RAPHAËL ZARKA

French artist, born 1977 in Montpellier, lives and works in Paris.

Raphaël Zarka is one of a new generation of artists for whom existing cultural forms constitute the raw material for their work. The point of departure for his art, which encompasses photography, video and the written essay, is fundamentally sculptural in the expanded field of a twenty-first century artist. For many years a skateboarder and the author of several books on its history, Zarka's idea of skateboarding, as a kind of re-writing of spaces destined for a particular use, rhymes with his approach to his artistic practice. Similar to the abandoned structures built for past moments of aspiration and endeavor, and the recurrence of forms put to new uses, Zarka's reflections on skateboarding signal ecology of art making of critical and contemporary relevance. For him it's not a question of an absolute reality but rather, what it is, has been or might be depending on the position from which you view it.

Raphaël Zarka has recently shown his work in solo exhibition at Musée Régional d'Art Contemporain Languedoc-Roussillon, France (2013) ; Villa Savoye by Le Corbusier, Poissy, France (2013) ; Luciana Brito Galeria, Sao Paulo, Brazil (2012) ; Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Angers, France (2012) ; Galerie Michel Rein, Paris, France (2012) ; Grand Café, Saint-Nazaire, France (2011) ; Gibellina, Stroom Den Haag, La Haye, The Netherland (2011) ; CAN Neuchâtel, Switzerland (2011) ; Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France (2010) ; Modern Art, Oxford, United Kingdom (2009).
His work has been included in numerous group exhibitions in France and abroad at Les Abattoirs, Musée d'art Contemporain, Toulouse, France (2013) ; Musée de la Vieille Charité, Prix de la Fondation d'entreprise Ricard, Marseille, France (2013) ; Zabludowicz Collection New York City, New York, USA (2013) ; Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France (2012) ; Project Arts Centre, Dublin, Ireland (2012) ; MUDAM, Luxembourg (2012) ; MACRO, Rome, Italia (2012) ; Centre Pompidou-Metz, France (2010) ; Performa 11, New York City, New York, USA (2011) ; 4th Moscow Biennale, Art House, Moscow, Russia (2011) ; Centro de Arte dos de Mayo, Madrid, Spain (2011) ; Musée d'Art Moderne de Saint Etienne Métropole, France (2011) ; Fondation d'entreprise Ricard, Paris, France (2011) and at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France (2010), amongst others.

Raphaël Zarka was awarded the Fondation d'entreprise Ricard 2008 Prize.
He is currently nominated for the 2013 Marcel Duchamp Prize.
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RAPHAËL ZARKA'S WORK
FOR LOVETRIANGLE 2013 :

Déduction de l'Auteur,
2013,
Screen print on paper
70,5 x 50 cm

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