Pierre Fraenkel
Visual artist / Stunt performer / Documentary editor / Sculptor of thought / Technician of the “en kakeu” / Shaman of the splats
Pierre Fraenkel: a one-man demonstration, a loosely built poem who renames and reinvents everything he touches. An urban legend has it that he is the spiritual fusion of Magnum (the TV series character) and Mary Poppins at the local bar.
Always tinkering in his studio or in the Alsatian pampa, he’s a kind of Sisyphus who enjoys sending little balls rolling down toward the unknown just to see what happens.
Pierre Fraenkel experiments with his life—more or less. It depends. You have to see. Precisely: he likes to make things visible. For him, every idea is a new starting point, and it shoots off in all directions—miraculously, everything ends up at the same place anyway.
His curious genius lies in his finest flaws: he remembers nothing, understands nothing, forgets everything, and makes fun out of almost nothing. He is a true “make-do artist.”
On December 26, 2017, at 10 p.m. and change, his artistic destiny shifted. Stepping on a scale, he realized he was a real adult—ten kilos heavier. Shock.
This event, a kind of mystical reset, marked the beginning of his flamboyant period, where beauty meets the incongruous, and the ugly brushes against the majestic.
Career
2018
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Espaces Publics, La Maison des Ensembles, Paris 12th
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Mai’li Mai’lo, curated by Rohan Graeffly, Saint-Hubert, Belgium
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En réponse à la guerre, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Cambrai
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Mai 68/2018, Galerie La Voûte, Paris
2017
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Isolement et solitude, Kunstenfestival Watou, Belgium
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Pop-up Design and Art, Bureau d’Art et de Recherche Qsp Galerie, Roubaix
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Main invisible, curated by S. Sorgato, 184 Rue de Crimée, Paris
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Camp Basel, Holzpark Klybeck, Basel, Switzerland
2016
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Nopoto, Espace La Couleuvre, Saint-Ouen
2015
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Curiosity, curated by Jean-Christophe Arcos, Untitled Factory Galerie
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RECTO/VERSO, charity exhibition in support of Secours Populaire, Fondation Louis Vuitton
2013
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Je crise, tu crises, nous luttons, Le Mètre Carré, Jarnisy
2012
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(C)Rêve, Syndicat Potentiel, Strasbourg
2011
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Nuit Blanche of Contemporary Art in Mayenne
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Evento, Biennale of Urban Art, Bordeaux
2010
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One Nation…Overrun, Galerie APACC, Montreuil
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FEW, Fête de l’Eau de Wattwiller, curated by Sylvie de Meurville, Wattwiller
2008
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Regionale 09, Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland
Proposed workshops
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Free poetic expression workshop with ground stencil marking
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Night projection (in urban space)
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Open posting board (in urban space)
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Textile screen printing