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Almine Rech

John M Armleder

Co-founder of the Ecart Group (1969) and closely affiliated with the Fluxus movement, visual artist John M Armleder has since the end of the 1960's created a polymorphic body of work which encompasses performance, drawings, sculptures and paintings. Generally characterized by a sense of deep interconnectedness between life and art, and the appropriation of objects and quotes, his work is loaded with a set of influences and references which elude the modernist vernacular as well as any form of classification. Armleder gained international recognition with his Furniture Sculpture series from 1979, bringing together iconic examples of design and paintings to reflect on the trivialization of the artwork as an ornamental accessory. The artist is also recognized for his celebrated series of Pour and Puddle Paintings. "These works, born from his admiration for Larry Poons, and in accord with Armleder's larger practice, do not hide the strategy of their fabrication nor the significance of their own process: conjuring a time liberated from formal constraints, moral obligations, and the conventions of taste and style." (Extract from Stephanie Moisdon, ‘La Bruche du Haricot’, Almine Rech Brussels, 2015).

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Selected artworks

  • John M Armleder,                                      Shin Ramyun, 2016

    John M Armleder Shin Ramyun, 2016

    Diptych
    left: mixed media on canvas - 215 x 150 x 6 cm, 84 5/8 x 59 x 2 3/8 inches
    right: acrylic on canvas - 215 x 150 x 4 cm, 84 5/8 x 59 x 1 5/8 inches
    215 x 300 x 6 cm
    84 5/8 x 118 1/8 x 2 3/8 inches

  • John M Armleder,                                      Cast Iron, 2016

    John M Armleder Cast Iron, 2016

    Diptych
    Left: Acrylic on canvas - 215 x 150 x 4 cm, 84 5/8 x 59 x 1 5/8 inches
    Right: Varnish on canvas - 215 x 150 x 5 cm, 84 5/8 x 59 x 2 inches
    215 x 300 x 5 cm
    84 5/8 x 118 1/8 x 2 inches

  • John M Armleder,                                      Étole, 2018

    John M Armleder Étole, 2018

    Mixed media on canvas
    190 x 150 cm
    74 3/4 x 59 in
    © Annik Wetter

  • John M Armleder,                                      Côté est, 2018

    John M Armleder Côté est, 2018

    Mixed media on canvas
    215 x 150 cm
    84 5/8 x 59 inches

  • John M Armleder,                                      Premières oies, 2018

    John M Armleder Premières oies, 2018

    Mixed media on canvas
    225 x 150 cm
    88 5/8 x 59 inches

  • John M Armleder,                                      Fruit du lotus, 2018

    John M Armleder Fruit du lotus, 2018

    Mixed media on canvas
    225 x 150 cm
    88 5/8 x 59 in

  • John M Armleder,                                      Pyramides, 2018

    John M Armleder Pyramides, 2018

    Mixed media on canvas
    200 x 200 cm
    78 3/4 x 78 3/4 in

  • John M Armleder,                                      Smoothie II (furniture sculpture), 2019

    John M Armleder Smoothie II (furniture sculpture), 2019

    Acrylic on canvas, two sofas
    by Ubald Klug & Ueli Berger, 1972
    Canvas: 150 x 280 cm - 59 x 110 1/4 in
    Sofa: 180 x 140 x 100 cm - 70 7/8 x 55 1/8 x 39 3/8 in (each)

  • John M Armleder,                                      Photomap (furniture sculpture), 2019

    John M Armleder Photomap (furniture sculpture), 2019

    Acrylic on canvas, mirror sideboard by Barber Osgerby, two glass vases
    Canvas: 120 x 120 cm - 47 1/4 x 47 1/4 in (each)
    Sideboard: 120 x 85 x 40 cm - 47 1/4 x 33 1/2 x 15 3/4 in

Videos

  • John M Armleder in his studio, 2021
  • Portrait of an Artist - JOHN M ARMLEDER

Museum exhibitions

Selected press