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Original Barcelona Olympics 1992 Poster by Jean-Michel Folon
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Jean-michel folon (1 march 1934 – 20 october 2005) was a belgian artist, illustrator, painter, and sculptor the first exhibition …
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Jean-michel folon (1 march 1934 – 20 october 2005) was a belgian artist, illustrator, painter, and sculptor the first exhibition of his watercolours was in new york in 1969 in the lefebre gallery. One year later he exhibited in tokyo and in the il milione gallery in milan. He also participated in the xxvth venice biennale. In 1973 he joined the selection of belgian artists in the xxvth são paulo biennale, where he was granted the grand prise in painting. Over the years his work concentrated on different techniques, including watercolour, etching, silkscreen, illustrations, mosaics, and stained glass, which showed the diversity of his art. His work ein baum stirbt - un albero muore, 1974, is by museo cantonale d’arte [de] of lugano. He also designed numerous posters, often for humanitarian causes. Around 1988 he created his first sculptures made out of wood. He then moved on to creating sculptures in clay, plaster, bronze and marble, while continuing to paint. Several museums dedicated exhibitions to him, among them the musée des arts décoratifs in paris in 1971, the museum boijmans van beuningen in rotterdam in 1976, the institute of contemporary arts in london in 1977, the musée picasso in antibes in 1984, the museo correr in venice in 1986, the museo de bellas artes in buenos aires in 1987, the metropolitan museum of art in new york in 1990, la pedrera in barcelona in 1993, the bunkamura in tokyo in 1995, the olympic museum in lausanne in 1996 and the museo morandi [it] in bologna in 1996–97. In 1999 an exhibition of large sculptures was presented in the galerie guy pieters, in saint-paul de vence. In 2000 he opened the fondation folon, which presents the essentials of his work in the region he grew up in. In 2001 the city of lisbon held a large retrospective of his sculptures in the castelo de são jorge, which dominates the city. In 2003 he created the designs for puccini''s la bohème for the puccini festival in italy. The president of the french republic, jacques chirac, awarded him the legion of honour in the palais d''elysée. In 2004 he became a unicef ambassador. In 2005 the city of florence held a grand retrospective of his work at the palazzo vecchio and the forte di belvedere. Folon published his drawings in newspapers, mostly in the us, where he was recognised earlier than in europe and illustrated books by franz kafka, ray bradbury, jorge luis borges, guillaume apollinaire, jacques prévert, boris vian, guy de maupassant, albert camus, herbert george wells and jean de la fontaine. He never really changed his style, whose most famous emblem is the "bird-man" but used all kinds of supports; folon made murals (magic city for the brussels underground railway, 1974; waterloo station for the london tube, 1975), posters for theatre and opera (spoleto festival, 1978; teatro olimpicio, 1987) and cinema (the purple rose of cairo, by woody allen, 1985), theatre and opera scenery (geneva and brussels, 1981; venice and roma, 1989), short films for tv (opening and closing sections for the french channel antenne 2, 1975–1984), wooden sculptures, logotypes (bicentenary of the french revolution, 1989; philexfrance, 1989), tapestries (congress hall of monaco, 1989), ships (1990), church windows (1992), sculptures (la mer, ce grand sculpteur, knokke, 1997), and even a palio flag (siena, 1999). His artistic value was recognised by several exhibitions organised in the most famous galleries and museums in the world (musée des arts décoratifs, paris, 1971; arts club of chicago, 1972; museum boijmans van beuningen, rotterdam, 1976; transworld art, washington, d.c., 1977; musée d''art moderne de liège, 1978; musée picasso, antibes, 1984; correr museum, venice, 1985; metropolitan museum of art, new york, 1990; la pedrera, barcelona, 1993; bunkamura museum, tokyo, 1995; olympic museum, lausanne, 1996). He credits giorgio soavi for publishing his first posters, which were designed for olivetti in milan: "as he has done for many artists, soavi suggested to me, too, that i invent things that were out of the ordinary for me. This attitude has created such a fertile spirit of invention around him that one wonders if he is not the true author of the works that he has thus encouraged. Soavi also was largely responsible for the 1975 book lettres a giorgio, which reproduces 40 envelopes, each an original watercolour addressed to soavi—most to his milan home—and delivered by the mail from various international addresses. Folon writes in a brief afterword: "we build in our dreams a monument to the unknown postmen to thank them all for having allowed these images to reach their destination. He created a famous piece of television that was screened in france for almost 30 years. It was first made for the italiques tv show, by marc gilbert (in french), which aired from 1971 to 1974. The music, originally the soundtrack of gott mit uns, was composed by ennio morricone. In the 1990s, folon decided to create a foundation in the solvay castle, la hulpe. In 2005, under the direction of marilena pasquali, fabio mochi organised the exhibition of jean-michel folon in florence which six years later gave rise to the creation of the permanent folon exhibition in the giardino delle rose (rose garden) in florence. Another piece of television quite famous and remembered is a commercial about methane for snam. The 1992 summer olympics, officially known as the games of the xxv olympiad and commonly known as barcelona ''92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 july to 9 august 1992 in barcelona, catalonia, spain. Beginning in 1994, the international olympic committee decided to hold the summer and winter olympics in alternating even-numbered years. 1992 was the last year in which both the summer and winter olympics were staged.the 1992 summer games were the first since the end of the cold war, and the first unaffected by boycotts since the 1972 summer games.1992 was also the first year south africa was re-invited to the olympic games by the international olympic committee, after a 32-year ban from participating in international sport. This piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark and no
official proof of authenticity,
however it is well documented in design history. I take full responsibility for any authenticity
issues arising from misattribution
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- Dimensions
- 27.56ʺW × 19.69ʺD
- Period
- 1990s
- Country of Origin
- Belgium
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Paper
- Condition
- Good Condition, Unknown, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Pink
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