Lionel Estève

French visual artist, born in Lyon on July 30, 1967

Lionel Estève

Estève (2022)

Born|  (1967-07-30) 30 July 1967 (age 58)

Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Nationality| French
Education| École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Lyon
Free University of Brussels
Known for| Installation, sculpture, drawing
Awards| SABAM Awards, distinguished in Plastic Arts, 2016

Lionel Estève (born July 30, 1967) is a French artist sculptor recognized for his work grounded in geometric abstraction and kinetic art. His work deals with the boundaries of human perception and connection between man and nature. Since the late-1990s, his work has been exhibited widely, most notably at Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris and MOMA Museum of Modern Art in New York. In 2020, Estève published his first autobiographical story entitled Mourir.[1] Estève studied at École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Lyon and Philologie Romane at the Free University of Brussels. He lives and works in Brussels and Southeastern France.

## Work

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Lionel Estève, Ballon rose, 2004; Ballon blue, 2004
Balls, net, and balloons, approx. 120 cm, each

Estève defines all his work as a sculpture. His work is both figurative and abstract and is generally inspired by motifs found in the natural environment or through the experience of vision and perception. His signature sculptures are playful and show clear affinities with kinetic art and the Zero movement. The elements of movement in the work of Estève unquestionably refers to the work of classics such as Jan Schoonhoven and Walter Leblanc in which the flat surface gives rise to visual illusions and transient effects.[2] In his work, he often emphasizes space through, among other things, mobiles in colored plexiglass or fine mesh in steel wire. His light colorful structures often vibrate and are often sensual. He experiments with various materials and handcrafted techniques to create works that include different forms of art: collages, assemblage (art), sculptures, kinetic art sculptures, and mobile (sculpture).

## Exhibitions

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### Solo exhibitions

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Estève has been the focus of several solo and retrospectives exhibitions at various international institutions, including Lionel Estève: Le ventre de la terre at the Musée du Verre in Charleroi (Marcinelle) in 2017;.[3] Lionel Estève: Poussières urbaines et sculptures plates at Espace 251 Nord (La Comète) in Liege in 2016;[4] Lionel Estève; Un nuage sur mes épaules at the Blueproject Foundation in Barcelona in 2015;[5] Lionel Estève; Rétrospective at De La Charge in Brussels in 2015; Lionel Estève; Vivre en pensée at Les Eglises, centre d'art contemporain de la ville de Chelles in Chelles in 2015;[6] Lionel Estève; Teenagers are Always Right at the Château de Vert Mont in Rueil-Malmaison in 2010;[7] Lionel Estève: Lucky Colors at Louis Vuitton in Las Vegas in 2009; Lionel Estève: I can talk to my cat / Thinking what others are thinking at the Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels in 2008; Lionel Estève at the De Vereniging DD, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens in Deurle in Belgium in 2008; Lionel Estève: Fleurs de Rocailles at the Herzliya Museum of Art in Herzliya (Israel) in 2006;[8] Migrateurs: Lionel Estève, curated by Hans-Ulrich Obrist and directed by Suzanne Pagé et Laurence Bossé at the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris in 2003.[9]

### Group exhibitions

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Estève's work has been included in various group exhibitions in institutions and museums internationally. In 1998, he was invited to show at Centre Culturel de Belem in Lisbon in the exhibition O fascínio das faces da Flandres, 58/98: duas horas de viagem para duas de tamanho. The exhibition traveled to Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten in Antwerp and included work by, amongst others, Marcel Broodthaers, Jan Vercruysse, and Luc Tuymans. In 1999 he participated in Antwerp in the Laboratorium (art exhibition), curated by Hans-Ulrich Obrist and Barbara Vanderlinden, and in 1999 he participated in the survey exhibition Generation Z, curated by Klaus Biesenbach, Alanna Heiss, and Barbara Vanderlinden at the MoMA PS1 (formerly P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center) in New York. In 2000, Estève participated in La ville, le jardin, la mémoire, an exhibition curated by Laurence Bossé, Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, and Hans-Ulrich Obrist at the Villa Medicis in Rome. In 2006–07 his work was presented in New York at the MOMA Museum of Modern Art in the survey exhibition An Eye on Europe, an exhibition curated by Deborah Wye.[10] In 2015, Estève and the poet Sandra Lim considered 'life for Adam and Eve after the fall, as a banal reality that begins to crystallize.' The work and poem were published in T, The New York Times Style Magazine.[11]

