of Osiris, Le Creux de l’Enfer, Centre d’art, Thiers, France, 1989.
Fitz Gibbon, John, Introduction, William H. Cooke Gallery, Sacramento, CA, 1988.
Kuspit, Donald; Fath, Manfred; Bender, Beate; Le Nouene, Patrick; Restany, Pierre, Sculpturen 1976 – 1988, Stadtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany, 1988.
Le Nouene, Patrick; Restany, Pierre; Donald Kuspit; Sculptures 1976–1988, Musee des Beaux-Arts de Calais, France, 1987.
Eimert, Dorothea; Cusin-Berche, Chantal Introductions; Daval, Jean-Luc At one with The Necessities of Sculpture; Leopold-Hoesch-Museum, Germany, and Centre d’Art Contemporain, Corbeil-Essonnes, France, 1987.
Huin, Bernard, The Secrets of Culture; Michel Gerard and Jean Prouve, A Conversation; Musee departemental, Epinal, France, 1983.
Gohel, Louis-Michel, Itineraries; Michel Gerard and Claude Miniere, A Conversation; Bar-le-Duc Museum, France 1983.
Shapiro, David, Poems for Michel Gerard, Max Hutchinson Gallery, NYC, 1982.
Lemaire, Gerard-Georges, Introduction, Maison de la Culture, Macon, France, 1981.
Noel, Bernard, L’Entropie retroussee. Villeparisis Centre culturel, France, 1978.
Restany, Pierre, Introduction, Galerie Lacloche, Paris, 1976.
Restany, Pierre, Introduction, Galerie Arcanes, Brussels, 1975.
Chevalier, Denys, Introduction, Galerie Enseigne du Cerceau, Paris, 1974.
SELECTED PERIODICALS AND ARTICLES IN CATALOGUES
2022
Temkina, Marina and Michel Gerard, "Boys Fight," Dissolve.2013
Sausset, Damien,“Michel Gerard, l’imaginaire en reserve,”Connaissance des Arts, Juin.
Archicree, Juin, [p. 7] «Le jardin et ses createurs.»2012
Vedrenne, Elisabeth, “La Villa Celle, moderne Arcadie toscane“, Connaissance des Arts, Avril.2009
Lemaire, Gerard-Georges, “Le Noir absolu et les lecons de tenebres“, Villa Tamaris, catalogue.2008
Bertolino, Georges, “Michel Gerard et l’Enfance de l’art“, Nice Matin, July2006
Carpenter, Jeanne, “Les carnets de croquis du sculpteur: de Rodin a Michel Gerard“, Les Lettres Francaises, Nov. [p. 11].2004
Shapiro, David, “Sculpture on Campus“, William Paterson University Galleries, catalogue.2003
Breerette, Genevieve, “Rebus et devinettes pour explorer la memoire de Michel Gerard," Le Monde, August 26, [p. 27].
Magalhaes, Stephanie, “Les moulins de la memoire,“ L’Art Aujourd’hui, Issue 28, April 4.
Bernadez Sanchis, Bernadette, “An Artwork is Reborn When you Look At It,” IVAM Institute Valencia, catalogue.
Koplos, Janet, “Michel Gerard at the Neuberger Museum,” review Art in America, January.2002
Smith, Roberta, “Hudson Valley Shows Focus on America,” The NY Times, July 26.
Zimmer, William, “Iron and Bronze Pieces, Yes, But Don’t Overlook the Couscous,“ The New York Times, Sunday, July 21.
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“Arcadia in Celle – The Gori Collection,“ catalogue, traveling exhibition, Japan.
Carvalho, Denise, “Fairy Tales“, Centrum Pro Metamedia, Plazy, Czech Republic, catalogue.1998
Heartney, Eleanor, “Beyond Categories,” Space Untitled, catalogue, July, NYC.
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Watkins, Eileen, The Sunday Star-Ledger, New Jersey, October 1.
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Breerette, Genevieve,“Michel Gerard, galerie Rachel Stella,” Le Monde, April 14, [p. 11].
Levin, Michael, Ein-Hod Sculpture Biennial catalogue, June-September.
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Levin, Angela, “Touch of Magic,” The Jerusalem Post Magazine, September 16, [p. 24].
Morgan, Robert, “Logo non Logo,” Thread Waxing Space, NYC, catalogue, [p. 20].1993
Weschler, Lawrence, “Slight Modifications,” The New Yorker, July 12.1992
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Dadoun, Roger, “Michel Gerard, violence, force, et ahimsa dans le metal,” Art Press, April, [p. 44].
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Hartmann, Horst, “Ein legitimer Sohn dis Feuergottes Vulkan,” Main Echo, Jan. 18.
