Jérôme Sans

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Jérôme Sans (born 1960[1]) is a director of contemporary arts institutions, critic and curator, living in Paris and Beijing.

Biography

Jérôme Sans is a non-traditional curator, a cultural agitator who has pioneered new ways to approach and discuss contemporary art.[citation needed] As one of the most unconventional, creative curators of his generation, Jérôme Sans is known for an idiosyncratic and pioneering approach to the presentation, discussion and exhibition of contemporary art.

Jérôme Sans began his career in the early 80s as one of the first independent curators in France. As one of the most unconventional, creative curators of his generation, Jérôme Sans is known for a pioneering approach to the presentation, discussion and exhibition of contemporary art. He has curated numerous majors exhibitions around the world. Internationally renown for reinventing himself and building new models for institutions. Jérôme Sans was the former director of the ground breaking Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing and co-founder of the acclaimed Palais de Tokyo in Paris.

He is currently Artistic director of one of the most important urban development projets in Europe, the Lyon « Rives de Saône-River Movie », creative director and editor of the French cultural magazine L’Officiel Art and co-founder of Perfect Crossovers ltd, a Beijing based cultural consultancy group. He remains on the advisory board for UCCA, as well as at the French art foundation Sam Art Projects.

Exhibitions

Jérôme Sans has curated over 300 art shows worldwide :

  • « The Snowball » (1999) for the Danish Pavilion at the 48th Venice Biennale, where he invited the American artist Jason Rhoades and Danish Peter Bonde to work together (questioning for the first time in this international event, the nationality issue) ;
  • « The Sky Is The Limit » (2000), for the Taipei Biennale (bringing an international dimension to the event) ;
  • « My Home is Yours, Your home is mine » (2001) co-curated with Hou Hanru (at the Rodin Museum in Seoul, Korea & at the Tokyo City Opera Art gallery, Japan) ;
  • « Tutto Normale » (2002) in the gardens of the Villa Médicis (Roma, Italy) ;
  • « Intermission » (2002) at the Pitti Foundation in Florence (Italy) ;
  • the Contemporary Art Biennial of Lyon (2005), titled « L’expérience de la durée » ;
  • the Parisian Nuit Blanche in 2006 (France) ;
  • « Restlessness » by Jan Lauwers at Bozar Brussels (2007) ;
  • « It’s Not Only Rock’n’Roll Baby !» (Bozar Brussels, 2008 and Milan Triennial, 2010) ;
  • « That's fucking awesome » by mentalKlinik at Haskoy Yarn Factory (Istanbul) in 2011 ;
  • « Le coup du fantôme » (2013) with Sun Yuan & Peng Yu in Lille (France)...

In 1994, he was deputy curator of the Magasin 3 in Stockholm, Sweden, & from 1996 to 2003, of the Institute of Visual Arts in Milwaukee, United States.

He has also, from 1998 to 1999, guest lecturer at Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design.

Palais de Tokyo (1999-2006)

Jérôme Sans was from 1999 until 2006 the co-founder and director of the acclaimed Palais de Tokyo (center for contemporary creation) in Paris (France) with Nicolas Bourriaud. This place became one of the most important art institution in Europe, contributing to the international large audience for a lot of French artists.

For the Palais de Tokyo, he has worked with the architects Anne Lacaton & Jean-Philippe Vassal to make the reopening of the place, and with the architect Stéphane Maupin to make the restaurant. Jérôme Sans has imagined new economical strategies for the managing of artistic projects, involving brands for the first time in such art institutions.

In 6 years, the Palais de Tokyo has welcomed more than 1 million of visitors. It was the pioneer of a movement of reconciliation between the City of Light and contemporary art. It has been emulated as a model and for its programming well beyond the frontiers of France, both among specialists, art-lovers, and the wide public.

Baltic Art Center (2006-2008)

Jérôme Sans was from 2006 until 2008 the artistic director of the Baltic Art Center in Gateshead, one of the most important art place in Europe, which he contributed to re-establish Baltic as the most creative place in UK. In a former flourmill, the Baltic is an international centre for contemporary art, it presents a constantly changing programme of exhibitiions and events.

Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (2008-2012)

From 2008 until 2012, Jérôme Sans was the founding Director of the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA) Beijing, establishing a new economy for the museum to make the UCCA a place of reference for Chinese and international contemporary art (more than 67 exhibitions & 1500 events in 4 years).

Jérôme Sans has collaborated with the architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte to redefine the structure of the center and adapt its Bauhaus style to flexible exhibition spaces.

Jérôme Sans has been serving as an ambassador for Chinese contemporary art. He was devoted in the building of local and international profile of the UCCA with a world-class program of exhibitions, actively promoting Chinese contemporary art globally by fostering a vigorous dialogue between local and international artists and audience. He helped to bring a new economy to the art center, working with local and international partners.

He is now a member of the Advisory Board of the UCCA.

"River Movie", Rives de Saône (2010-2014)

Since 2010, Jérôme Sans has been appointed artistic Director of the 50 km reorganization of the Lyon docks around the Saône river, one of the most important program of permanent art in public space in Europe.

More than 10 international artists (Tadashi Kawamata, Jean-Michel Othoniel, Didier Faustino, Lang-Baumann, Elmgreen & Dragset, Le Gentil Garçon, Erik Samakh, Pascale Marthine Tayou, Meshac Gaba) have created site-specific works that will be installed permanently on the docks, contributing to the artistic highlight of the City of Lyon. The program has been created in collaboration with landscape architects.

The first phase of this program was delivered in September 2013 with more than 15 km made and a dozen works designed and implemented in situ. The next phases will be executed in 2013 and 2014.

Le Méridien (2006-2013)

From 2006 to 2013, Jérôme Sans was Cultural Curator for Le Méridien Hotels & Resorts, a première in the hospitality industry.

Gathering a community (LM100) of creators/ambassadors (artists, architects, chefs, filmmakers, photographers, perfumes designers... each of them recognized in its field for its innovation), Jérôme Sans reinvented the vocabulary of the company, around the three words "Chic, Culture and Discovery", placing it as a contemporary and unique hospitality group, engaged in today's culture.

Jérôme Sans appropriated all areas of life and the most everyday gestures, turning them into "moments" dedicated to a set of sensual and creative experiences ; from the olfactory identity of the brand, to its original soundtrack, through the breakfast signature and a creative wine menu or the in situ creation of works of art in the hotels. Jérôme Sans has also introduced the establishment of magnetic collector cards made by artists, not only giving access to the room but also to the opportunity to discover for free, the most creative cultural institutions of the cities in which the Méridien's hotels are based worldwide.

L'Officiel Art (2012-2013)

Jérôme Sans is creative director and editor in chief of the new quarterly art magazine L’Officiel Art, published by the Editions Jalou (Paris).

By joining Les Editions Jalou to direct l’Officiel Art, he’s betting on a new generation art magazine in which art and artists will narrate and encounter the world, fashion, style and all contemporary creative expressions.

« Si l’art est un mode de vie, L’Officiel Art est son magazine. »

(« If art is a way of life, L'Officiel Art is its magazine »)

Books & Publishing

Jérôme Sans has contributed to various art publications. Such as : Flash Art, Artforum, Artpress, UOVO, Tema Celeste… and participated in the development of numerous exhibition catalogs for museums or private institutions.

In 1998, Jérôme Sans published, the reference book “Au Sujet de” about Daniel Buren (Flammarion) followed by two others on the artists Jonas Mekas (Just Like A Shadow, Steidl, 2000) and Chen Zhen (Les entretiens, Presses du Réel, 2003). He also authored Araki by Araki (a compendium of pictures made by Nobuyoshi Araki), published by Taschen in 2001, In The Arab World Now published by Galerie Enrico Navarra in 2008 and Intermission 1 (a collection of photographs by Hedi Slimane), published by Pitti Immagine in 2002.

More recently, Jérôme Sans completed a series of pocket books that incorporate interviews with artists and architects (Kendell Geers 2013, Ma Yansong 2012, Jannis Kounellis 2012), published by BlueKingfisher Lmt. He is currently working on a new volume about the American artist John Giorno.

Films / Music

Jérôme Sans is the co-author with Pierre Paul Puljitz of the documentary "Jonas Mekas, I Am Not A Filmmaker" (2012) shown in numerous films festivals. He is preparing another film about the artist Kenneth Anger. He is currently preparing a new documentary dedicated to the American author, movie director & artist Kenneth Anger.

