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Born in 1936 in Nîmes, France.Lives and works in Nîmes, France.Claude Viallat is known for his contributions to the canon of modern painting through experimentation with texture, use of unstretched recycled fabrics, and mastery of color. A founding member of the Supports/Surfaces movement. While there, Viallat was exposed to the work of fellow artists such as Michel Parmentier and became interested in American Abstract Expressionist painters, above all Jackson Pollock.After completing his studies in Paris, Viallat leaned into abstraction and began experimentation with the formal elements of painting. A fundamental tenet of Viallat’s oeuvre is abandonment of the stretcher, allowing all kind of displays in the exhibition space and the use of materials such as draped canvas, tarpaulin, and recycled textiles such as sheets, rugs, curtains, and nets.Public CollectionsMOMA, New-York, USACentre Georges Pompidou, Musée national d'art moderne,Paris, FranceMusée Sara Hilden, Tampere, FinlandMusée de Bâle, SwitzerlandMusée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, BelgiumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, CanadaFukuyama Museum of Art, Fukuyama, JapanMusée d’Art moderne et d’Art contemporain de Nice, FranceMusée d’art moderne et contemporain, Saint-Etienne,FranceBibliographies2021 - Claude Viallat, Taureaux, Edited by Aymeric Mantoux,Ceysson Éditions d’Art, Collection Modernes2017 - Claude Viallat, Dessins, Éditions Ceysson, collectionModernes, French-English edition2014 - Claude Viallat, Écrits, Ceysson Éditions d’Art,collection L'Âge Moderne, French-English edition2011 - Le Psychiatre et le Torero, Ceysson Éditions d'Art,Essay by Michel Steyaert, with illustrations by Philippe Favierand Claude Viallat2010 - Le Moment Supports/Surfaces, Ceysson Éditionsd’Art, Deborah Laks and Bernard Ceysson2006 - Claude Viallat, Oeuvres, écrits, entretiens, Pierre Wat,Tours, FranceMajor personal exhibitions2023Et pourtant si…, Carré d’Art, Nîmes, France2022Libertad de Colores, MACBA, Museo de Arte Contemporaneode Buenos Aires, San Telmo, Argentina2014Rétrospective - Claude Viallat, Musée Fabre, Montpellier, France2000Claude Viallat, oeuvres sur papiers (1968-1990),Musée d'Art Moderne, Saint-Etienne, France1999Claude Viallat, Répétitions, Shangai - Art Museum,Chengdu - Kunming City Museum, Kunming - HepingMuseum, China1991Papiers, Musée national d'art moderne - Centre GeorgesPompidou, Paris, France1983Musée d’art et d’industrie, Saint Etienne, France1982Musée national d'art moderne - Centre GeorgesPompidou, Paris, FranceLéo Castelli Gallery, New York, USAMajor group exhibitions2025Supports/Surfaces, Indang Museum of Daegu HealthCollege, Daegu, South Korea2019Unfurled: Supports/ Surfaces 1966-1976, organisée parWallace Whitney, MOCAD, Detroit, USA2017The Surface of the East coast, curated by Marie Maertens,Le 109, Nice, FranceSupports/Surfaces : les origines 1966-1970, Carré d'Art,Nîmes, France1998Les années Supports/Surfaces dans les collections duCentre Georges Pompidou, Galerie Nationale du Jeu dePaume, Paris, France1991FranceSupports/Surfaces, Musée d'Art Moderne, Saint-Étienne,1984The international Survey of recent painting and sculpture,The Museum of Modern Art - MoMA, New York, USAs1974Nouvelle Peinture en France : pratiques, théories,Musée d’art et d’industrie, Saint Etienne, France1971Supports/Surfaces, Théâtre de Nice, Nice, France