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Benoît Maire (born 22 October 1978 in Pessac)[1] is a French visual artist who works in film, sculpture, painting, photography, collage, and performance art. He is known for treating theory as an art form in its own right.[2]

Benoît Maire
Born	(1978-10-22) October 22, 1978 (age 43) Pessac, France
Nationality	French
Education	Palais de Tokyo, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Villa Arson, Nice, Pavillon, and Michel de Montaigne University Bordeaux 3.
Known for	Film, sculpture, painting, photography, collage, performance
Movement	Conceptual

Biography

Benoît Maire studied visual art and philosophy at Michel de Montaigne University Bordeaux 3, at the Villa Arson in Nice, and at the Sorbonne where he began doctoral studies in philosophy, which he subsequently abandoned in 2006.[3] He also did graduate work at Le Pavillon, Palais de Tokyo in Paris.[4]

Solo exhibitions (selection)

• Spiaggia di Menzogne, Fondazione Giuliani, Rome, 2013[5]
• Weapon, David Roberts Art Foundation, London, 2013[6]
• Soon the metal between us will turn into gold, Kunsthalle Mulhouse, 2011[7]
• Castling the Queen, Meessen De Clercq, Brussels, 2016.

Public collections (selection)

Maire’s work is included in public collections such as:

• Centre Georges Pompidou – Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris[8]
• FRAC Aquitaine, Bordeaux[9]
• Kadist Art Fondation, Paris[10]
• Nomas Fondation, Rome
• FRAC Île-de-France, Le Plateau, Paris
• David Roberts Art Foundation, London

Films (selection)

• Le Berger (The Shepherd), 2011[11]
• L'Île de la répétition (Repetition Island), 2010[12]

See also

• Conceptual art
• Aesthetics

References

External links

• Benoît Maire interviewed by Hans Ulrich Obrist.
• A review of Maire's work by Dan Fox in Frieze Magazine.
• The artist's page on his German gallery's website, Croy Nielsen.
• Benoît Maire + Falke Pisano by Anthony Huberman, Blouin ARTINFO, 4 January 2009.
• Benoît Maire Artist Profile by Marie D'Elbée, This Is Tomorrow, 29 November 2011.
• An interview with Benoît Maire in Paris Art Magazine, 2 December 2010.

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