Philippe Parreno

Philippe Parreno was a French artist, draftsperson, photographer and film director (born 1964).

Philippe Parreno in brief

Born
1964
Known for
artist, draftsperson, photographer, film director, film screenwriter and cinematographer
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Career and activity

Philippe Parreno worked in multi-media art, conceptual art, visual arts, video art and installation art.

He was employed by European Graduate School. He belonged to Philippe Parreno and Rirkrit Tiravanija. He worked at Paris.

Recognition and collections

Philippe Parreno received Officer of Arts and Letters. Work by Philippe Parreno is held by Tate, Museum of Modern Art, Art Institute of Chicago and Van Abbemuseum.

Catalogued works

4 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Art Institute of Chicago. Their recorded dates run from 2014 to 2016.

Ringier Annual Report 2012. Firefly, dated 2014, brush and black ink with white opaque paint on paper, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 2015.419.2. With a Rhythmic Instinction to be Able to Travel Beyond Existing Forces of Life (Purple, Rule #3), dated 2014, multi-media installation, color, sound, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 2016.442. My Room is Another Fish Bowl, dated 2016, mylar, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2016.322.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Art Institute of Chicago: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

9 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Parreno, Philippe, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Parreno, Philippe, Oxford Art Online, 2021. Gesture Is so Contemporary, Contemporary, Contemporary (on Philippe Parreno), ICI Events, 2018. Legs Baby Broodthaers : Information Fiction Publicité, Philippe Thomas, Philippe Parreno, L'Art Français et Francophone depuis 1980 / Contemporary French and Francophone Art, 2005. Philippe Parreno. Speech Bubbles, Critique d’art, 2002. From Plasticity to Elasticity: Philippe Parreno’s Permanent Revolution, OBOE, 2021. Restos digitales, el fantasma en el cyberespacio arte des-corporal y espiritualidad tecnológica, INDEX Revista de Arte Contemporáneo, 2016. RESPECT EXISTENCE OR EXPECT RESISTANCE (des)Aprender desde/ en/ a través del arte, Arte y Políticas de Identidad, 2024. Bringing The Land Foundation Back to Earth: a new model for the critical analysis of relational art, Journal of Aesthetics & Culture, 2014.

Naming and authority record

This heading is established in VIAF (7525385) and Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) (5541338-9). Those registers additionally record the forms Philippe Parreno, 1964-, Philippe Parreno artiste multimédia, Philippe Parreno, algerischer Künstler und Filmemacher, Philippe Parreno, artista plásticu francés, Philippe Parreno, artista bisuala, Philippe Parreno, artista plástiko franses and Philippe Parreno, Artist.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 8 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 7 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 7 means 7 genuinely separate publishers of record. 12 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Philippe Parreno studied at Institut des Hautes Études en Arts Plastiques and École supérieure d'Art de Grenoble. the recorded working language is French.

The field of work recorded is multi-media art, conceptual art and visual arts.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Employment is recorded with European Graduate School. Membership is recorded of Philippe Parreno and Rirkrit Tiravanija.

Work by Philippe Parreno is recorded in the collections of Tate, Museum of Modern Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Van Abbemuseum and Hessel Museum of Art.

Distinctions recorded are Officer of Arts and Letters.

Chronology

  1. 1964Philippe Parreno born.
  2. 2014Firefly (The Metropolitan Museum of Art).
  3. 2014With a Rhythmic Instinction to be Able to Travel Beyond Existing Forces of Life (Purple, Rule #3) (The Metropolitan Museum of Art).
  4. 2016My Room is Another Fish Bowl (The Art Institute of Chicago).

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Gesture Is so Contemporary, Contemporary, Contemporary (on Philippe Parreno), ICI Events, 2018

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Legs Baby Broodthaers : Information Fiction Publicité, Philippe Thomas, Philippe Parreno, L'Art Français et Francophone depuis 1980 / Contemporary French and Francophone Art, 2005

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Parreno, Philippe, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Parreno, Philippe, Oxford Art Online, 2021

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Philippe Parreno. Speech Bubbles, Critique d’art, 2002

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 4 articles naming Philippe Parreno.

    open access index · Unverified

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  7. 7.

    Gemeinsame Normdatei 5541338-9, Exposition Philippe Parreno, Alien Seasons (2002 : Paris).

    authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

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  8. 8.

    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Philippe Parreno.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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  9. 9.

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection records associated with Philippe Parreno (3 objects).

    museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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  10. 10.

    VIAF cluster 7525385 for Philippe Parreno, aggregating national library name authorities.

    authority file · Unverified · OCLC

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  11. 11.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q970960: Philippe Parreno

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  12. 12.

    “Philippe Parreno”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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