Richard Texier


Richard Texier is a French painter and sculptor. He lives and works in Paris.
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Biography

Texier spent his childhood in the Poitevin region of Western France. 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.
In 1979, Texier moved to New York City, 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:
In 1982, Texier exhibited for the first time at the Foire Internationale d'Art Contemporain in Paris with the Claudine Bréguet gallery.
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, La Grande Arche de la Défense, the National Assembly of France, the International Tapestry Museum in Aubusson, France, the European Parliament and the Musée du Luxembourg in Paris.
Texier's most recent works include Chaosmos 2009, Pantheo Vortex 2011, and Elastogénèse 2013.
Chaosmos
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-Vortex
  • « 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.» »
  • « Ce projet 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. »
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.»

Distinctions

Works

Selected personal exhibitions

Publications

  • 1979 : Constructions d’après nature, a work in three parts edited with the participation of the National Center for Contemporary Art of France.
  • 1981 : Lune, l’autre le paysage, a publication in three periods.
  • * 1: Research and technical approach to landscape
  • * 2 : Precise verified astronomy and representation of the lunar cycle
  • * 3: Presentation of various attitudes, installations, and representations in landscape
  • 1983 : Petit Précis cosmographique, a collection composed of 12 celestial diagrams
  • 2015 : Pantheo Vortex, a portfolio of photographs by Richard Texier, with a text by Catherine Millet, Art Press editions and Eric Higgins
  • 2015 : Nager, story, published by Gallimard, collection Blanche, Paris,.
  • 2017: The Big M, roman publié chez Gallimard, collection Blanche, Paris,
  • 2018: Theirs, publié chez Gallimard, collection Blanche, Paris,
  • 2018: Manifesto of Elastogenesis, publié chez Éditions Fata Morgana,
  • 2019: The glowworm hypothesis, publié chez Gallimard, collection Blanche, Paris,

Films

  • 2008 : Rouge très très fort on the works of Zao Wou-Ki, available on DVD by éditions Biro and aired on ARTE
  • 2013 : The Death of Cleopatra, Youtube and aired on France2
  • 2013 : Gabrielle d'Estrée, Youtube
  • 2015 : Le signe Nomade, documentary on Farid Belkahia available on DVD

Selected public works

The Tools of the Navigator

The Spirit of Time

Angel Bear

'''Unicorna Celeste'''

Selected bibliography

Hors-Série Magazines

Art press N° 413, "Supplément Richard Texier", July–August 2014, Beaux Arts Magazine Hors Série, "Richard Texier Œuvres récentes", July 2008, Connaissance des arts Hors Série N° 222, "Richard Texier, l'arpenteur des rêves", 2004,

Selected Monographs and books on Richard Texier

Selected Exhibition Catalogs

  • Collectif, "Richard Texier - Exposition à la Galerie Pierre Levy", Biro éditeur, 2011,
  • Philippe Le Guillou, "Richard Texier - Theoria sacra", Éditions Le temps qu'il fait, 2008,
  • Zao Wou-Ki & Daniel Pennac, "Richard Texier - Créatures Mythiques", Edited by M Art Center Shanghai, 2008,
  • Alice King Gallery, "Paintings on chinese nautical charts - Richard Texier", Alisan Fine Arts, 2007,
  • Martina Corgnati, "Richard Texier, Opere recenti", Edited by Galleria San Carlo Milan, 2007
  • "L'Ouest céleste" Edited by the Museum of fine Art Shanghai, 2005
  • Serge Raffy, "Richard Texier, Les îles de la destinée", Edited by Galerie Thessa Herold, 2004
  • Marie Lavandier & François Haquin, "Les droits de l'homme - Richard Texier", Éditions du musée du président Jacques Chirac, 2001,
  • Alexandre Grenier, "Homo Stella: Le nouveau système du monde", Edited by Galerie Thessa Herold, 2001
  • François Carrassan & Daniel Dobbels, "Richard Texier à la Villa Noailles", Éditions Plume, 1999,
  • Jean Pierre Verdet, "Richard Texier, Le centre, le cercle et la périphérie", Éditions Le temps qu'il fait, 1998,
  • Emmanuel de Fontainieu & Préface d'Erik Orsenna, "Richard Texier, Les outils du navigateur",Éditions Le temps qu'il fait, 1998,
  • "Richard Texier - Peintures Récentes 1996", Edited by Galerie Virus Antwerp, 1996
  • Catherine de Braeckeleer, Victor Miziano, Leonid Bajanov & Stéphane Penxten, "Richard Texier - Moscou' 92", Le Botanique Éditions, 1993
  • Jean-Louis Giovannoni, "Richard Texier, Sculptures", Les Éditions du Cinq, 1993
  • Denis Montebello, "Richard Texier ou Le droit d'épave", Éditions Le temps qu'il fait, 1989,
  • Bertrand Gibert, "Richard Texier", Edited by Lea Gredt, Luxembourg, 1988
  • Pierre Restany, Peter Frank, "Richard Texier- Codex Mira", Edited by the Sainte-Croix de Poitiers, Donjon de Niort, la Rochelle & la Roche sur Yon museums, 1985
  • Cherry Barbier & J-L Chalumeau, "Richard Texier - Mutus Luner", Simon Chaput Editor, 1983

