'Mercure (Mercury)' (Model: Enzo Junior), 2001
Arrache mon cœur (Take My Heart) Vintage Exhibition Poster (NO DATES)
Working together since 1976, the French artists Pierre Commoy (b. 1950) and Gilles Blanchard (b. 1953) (aka Pierre et Gilles) have created many outstanding art pieces that have brought them international recognition. Their finely painted photographs, which amalgamate photography and painting, have successfully charmed many people with ironic, humorous images that merge experimental art with popular kitsch. In their photo-paintings, the dramatic backdrop and iconic characters are carefully constructed to create images that dazzle with a glamour that is delightful, as well as, disturbing.
SELECT RECENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2023
'Pierre et Gilles: The Colors of Time', Galerie Templon, Paris, France
2022
'Pierre et Gilles: Les couleurs du temps', Galerie Templon, Brussels, Belgium
'Pierre et Gilles: Troubled Waters', Spritmuseum, Stockholm Sweden
2020
'Pierre et Gilles: Errances immobiles', Galerie Templon, Paris, France
2019
'Pierre et Gilles: Factory of Idols', Philharmonie de Paris, Musée de la Musique, Paris, France
2018
'Pierre et Gilles: Le temps imaginaire', Galerie Templon, Paris, France
2017
'Pierre et Gilles', Ixelles Museum, Brussels, Belgium
2014
'Pierre et Gilles: Héros', Galerie Templon, Paris, France
2011
'Pierre et Gilles', ARC / Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
2009
'Pierre et Gilles: Wonderful Town', Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris, France
'Pierre et Gilles: l´Apothéose du Sublime', Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
'Pierre et Gilles: Retrospektive', C/O Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2008
'Pierre et Gilles', Galerie Lansar, Geneva, Switzerland
'Prospect. 1 New Orleans' (group exhibition), New Orleans, LA
'Pierre et Gilles', Galerie Municipale de Sofia, Bulgaria
2007
'Pierre et Gilles 1976 - 2006', Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris, France
'Pierre et Gilles', Moscow House of Photography, Moscow, Russia
'Pierre et Gilles', Galerie Andrea Caratsch, Zurich, Switzerland
2005
'Pierre et Gilles: Retrospective', Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Shanghai, China
2004
'Pierre et Gilles: Le Grand Amour', Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris, France
'Pierre et Gilles: Beautiful Dragon', Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
'Pierre et Gilles: Beautiful Dragon', Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2003
'Pierre et Gilles', Le Botanique, Brussels, Belgium
'Pierre et Gilles', Robert Miller Gallery, New York