## Collections

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* Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France[12]
* CNAP Centre national des arts plastiques, National Centre for Visual Arts, Paris, France
* Fonds régional d’art contemporain Bretagne, Rennes, France
* Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Namur, Belgium
* Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
* Parlement de la federation Wallonie-Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium[13]
* Thalielab, La Fondation Thalie, Brussels, Belgium
* Fonds municipal d'art contemporain de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
* Museum of Modern Art, New York, US[14]

## Recognition

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In 2016, Estève received the SABAM Award for his distinguished contribution to the visual arts.[15]

## Personal life

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Estève was born in Lyon on July 30, 1967. He studied visual art at École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Lyon and Roman Philologie at the Free University of Brussels. Since 1997, Estève has been living and working in Brussels and a small village in the Drôme, a department in Southeastern France where his grandfather was born.[16][17]

## See also

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* List of French artists

## References

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1. ^ Staff writer (August 2020). "Mourir #152". Lamiroy. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
2. ^ Luk Lambrecht (22 May 2011). "Duizelingwekkende kunst: Lionel Estève bij Hermes in Brussel". Knack. Archived from the original on 23 October 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
3. ^ "Musée du verre – Lionel Estève – Le ventre de la terre". Charleroi Museum. Archived from the original on 19 February 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
4. ^ "E2N 35 – ARCHIVES ACTIVES // PUBLISHED – OUT SOON". Espace 251 Nord. Archived from the original on 19 February 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
5. ^ "Lionel Estève Un nuage sur mes épaules". Webarcelona. Archived from the original on 19 February 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
6. ^ "Accueil › Agenda › Expo " Vivre en pensée ", Lionel Estève aux " Eglises " de Chelles". Nuit des eglises. Archived from the original on 19 February 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
7. ^ "LIONEL ESTÈVE, TEENAGERS ARE ALWAYS RIGHT à Fondation Tuck/Château de Vert-Mont, Rueil-Malmaison, 2010". Galerie Perrotin. Archived from the original on 19 February 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
8. ^ "Lionel Estève". Herzliya Museum. Archived from the original on 19 February 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
9. ^ Obrist, Hans-Urlich; Pagé, Suzanne; Bossé, Laurence (2003). Lionel Estève: Migrateurs) (in French). Paris: Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris. ISBN 2-904497-18-8. Archived from the original on 19 February 2020.
10. ^ "Eye on Europe: Prints, Books & Multiples/1960 to Now, Oct 15, 2006 – Jan 1, 2007, MoMA". Museum of Modern Art. Archived from the original on 7 December 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
11. ^ Magazine, T. (14 August 2015). "Imagining Life After Eden". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
12. ^ "Cash Project". Centre Pompidou.
13. ^ Staff writer. "Parlement van de Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles".
14. ^ "Lionel Esteve". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
15. ^ "La Sabam a décerné ses "Awards" à 15 artistes". L'echo. Archived from the original on 19 February 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
16. ^ Staff writer (10 May 2020). "Het juweel van Lionel Estève". Highlights Eeckman Art & Insurance.
17. ^ Gallot, Clémentine (12 May 2015). ""A Wander", La balade des champs heureux". Libération. SARL Libération. Retrieved 5 May 2020.