He collaborated with Kiki Allgeier on the making of portrayals of the members of the creative community LM100 for Le Méridien Hotels & Resorts (between 2006 and 2013) ; and directed the movie « Breaking the silence » about AIDS in Mozambique, a special command from the UNICEF.

For the website of Whitewall Magazine in 2012, Jérôme Sans made two video portraits of 3mn on the architect Ma Yansong and the painter Yu Hong.

He has also been the artistic director of a portrait of MadeIn Company (Xu Zhen) in his studio about a work made for the Biennale de Lyon 2013. This film, directed by Yang Bo (4.20 min) and produced for Zilli, is available on the company website and was screened alongside the work of the artist.[2][3]

While not curating, Sans plays in his rock-electro band, Liquid Architecture. Having released their debut album, “Revolution is Over” under the French label, Naïve, in 2006. In 2010, Liquid Architecture released their second label, “Love to Love” under the Chinese-indie label, Modern Sky, becoming the first French band to sign under a Chinese label.

Bibliography (selection)

  • Hand Grenades From My Heart, Kendell Geers edited by Jérôme Sans, Blue Kingfisher, 2013.
  • Smoke Shadows, Jannis Kounellis interviewed by Jérôme Sans, Blue Kingfisher, 2012.
  • Bright City, Ma Yansong interviewed by Jérôme Sans, Blue Kingfisher. 2012.
  • Raqib Shaw, Of beasts and super-beasts, Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery, Paris, 2012.
  • Peter Lindbergh : The Unknown, Schirmer/Mosel Verlag, 2011, 200 pages
  • Goudemalion : Jean-Paul Goude une rétrospective, Editions de la Martinière, 2011.
  • Farhad Moshiri, Editions Ropac, Janssen, The Third Line & Perrotin, 2010.
  • Wim Delvoye : knockin' on heaven's door, Tielt : Lannoo ; Brussel : BOZAR Books, 2010
  • China talks: interviews with 32 contemporary artists by Jerôme Sans, Beijing: Timezone 8, 2009.
  • In the Arab world... Now, Enrico Navarra Gallery, 2008, Volume 3.
  • Jonas Mekas: anecdotes, Paris: Scali, 2007.
  • Jan Lauwers, Mercator, 2007. Jan Fabre, Acte sud, 2005.
  • Chen Zhen: les entretiens, Paris: Palais de Tokyo; Dijon: Les Presses du réel, 2003.
  • Araki by Araki, Taschen, 2002.
  • Hedi Slimane, Intermission 1, Pitti Immagine, 2002.
  • Kader Attia, Alter Ego, Kamel Mennour Gallery, 2002 (Exposition, 19 avril-14 mai)
  • Pierre & Gilles, Arrache Mon Coeur, Jérôme de Noirmont Gallery, 2001 (Jérôme Sans, Joram Harel)
  • Au sujet de..., Interview with Daniel Buren, Paris: Flammarion, 1998.
  • Erwin Wurm: One Minute Sculptures, Cantz, 1998.
  • Place de L'ecriture, cinq oeuvres par Joseph Kosuth, de 'One and Three Chairs' à 'Ex-Libris', J.-F. Champollion (Figeac)', Actes Sud, Arles, 2002, 46 p. (Guy Amsellem, Joseph Kosuth, Martin Malvy, Jérôme Sans)
  • « State of Emergency » in Mounir Fatmi, Fuck the Architect, Lowave, 2009, 256 p. (Pierre-Olivier Rollin, Frédéric Bouglé, Jean de Loisy, Paul Ardenne, Ariel Kyrou, Martina Corgnati, Jérôme Sans, Evelyne Toussaint, Nicole Brenez, Marc Mercier)

References

  1. ↑ Debailleux, Henri-François (7 October 2006). "Leur ville la nuit". Libération (in French). Retrieved 18 November 2013. 
  2. ↑ http://www.zilli.fr/en/news/zilli-soutient-lartiste-xu-zhen-madein-company/
  3. ↑ http://www.biennaledelyon.com/uk/partenaires/our-partners/zilli.html

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