Louis Cane

Cane was born on 13 December 1943 in Beaulieu sur Mer, France. He attended the National School of Decorative Arts in Nice then the Superior School of Decorative Arts in Paris in 1961,{{Cite web |title=Louis Cane |url=https://www.artsy.net/artist/louis-cane |website=Artsy}} obtaining a diploma in Interior Architecture.

Cane was a part of the Supports/Surfaces movement in France, which lasted from 1969 to 1972, and co-founded and edited the Peinture, Cahiers Theoriques.{{Cite web |last=Kerlidou |first=Gwenaël |date=23 August 2014 |title=A Supports/Surfaces Moment: Contradictions, Paradoxes and Other Ironies |url=https://hyperallergic.com/144790/a-supportssurfaces-moment-contradictions-paradoxes-and-other-ironies/ |website=Hyperallergic}}

Cane died in Paris on 3 November 2024, aged 80.[https://www.mamac-nice.org/actualite/louis-cane/ Louis Cane] Mamac {{in lang|fr}}

Cane focused on the concept of deconstruction of the canvas. For his series, Louis Cane artiste peintre français, he continuously stamped his name on a sheet, exploring the idea of personal branding.{{Cite web |title=Louis Cane |url=https://documentspace.com/artist/louis-cane/ |website=DOCUMENT}}

By 1970, Cane transitioned into a series of cut-out paintings, the toiles découpées, which he worked with for several years. His process for paintings was much like Jackson Pollock or Helen Frankenthaler, by painting the unstretched canvas on the ground.{{Cite book |last=Dezeuze |first=Daniel |title=Dictionnaire De Supports/Surfaces (1967-1972)}}

He participated in the second and third exhibition of the Supports/Surfaces group at the Théâtre de la Cité Internationale in Paris.{{Cite book |last=Stella |first=Rachael |title=Jacques Lepage Dossier Supports/Surfaces |publisher=Ceysson |year=2018 |isbn=978-2490083244}}{{Cite book |last=Surfaces |first=Supports |title=Supports-Surfaces : a moment-a movement |publisher=Ceysson |year=2014 |isbn=9782916373713}}

In 1971, Cane had his first solo exhibition in Paris at the Daniel Templon Gallery,{{Cite web |title=Louis Cane |url=https://www.templon.com/new/exhibition.php?la=en&show_id=438 |website=Templon}} followed by the Yvon Lambert Gallery in 1972. From 1972 to 1972, he produced a series called Sol/Mur as part of the Supports/Surfaces movement.

Cane continued his abstract series until 1975. These canvases were unstretched, spread on the floor, spray painted and folded in half, then cut and staples directly on the wall.

In 1978, Cane returned from abstract painting to figuration. He reflected on the history of pictorial forms. He also started integrating sculpture into his practice. The statues were almost exclusively female occasionally appearing in form of burlesque or baroque expressionism.{{Cite web |title=When a sculptor makes furniture: the decorative arts of Louis Cane |url=https://www.christies.com/features/the-furniture-and-decorative-arts-of-louis-cane-11334-1.aspx |website=Christie's}}

Cane was also a furniture designer, which is an important part of his artistic creation.

• 1971 - Galerie Templon, Paris, France
• 1991 - Musée Municipal de Bellas Artes, Santander, Spain{{Cite web |title=Louis Cane. Peintures |url=http://www.museosantandermas.es/es/exposiciones/exposiciones/1991/louis-cane-peintures.html |website=MAS {{!}}Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Santander and Cantabria}}
• 1995 - Museum of contemporary Art, Cambrai, France

• 1979 - Museum of modern Art - A.R.C., Paris, France
• 1991 - Supports/Surfaces, Museum of modern Art, Saint-Etienne, France
• 2002 - Supports/Surfaces, Galerie Dorsky, New York, USA{{Cite web |title=Previous Exhibitions |url=http://www.dorsky.org/Previous%20Exhibits/previousexhibits.html |website=Dorsky Gallery}}
• 2019 - Unfurled: Supports/ Surfaces 1966-1976, curated by Wallace Whitney, MOCAD, Detroit, USA{{Cite web |title=UNFURLED: SUPPORTS/SURFACES 1966-1976 |url=https://mocadetroit.org/ex201903/ |website=MOCADetroit|date=February 2019 }}

