{"id":10171,"date":"2019-05-09T14:59:28","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T12:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.motoco.fr\/residents\/pierre-fraenkel-2\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T13:58:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T12:58:51","slug":"pierre-fraenkel","status":"publish","type":"resident","link":"https:\/\/www.motoco.fr\/en\/residents\/pierre-fraenkel\/","title":{"rendered":"Pierre Fraenkel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"259\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Pierre Fraenkel<\/span><\/span>: 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.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"261\" data-end=\"431\">Always tinkering in his studio or in the Alsatian pampa, he\u2019s a kind of Sisyphus who enjoys sending little balls rolling down toward the unknown just to see what happens.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"433\" data-end=\"701\">Pierre Fraenkel experiments with his life\u2014more 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\u2014miraculously, everything ends up at the same place anyway.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"703\" data-end=\"878\">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 \u201cmake-do artist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"880\" data-end=\"1033\">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\u2014ten kilos heavier. Shock.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1035\" data-end=\"1198\">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.<\/p>\n<h2>Career<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1216\" data-end=\"1226\"><strong data-start=\"1216\" data-end=\"1224\">2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1227\" data-end=\"1458\">\n<li data-start=\"1227\" data-end=\"1285\">\n<p data-start=\"1229\" data-end=\"1285\"><em data-start=\"1229\" data-end=\"1246\">Espaces Publics<\/em>, La Maison des Ensembles, Paris 12th<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1286\" data-end=\"1355\">\n<p data-start=\"1288\" data-end=\"1355\"><em data-start=\"1288\" data-end=\"1303\">Mai\u2019li Mai\u2019lo<\/em>, curated by Rohan Graeffly, Saint-Hubert, Belgium<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1356\" data-end=\"1415\">\n<p data-start=\"1358\" data-end=\"1415\"><em data-start=\"1358\" data-end=\"1382\">En r\u00e9ponse \u00e0 la guerre<\/em>, Mus\u00e9e des Beaux-Arts, Cambrai<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1416\" data-end=\"1458\">\n<p data-start=\"1418\" data-end=\"1458\"><em data-start=\"1418\" data-end=\"1431\">Mai 68\/2018<\/em>, Galerie La Vo\u00fbte, Paris<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1460\" data-end=\"1470\"><strong data-start=\"1460\" data-end=\"1468\">2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1471\" data-end=\"1734\">\n<li data-start=\"1471\" data-end=\"1530\">\n<p data-start=\"1473\" data-end=\"1530\"><em data-start=\"1473\" data-end=\"1496\">Isolement et solitude<\/em>, Kunstenfestival Watou, Belgium<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1531\" data-end=\"1609\">\n<p data-start=\"1533\" data-end=\"1609\"><em data-start=\"1533\" data-end=\"1556\">Pop-up Design and Art<\/em>, Bureau d\u2019Art et de Recherche Qsp Galerie, Roubaix<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1610\" data-end=\"1679\">\n<p data-start=\"1612\" data-end=\"1679\"><em data-start=\"1612\" data-end=\"1628\">Main invisible<\/em>, curated by S. Sorgato, 184 Rue de Crim\u00e9e, Paris<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1680\" data-end=\"1734\">\n<p data-start=\"1682\" data-end=\"1734\"><em data-start=\"1682\" data-end=\"1694\">Camp Basel<\/em>, Holzpark Klybeck, Basel, Switzerland<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1736\" data-end=\"1746\"><strong data-start=\"1736\" data-end=\"1744\">2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1747\" data-end=\"1792\">\n<li data-start=\"1747\" data-end=\"1792\">\n<p data-start=\"1749\" data-end=\"1792\"><em data-start=\"1749\" data-end=\"1757\">Nopoto<\/em>, Espace La Couleuvre, Saint-Ouen<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1794\" data-end=\"1804\"><strong data-start=\"1794\" data-end=\"1802\">2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1805\" data-end=\"1989\">\n<li data-start=\"1805\" data-end=\"1880\">\n<p data-start=\"1807\" data-end=\"1880\"><em data-start=\"1807\" data-end=\"1818\">Curiosity<\/em>, curated by Jean-Christophe Arcos, Untitled Factory Galerie<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1881\" data-end=\"1989\">\n<p data-start=\"1883\" data-end=\"1989\"><em data-start=\"1883\" data-end=\"1896\">RECTO\/VERSO<\/em>, charity exhibition in support of Secours Populaire, <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Fondation Louis Vuitton<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1991\" data-end=\"2001\"><strong data-start=\"1991\" data-end=\"1999\">2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"2002\" data-end=\"2066\">\n<li data-start=\"2002\" data-end=\"2066\">\n<p data-start=\"2004\" data-end=\"2066\"><em data-start=\"2004\" data-end=\"2039\">Je crise, tu crises, nous luttons<\/em>, Le M\u00e8tre Carr\u00e9, Jarnisy<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"2068\" data-end=\"2078\"><strong data-start=\"2068\" data-end=\"2076\">2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"2079\" data-end=\"2124\">\n<li data-start=\"2079\" data-end=\"2124\">\n<p data-start=\"2081\" data-end=\"2124\"><em data-start=\"2081\" data-end=\"2090\">(C)R\u00eave<\/em>, Syndicat Potentiel, Strasbourg<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"2126\" data-end=\"2136\"><strong data-start=\"2126\" data-end=\"2134\">2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"2137\" data-end=\"2232\">\n<li data-start=\"2137\" data-end=\"2186\">\n<p data-start=\"2139\" data-end=\"2186\"><em data-start=\"2139\" data-end=\"2153\">Nuit Blanche<\/em> of Contemporary Art in Mayenne<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2187\" data-end=\"2232\">\n<p data-start=\"2189\" data-end=\"2232\"><em data-start=\"2189\" data-end=\"2197\">Evento<\/em>, Biennale of Urban Art, Bordeaux<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"2234\" data-end=\"2244\"><strong data-start=\"2234\" data-end=\"2242\">2010<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"2245\" data-end=\"2380\">\n<li data-start=\"2245\" data-end=\"2297\">\n<p data-start=\"2247\" data-end=\"2297\"><em data-start=\"2247\" data-end=\"2269\">One Nation&#8230;Overrun<\/em>, Galerie APACC, Montreuil<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2298\" data-end=\"2380\">\n<p data-start=\"2300\" data-end=\"2380\"><em data-start=\"2300\" data-end=\"2305\">FEW<\/em>, F\u00eate de l\u2019Eau de Wattwiller, curated by Sylvie de Meurville, Wattwiller<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"2382\" data-end=\"2392\"><strong data-start=\"2382\" data-end=\"2390\">2008<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"2393\" data-end=\"2443\">\n<li data-start=\"2393\" data-end=\"2443\">\n<p data-start=\"2395\" data-end=\"2443\"><em data-start=\"2395\" data-end=\"2409\">Regionale 09<\/em>, Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0a0a0a; font-size: 1.875rem; font-weight: 900;\">Proposed workshops<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"2472\" data-end=\"2535\">\n<p data-start=\"2474\" data-end=\"2535\">Free poetic expression workshop with ground stencil marking<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2536\" data-end=\"2573\">\n<p data-start=\"2538\" data-end=\"2573\">Night projection (in urban space)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2574\" data-end=\"2613\">\n<p data-start=\"2576\" data-end=\"2613\">Open posting board (in urban space)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2614\" data-end=\"2639\" data-is-last-node=\"\">\n<p data-start=\"2616\" data-end=\"2639\" data-is-last-node=\"\">Textile screen printing<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pierre Fraenkel: a one-man demonstration, a loosely built poem who renames and reinvents everything he touches. 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