Selected Illustrated Books

  • 1988: C'est comme ça, Georges-L. Godeau, Éditions Le dé bleu / Le Castor astral,
  • 1989: La Danse, suivi de Débris reconstruits, Lokenath Bhattacharya, French text by Franck-André Jamme, Éditions Festina Lente
  • 1989: "Les Chambres de l’œil", Franck André Jamme, Éditions Fata Morgana
  • 1990: Bois de lune, Franck André Jamme, Éditions Fata Morgana,
  • 1990: Une petite affaire un peu spirituelle, Franck-André Jamme, Éditions SLM
  • 1992: Pas japonais, Jean-Louis Giovannoni, Éditions Unes
  • 1992: Le Roi du bois, Pierre Michon, Éditions Infernales
  • 1994: Nicolas de Staël, André Du Bouchet, Éditions Au Fil de l’Encre
  • 1996: L’horizon est plus grand, Patrick Deville, Éditions Le Petit Jaunais
  • 1996: Le Navire poulpe, Gilbert Lascault, Éditions Le Petit Jaunais
  • 1998: Traité des possibles, Zéno Bianu, Éditions Fata Morgana
  • 1998: Se noyer en eau sèche, Salah Stétié, Éditions R.L.D.
  • 1999: Codex oceanicus, Kenneth White, Éditions R.L.D.
  • 1999: Rêves, Ernst Jünger, Éditions Fata Morgana,
  • 2001: Ex-voto, Richard Texier, Éditions R.L.D.
  • 2001: Fugue, Zéno Bianu, Éditions Maeght
  • 2002: Pierre ouverte, Zéno Bianu, Éditions R.L.D.
  • 2002: Exercices d’aimantation, Zéno Bianu, Éditions Les Petits Classiques du grand pirate
  • 2003: In situ, Richard Texier, Éditions R.L.D.
  • 2003: Une bouteille à la mer, Gérard Macé, Édition Les Presses de Sérendip
  • 2006: L’Ouest céleste, Isabelle Autissier, Éditions R.L.D.
  • 2012: Éloge des survivants, Zéno Bianu, Éditions Les Cahiers du Museur

Documentaries

Radio

Livres et vous, France Bleu, 17 August 2015

Le Temps des libraires, France Culture, 30 June 2015

Carnet Nomade, France Culture, 20 June 2015

Le temps des écrivains, France Culture, 20 June 2015

Social club, Europe 1, 3 June 2015

Social club, Europe 1, 15 September 2014

Culture Vive, RFI, mercredi 9 May 2012

Video

Festival de Saintes, Connaissance des Arts, 11 July 2016

LostParadise, Huffington Post, 3 June 2016

YouTube, SNCF Gares & Connexions, 4 February 2016

Documentaire, Benoit Labourdette, 7 October 2014

YouTube, Ouvre tes yeux, 5 July 2014

Documentaire, Benoit Labourdette, 18 June 2014

YouTube, Richard Texier, 17 March 2014

CULTURE T, Public Sénat, 19 April 2013

Documentaire, Benoit Labourdette, 11 July 2011

Dailymotion, J'aime Département de Seine-Maritime, 26 June 2008

Documentaire, Luc Héral, 2002

Journal de 20H, France 2, 1 June 1998
L'Arpenteur Celeste, a film by Camille Guichard, Production and distribution, Terra Luna Films, 1991