Gilles Larrain
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Gilles Larrain in his studio, photographed by a friend |
Born in
Dalat,
Vietnam in
1938,
Gilles Larrain was first a painter, who went through the
Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and one of the pioneers in
kinetic art in the 1960's, using air, smoke, light, water and neon tubes. Fascinated by the complementarity between paintings and photography, he became later a New York photographer and in
Soho, where he realized among other works well-known posters of
Miles Davis,
Sting and
Billy Joel.
He also photographed
John Lennon, Yoko Ono,
Jerry Rubin and
Salvador Dalí, and created record covers for Sting, Miles Davis and Billy Joel. Captivated by the
flamenco aesthetic, Gilles has since become a great follower of this art, even taking up the guitar. His camera has captured the soul of
flamenco in one of those rare artistic conjunctions where technical wisdom and experience become melded with the most difficult to express emotions. His works can be viewed at his official website:
www.GillesLarrain.com* 1973
Idols (edited by Raph Gibson) "Photographs are my reactions to the provocation of beauty - whatever that may be"
* 1985
Exquisite creatures, together with
Robert Mapplethorpe,
Deborah Turbeville,
Ray Volkmann : visions of the ineffable beauty of women
* 1985
American Ballet Theatre, Souvenir book;
Mikhail Baryshnikov, director.
* 1988
The profoto book of flash together with
Annie Leibovitz,
Yukio Shimizu,
Jan Bengtsson : the history of studio lighting
* 1991
Mirrors of memory, one-man show, Dallas Meadows Museum
* 1993
Daily life, with
Antonio Vizcaino : ancient history of Mexico
* 1997 Jean-Marc HUITOREL, Francis LACLOCHE, Photographie d'une collection, 2. OEuvres photographiques de la Caisse des dépôts et consignations, Paris, Hazan, 1997, 173 p., ill. NB et coul., invent.
*1966
Gilles Larrain - Southampton East Gallery, NYC, USA - Paintings
*1966
50 New-York artists - Max's Kansas City, NYC, USA - Group show
*1967
Light, Motion, Space - Walker Art Center - Minneapolis, MN -
Kinetic art (First kinetic art exhibition in the USA) - Group show
*1967
Luminism - The Artist Club - NYC, USA - Group show - Kinetic Art
*1967
Espace dynamique en constant mouvement, 5eme Biennale, Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de
Paris, France
*1968
Neon Sculptures, I - Benson Gallery, Long Island, NY, USA
*1968
Neon Sculptures, II - Neue Kunst Museum -
Munich, D
*1968
6th Annual Avant-Garde Festival, NYC, USA
*1969
Inflated Children's Paintings, Shakespeare's Theater, NYC, USA
*1969
Induction Square, Suffolk Museum, NYC, USA
*1969
Tubulaire, avec Francois Dallegret, prix Les Levine, Musee d'Art Moderne, Paris, France
*1971
Art et technologie, Centre Sigma,
Bordeaux, France - group show
*1972
The objective eye, Galerie Baecker,
Bochum, Germany
*1973
Exposition mondiale de photographie,
Hambourg, Germany - group show
*1975
90 Black and White Prints, Paleis voor Schone Kunsten (Palais des Beaux-Arts), Brussels, Belgium - Group show
*1975
Faces and Spaces, Services culturesl francais, Ambassade de France, NYC, USA
*1978
Portraits, The Harkness House Gallery, New York
*1978
Portraits II, The Nary Center, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
*1980
I Sing The Body Electric', The Squibb Gallery, Princeton, New Jersey, USA - Group show
*1981 Interfaces
, Aspen Institute, Aspen, CO, USA
*1982 Interfaces
, Wye Plantation, Aspen Institute, Queenstown, DC
*1982 Portraits
, Agathe Gaillard Gallery, Paris, France
*1983 Portraits
, Alliance Francaise, New York, USA
*1984 American Ballet Theater Photos
, Dyansen Gallery 57, NYC, USA
*1985 Dixieme Anniversaire
, Agathe Gaillard Gallery, France
*1985 Art Werburg
, Gallery Tabula, Tubingen, Germany
*1987-1992 Body and Faces II', Services Culturels Francais, Circulating show in the USA for 5 years.
*1990-1991
Photo Icons,
Meadows Museum, Dallas
*1991
Photographes de la Galerie. Centre de la Photographie, Geneve, Switzerland
"Photography is a way of asking questions and finding some answers."
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gilleslarrain.com*
The world of flamenco*
Some courses he has been teaching in NYC