Further reading (selected monographies and catalogues)

* Estève, Lionel; Obrist, Hans-Ulrich (2003). Lionel Esteve [Exhibition catalogue, Migrateurs, ARC, Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris, July-September 2003]. Paris: ARC, Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris. p. 111 p. ill. ISBN 9782904497186. OCLC 1111561859.
* Estève, Lionel. Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. Lionel Estève. OCLC 84685829. The folder may include announcements, clippings, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, small exhibition catalogs, and other ephemeral material. Available at MoMA Museum of Modern Art
* Barbara, Vanderlinden; Asselberghs, Herman; Bal, Mieke (1998). 58/98 Twee uur breed of twee uur lang [Exhibition catalogue, Centro Cultural de Belém Lisbon, June 20, 1998-February 2, 1999 and Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, 1999–1999]. Antwerpen: Stad Antwerpen. p. 257 p. ill.
* Joo, Henna; Zacharopoulos, Denys (2006). Another worlds. Part I : April 18-June 18, [Exhibition catalogue, Arario Gallery, Seosan-si, Korea, 2006] : Pablo Alonso, Lionel Estève, Jeremy Fay... [et al.] Cheonan, République de Corée: Arario gallery. p. 96 p. ill. ISBN 9788995675885. OCLC 1080438020.
* Estève, Lionel; Brochard, Yves; Maitte, Bernard (2006). Night rainbow. Brussels: Best of Publishing. ISBN 9782930150918. OCLC 603268172.
* Bing. 04. Paris: Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin. 2007. p. 67 p. ill. OCLC 421987910.
* Le soigneur de gravité. Hornu: Musée des Arts Contemporains Grand-Hornu. 2008. p. 153 p. : ill. OCLC 950211549.
* Hoet, Jan; Canonne, Xavier; Vander Gucht, Daniel (2009). Nothing is permanent. Albert Baronian, profession: galeriste. Brussels: Brussel De Elektriciteitscentrale. p. 221 p. ill. OCLC 901199815.
* Estève, Lionel; Poirier, Matthieu; Paul, Frédéric (2011). Lionel Estève. Paris: Galerie Perrotin, Brussels : Baronian_Francey; Athens : Bernier-Eliades. p. 144 p. ill. ISBN 9782953279764. OCLC 859435387.
* Estève, Lionel; Zacharopoulos, Denys (2011). Lionel Estève : There are no circles [Published on the occasion of the exhibition at La Verrière Hermès, April 30-July 2, 2011]. Paris: Fondation d'entreprise Hermès. p. 1 CD. OCLC 1055162059.
* Estève, Lionel (2014). Lionel Estève: Some Waves. Athens: Bernier/Eliades. ISBN 9789605051396. OCLC 908424012.
* Estève, Lionel; Byrd, Herman; Penwarden, Charles (2015). Lionel Estève: a Very Small Part of Infinity. Arlon: Analogues. ISBN 9782358640626. OCLC 944521869.
* Estève, Lionel; Zacharopoulos, Denys (2015). Il Salotto : Lionel Esteve, un nuage sur mes épaules [Exhibition catalogue, March 6-June 7, 2015]. Barcelona: Barcelona Blueproject Foundation. p. 111 p. ill. ISBN 9788494169977. OCLC 931024243.
* Demeulemeester, Thijs; Hendrikx, Diane (2016). Artists at home \ work. Antwerp: Luster. p. 320 p. ill. ISBN 9789460581847. OCLC 980892604.
* Estève, Lionel (2017). Lionel Estève à Sèvres : [Exhibition catalogue, Manufacture de Sèvres, October 18-November 4, 2017]. Sèvres: Manufacture de Sèvres. p. 111 p. ill. OCLC 1029252734.
* Bal-Blanc, Pierre; Ouroumov, Émile (2017). Project Phalanstère at Cac Brétigny, or: "Of museum orgy or mixed omnigamy in composite and harmonic order" treatise. Berlin: Berlin Sternberg Press. p. 268 p. ill. ISBN 9783956793196. OCLC 1113374616.
* Designed by artists. Brussels: Brussel D&A Lab s.a. OCLC 901250377.

Writings by the artist

* Estève, Lionel (2020). Mourir. Collection Opuscules. Brussels: Editions Lamiroy. ISBN 978-2-87595-344-5.

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