• Centre national des arts plastiques, Paris, France{{Cite web |title=Louis Cane |url=https://www.cnap.fr/collection-en-ligne#/artworks?filters=authors%3ACANE%20Louis↹CANE%20Louis&page=1&layout=grid&sort=by_author |website=National Centre for Plastic Arts Collection}}
• Musée national d’art moderne - centre Pompidou, Paris, France{{Cite web |title=Louis Cane GRID |url=https://www.centrepompidou.fr/fr/ressources/oeuvre/c6g6zx |website=Centre Pompidou}}
• Musée d’Art moderne et d’Art contemporain de Nice, France{{Cite web |title=Louis CANE |url=https://www.mamac-nice.org/en/the-collection/online-collection/#/artwork/120000000000069?filters=authors%3ACANE%20Louis↹CANE%20Louis&page=1&layout=grid&sort=by_author |website=MAMAC Nice}}
• Carré d’Art, Nîmes, France{{Cite web |title=Louis CANE |url=https://www.navigart.fr/carredart/artwork/500000000000538?filters=authors%3ACANE%20Louis↹CANE%20Louis&page=1&layout=grid&sort=by_author |website=The Collection - Carré d'Art| date=15 January 2024 }}
• Musée d’art moderne de la ville de Paris, France{{Cite web |title=Louis CANE |url=https://www.mam.paris.fr/en/online-collections#/artwork/180000000007330?filters=authors%3ACANE%20Louis↹CANE%20Louis&page=1&layout=grid&sort=by_author |website=Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris}}
• Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France{{Cite web |title=Louis CANE |url=https://www.navigart.fr/lesabattoirs/artwork/270000000001218?filters=authors%3ACANE%20Louis↹CANE%20Louis&page=1&layout=grid&sort=by_author |website=les Abattoirs| date=15 January 2024 }}
• Frac Picardie, Amiens, France{{Cite web |title=Louis CANE |url=https://frac-picardie.org/collection/en-ligne |website=Frac Picardy}}
• Musée d’art moderne et contemporain, Saint-Etienne, France{{Cite web |title=Louis CANE CONCOURS DE BEAUTÉ |url=https://mamc.saint-etienne.fr/en/collections?combine=Louis%20Cane&field_type_oeuvre_target_id=All&page=1 |website=Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain}}
• Frac Alsace, Sélestat, France  {{Cite web |title=Louis CANE |url=https://www.navigart.fr/fracal/artwork/310000000000393?filters=authors%3ACANE%20Louis↹CANE%20Louis&page=1&layout=grid&sort=by_author |website=Regional Fund of contemporary art Alsace| date=9 February 2024 }}
• Frac Normandie, Caen, France
• Musée de Grenoble, France{{Cite web |title=Louis CANE |url=https://www.navigart.fr/grenoble-collections/#/artwork/60000000002699?filters=authors%3ACANE%20Louis↹CANE%20Louis&page=1&layout=grid&sort=by_author |website=Musée de Grenoble| date=7 November 2024 }}
• Collection Institut d’art contemporain, Rhône-Alpes, Villeurbanne, France{{Cite web |title=Louis CANE |url=https://www.navigart.fr/iac/artwork/460000000000274?filters=authors%3ACANE%20Louis↹CANE%20Louis&page=1&layout=grid&sort=by_author |website=Institut d’art contemporain — Villeurbanne/Rhône-Alpes| date=15 January 2024 }}
• Musée d’art de Nantes, France{{Cite web |title=Louis CANE |url=https://museedartsdenantes.nantesmetropole.fr/en/home/au-cur-du-musee/les-collections/toutes-les-collections-en-ligne.html |website=Musée d'Arts de Nantes}}
• Musée d’art contemporain du Val-de-Marne, Vitry-sur-Seine, France{{Cite web |title=Louis Cane: paintings 1963-2005 |url=https://doc.macval.fr/Default/search.aspx?SC=DEFAULT&QUERY=cane+louis+&QUERY_LABEL=#/Detail/(query:(Id:'1_OFFSET_0',Index:2,NBResults:71,PageRange:3,SearchQuery:(FacetFilter:%7B%7D,ForceSearch:!f,InitialSearch:!f,Page:0,PageRange:3,QueryGuid:ec675995-4109-4ad1-809e-bba606c7fdc0,QueryString:'cane%20louis%20',ResultSize:10,ScenarioCode:DEFAULT,ScenarioDisplayMode:display-standard,SearchGridFieldsShownOnResultsDTO:!(),SearchLabel:,SearchTerms:'cane%20louis',SortField:!n,SortOrder:0,TemplateParams:(Scenario:,Scope:Default,Size:!n,Source:,Support:,UseCompact:!f),UseSpellChecking:!n))) |website=Musée d'Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne}}

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