Martine Aballéa
Martine Aballéa (born August 11, 1950) is a French-American artist born in 1950.
Also recorded as Martine Aballea
Martine Aballéa
- Name
- Martine Aballéa
- Born
- 11 August 1950
- Birthplace
- New York, United States
- Known for
- Visual art, photography, installation, texts
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- photographer · artist
- Languages
- French · English
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Martine Aballéa (born August 11, 1950) is a French-American artist born in 1950.
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Martine Aballéa (born 1950) is a French artist and photographer. The artist was born in New York City. Languages used include English and French.
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• Name — Martine Aballéa • Born — 11 August 1950 • Birthplace — New York, United States • Known for — Visual art, photography, installation, texts
Early life
Early life
Aballéa was born on August 11, 1950, in New York. She moved to France in 1973. She followed a scientific and philosophical training before starting to write, take photographs and making installations and art performances.
Work
Work
Aballéa finds her sources of inspiration as much in literature as in the material world. Her work is a mix of concept art, photography, writing and installation. Aballéa's projects are about experience, dreams and poetic encounter. Aballéa had solo exhibitions in museums and galleries such as Art in General (New York), the Musée d'art moderne de Paris, the Museum in Progress (Vienna), the LaM (Villeneuve d'Ascq), the Galerie Edouard-Manet (Gennevilliers), the Centre Pompidou and the gallery Art Concept (Paris).
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Life and career
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1950
Martine Aballéa born at New York City.
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Her work is among others in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, the Centre Pompidou and the Fonds national d'art contemporain.
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- 1.Martine Aballea MoMA. The Museum of Modern Art.
- 2.Martine Aballéa. kunstforum.de.
- 3.Martine Aballéa. AWARE Women artists / Femmes artistes.
- 4.Nancy Wilson-Pajić on Martine Aballea. www.artforum.com.
- 5.Sens, Jérôme. Martine Aballéa. www.artforum.com.
- 6.Aballéa, Martine. Centre de la Gravure et de l'Image imprimée.
- 7.Marvelous New Products, Martine Aballéa. www.artingeneral.org.
- 8.Boisseau, Rosita. MESSAGERIE HÔTELIÈRE POUR AMOUREUX EN TRANSIT. Le Monde.fr. 1999-08-05.
- 9.Lebovici, Elisabeth. ARTS. Martine Aballéa a installé son Hôtel Passager au musée d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris. Désorientant, ludique et engageant pour l'art de la sieste. Prendre une chambre au musée. Hôtel Passager, de Martine Aballéa, musée d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, 11, avenue du Président-Wilson 75116 Paris. Tél.: 01 53 67 50 00. Jusqu'au 19 septembre 1999. Libération.
- 10.Lebovici, Elisabeth. Aballea allumée. Libération.
- 11.Piguet, Philippe. Les croisements génétiques de l'image et du texte - Le Journal des Arts - n° 159. Le Journal Des Arts.
- 12.Bonnet, Frédéric. Martine Aballéa : " La lumière est un idéal de vie, de beauté " - Le Journal des Arts - n° 457. Le Journal Des Arts.
- 13.Plongez dans un monde de lumière. leparisien.fr. 2016-04-26.
- 14.Thomas, Vincy. Le Centre Pompidou lance un Festival de littérature et un prix littéraire. Livres Hebdo.
- 15.Martine Aballéa Galerie art : concept. Le Monde.fr. 2009-05-30.
- 16.Quemin, Alain. Les polars de Martine Aballéa - Le Journal des Arts - n° 390. Le Journal Des Arts.
- 17.Martine Aballéa in the MFAH collections. mfah.org.
- 18.Collections en ligne Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris. www.mam.paris.fr.
- 19.Musée national d'art moderne – Centre Pompidou collection. Navigart.fr. 2020-08-28.
- 20.Martine Aballéa in the Centre national d'art plastique collection. www.cnap.fr.
- 21.Aballéa, Martine. Horizons incertains: nuit blanche aux Sables; Martine Aballéa; Musée de l'Abbaye Sainte-Croix, Les Sables d'Olonne, [du 12 juin au 26 septembre 2010. Musée de l'Abbaye Sainte-Croix. 2010. 978-2-913981-42-3.
- 22.Boulbès, Carole. Martine Aballéa : roman partiel. Critique d'art. Actualité internationale de la littérature critique sur l'art contemporain. 34. 2009-09-01. 1246-8258.
- 23.Aballéa, Martine. Hôtel passager: exposition du 22 avril au 19 septembre 1999, Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris. Editions des musées de la ville de Paris. 1999. 978-2-87900-485-3.
- 24.Sous le soleil: Martine Aballéa .; Villa Arson, Nice, juillet 1988 - octobre 1991. 1995. 978-2-905075-74-1.
- 25.Aballéa, Martine. Prisonnière du sommeil: récits. Flammarion. 1987. 978-2-08-066000-8.
- 26.Aballéa, Martine. Element rage. 1979. 928279856.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 6
- Aballéa, Martine. Horizons incertains: nuit blanche aux Sables; Martine Aballéa; Musée de l'Abbaye Sainte-Croix, Les Sables d'Olonne, [du 12 juin au 26 septembre 2010. Musée de l'Abbaye Sainte-Croix. 2010. 978-2-913981-42-3.
- Boulbès, Carole. Martine Aballéa : roman partiel. Critique d'art. Actualité internationale de la littérature critique sur l'art contemporain. 34. 2009-09-01. 1246-8258.
- Aballéa, Martine. Hôtel passager: exposition du 22 avril au 19 septembre 1999, Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris. Editions des musées de la ville de Paris. 1999. 978-2-87900-485-3.
- Sous le soleil: Martine Aballéa .; Villa Arson, Nice, juillet 1988 - octobre 1991. 1995. 978-2-905075-74-1.
- Aballéa, Martine. Prisonnière du sommeil: récits. Flammarion. 1987. 978-2-08-066000-8.
- Aballéa, Martine. Element rage. 1979. 928279856.
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