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Breerette, Genevieve, “Histoire de forges,” Le Monde, August 25.
Miller, Donald, “Unusual Shows Open in Shadyside,“ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Nov. 10.
Homisak, Bill, “Michel Gerard’s post-industrial elegy in coal,” Pittsburgh Gazette, November 17.1988
Gibson, Michael, “Michel Gerard forge son oeuvre,” Beaux-Arts Magazine, issue 57.
Tronche, Anne, “Michel Gerard, sculptures 1976-1987,“ Opus International, issue 109.
Lassalle, Helene, “Michel Gerard, sculptures 1976-1987,“ Artefactum, issue 25.
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Gibson, Michael, “Gerard’s Iron Chronicles of the Industrial Era,“ International Herald Tribune, November 26-27, [p. 7].
Nuridsany, Michel, “Du spirituel dans l’art,” Le Figaro, August 2.
Huber, Alfred, “Formen aus erloschenen Feuern,“ Mannheimer Morgen, November 7.
Feeser, Sigrid, “Der Meister Schoner Metaphern,” Die Rheinfalz, November 8.
Hartmann, Horst, “Ein Sieger uber das Material,” Allgemeire Zeitung, November 25.
Buhles, Stefanie, “ Buhnenraume der Erinnerung,” Saarbrucker Zeitung, December 1.
V. Neumann-Cosel-Nobe, Isabelle, “Zwischen Weiss-und Rotglut: der Mensh,” Rhein-Neckaszeitung, December 16.
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Goetz, Benoit, “La promenade d’un sculpteur,” Picturia Magazine, issue 4, [pp. 12-13].
Glessler, Ursula, “Scheibe und Speer ?,” Saarbrucker Zeitung, January, [p. 5].
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Anonym, “Skulpturen des Franzonen Michel Gerard sind im Leopold-Hoesch- Museum Ausgestelt,“ ADZ Samstag, July 4.
Herkens, Andreas, “Der raum in cisen,” Ausschnitt, July 4.
Geduldig, Gemot, “Raum-kunst,” Ausschnitt Aachener, July 4.
Anonym, “Bruckenschlag zur romantic,” Saarbrucker Zeitung, July 7, [p. 9].
Glesser, Ursula, “Wandern mit Caspar David,” Saarbrucker Zeitung, July 28.
Vielhaber, Christiane, “Gerard Skulpturen in Duren,” Neies Rheinland, issue 8.
Vielhaber, Christiane, “Michel Gerard, Skulpturen, Zeichnungen und installationen”, %Das Kunstverk5, issue 4-5.1986
Mialon, Patrick, “Voyage au Creux de l’enfer,“ Opus International, [pp. 58-59].
Lassalle, Helene, Arte Factum, February-March, [p. 16].
Piguet, Philippe, Kanal, April-May.
Joppolo, Giovanni. “La sculpture comme intuition du materiau,“ Opus Int., Issue 102, [p. 28-29].1985
Restany, Pierre, d’Ars, Milan, February, [pp. 14-15].
Restany, Perre, “A conversation with Michel Gerard,” Opus Int. winter issue.
Thomas, Mona, review, Beaux-Arts, June.
Le Bot, Marc, “Une image du corps,“ La Quinzaine litteraire, June 16-30.
Pradel, Jean-Louis, “Akhta, tout fer, tout flamme,“ L’evenement du jeudi, July 4-10, [p. 77].
Giroud, Michel, interview, Kanal, summer issue, [p. 51].
Moulier, Jean, “Les aciers-totem de Michel Gerard,” L’Art vivant, No 12, summer.
Thomas, Michel, “Michel Gerard, corps, espace, matiere,“ Textile/Art, summer, [pp. 28-30].1984
Anonym, “Michel Gerard : Surveying His Work,“ Chicago Times, April 29.
Muchnic, Suzanne, review, Los Angeles Times, June 25, [p. 4].1983
Joppolo, Giovanni, “Michel Gerard ou la pensee de la matiere,” catalogue Marseille Art present, March.
Miniere, Claude, “La porte de l’enfer: a conversation, “ TXT, April, [pp.16-101].
Miniere, Claude, “Les Revues d’art en Europe,“ Sgraffite.1982
Lemaire, Gerard-Georges, review, Art Press, January.
Le Bot, Marc, “Les signes obscurs de Michel Gerard,“ Revue d’Esthetique, issue 3 [pp. 164-165].
Chaveau, Sophie, “Une vie d’artiste a plein rendement,“ Arts, March.
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Syring, Marie-Louise, «Spiegelbilder, Kunst und Moderne Psychoanalyse», Kunstforum, January, [pp. 72-73].
Julien-Laferriere, Alain, interview, “Le style,“ Tours Multiple, catalogue, March 20-April 27.
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Tasset, Jean-Marie, “Michel Gerard, une volonte de forgeron,“ Le Figaro, Dec. 2.
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Joppolo, Giovanni, “La material come percorso,” Il Diaro, February 21.
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Huser, France, Le Nouvel Observateur, March 3-9.
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Lemaire, Gerard-Georges, Bois-du-Luc La Louviere, catalogue.
Lemaire, Gerard-Georges, Opus Int., winter issue.1979
Cooper, David/Zecca Marine, “A conversation with Michel Gerard: Nomades dans l’encerclement des languages,” Opus Int., winter, [pp. 48-49].
Hesterberg, Thomas, “Sockel mit Rissen,“ Kolner Stadt-Anzeiger, April 12-13.
Siering, Aene, “Bruchigkei des Perfekten,” Bonner Rundschau, May 11.
Pohlen, Annelie, General Anzeiger, May 11.
CRACAP, Le Creusot, “La Commande Sociale,” Informations, issue 5.
Meunier, Jean-Claude, “Ceci n’est pas un objet, A conversation with Michel Gerard, “L’objet“, Revue d’Esthetique, issue 3-4, [pp. 188-189].1978
Lemaire, Gerard-Georges, Opus Int., winter, [pp. 85-86].
Dadoun, Roger, “Quand l’art fait signe a l’industrie,” La Quinzaine litteraire, March 16/30.
Jocou, Andre, +-0, April.
Dil, Fernando, “Um dossier da augusta,“ O. Seculo illustrado, May 21.
Leveque, Jean-Jacques, Les Nouvelles litteraires, August 31- September 7.
La Fere, Anne-Marie/Van Tieghem, Jean-Pierre/Blistene, Bernard, “Conversation with Michel Gerard, “ +-0, October, [pp. 48- 51].
Raillard, Georges, “Certitude de metal,” Silex, December, [pp. 158-163].1977
Gibbal, Jean-Marie, Exit, December, [p. 132].
Chalumeau, Jean-Luc, Opus Int., January-February, [p. 96].
Leveque, Jean-Jacques, “Le temps retrouve,” Le Quotidien du medecin, March 18.
Leveque, Jean-Jacques, Jardin des Arts, April.
Chalumeau, Jean-Luc, “Spacialisations,“ Opus Int., May, [pp. 40-41].
Jocou, Andre, La Libre Belgique, September.
Paluel-Marmont, Claudia, Les Nouvelles litteraires, October.
Durozoi, Gerard, 25, October.
Leveque, Jean-Jacques, “Steles de l’absence,“ Jardin des Arts, October.
Raillard, Georges, “Le coffre-fort sera-t-il un jour monument?,“ La Quinzaine Litteraire, November 1-15, [p. 15].
Mignard, Annie, “Des coffre-forts sur la plage,“ Liberation, November 15, [p. 15].
Ferran. Pierre, L’Education, November.
Gillemon, Danielle, Le Soir, Bruxelles, December 1, [p. 14].
Lara, K., Quatre million quatre, December 15.
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Cooper, David, "Le langage de la Folie," Le Seuil Ed., coll. Combat, [p. 83].1976
Volfin, Marie-Claude, Les Nouvelles litteraires, July 29.
Leveque, Jean-Jacques, Jardin des Arts, July-August.
Cabanne, Pierre, Elle, August.
Leveque, Jean-Jacques, “Une sculpture panique,“ Le Quotidien de Paris, August 23.
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Pradel, Jean-Louis, Politique Hebdo, October 25-31.
Dil, Fernando, “Um universo assulador em metal cromado,“ O, Seculo illustrado, October.
Van Tieghem, Jean-Pierre, %Arts antiques auctions5, Bruxelles, November.
Noel, Bernard, “Les objets non fontionnels de Michel Gerard,“ La Quinzaine Litteraire.
Cooper, David and Michel Gerard, “A conversation,“ introduction by Roger Dadoun, Art Press, December [p. 40].1975
Cabanne, Pierre, Elle, June.
Jocou, Andre, Notre Temps, Bruxelles, December.
Caso, Paul, Le Soir, Bruxeles, December 16, [p. 9].1974
Alfonso, Jose-Maria, “Dario de Lerida,“ Mirador de Paris, October 20. [p. 4].
Dadoun, Roger, La Quinzaine litteraire, November 1-15.
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Leveque, Jean-Jacques, “Un signal pour la culture,“ La Galerie Magazine.1970
Cornu, Marcel, “Paris-Architecture: formes et beton,“ Les Lettres Francaises, November.
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