“The relationship with time is at the very heart of this sculpture,as a prevalent obsession. The connection with archaeology and with the origin of sculpture is one of the paths followed by this obsession with time. But, if it is obvious that their apparent incomplete or half-destroyed state suggests the passage of millennia, if the schematization of the figures makes us remember now-defunct civilizations, most of
Petit’s works compel us to think of time far more severely and directly”.
Philippe Dagen, 2011.
“Everything reverberates with a scream, a long uninterrupted scream of which the
bronze is no longer but an echo that has lost its mouth. If there is any gentleness, it is in the after-cry. And in the silence in which it is shared. It is a time after tears have been shed, when the world has become dry once more and the only thing left to do is to comb the earth, looking for the shapes of the people we once loved”.
Ollivier Pourriol, 2013.
Marc Petit was born in June 27th, 1961 in Saint-Céré (Lot).
It is in Cahors where he spends his childhood, that he realizes his first sculptures from the age of 14 years old. He goes alongside to two sculptors, former alumni of the Fine arts school of Paris, which correct regularly his work: René Fournier teaches him the bases of the modeling and passes on to him the education of Marcel Gimond
Jean Lorquin, first great prize of Rome brings him his vision, his knowledge but also a true reflection on sculpture.
At the age of 24, he presents his first personal exhibition in Villeneuve sur Lot.
In 1989, he is a prize-winner of the foundation of France, then in 1993 prize-winner of the foundation Charles Oulmont.
The same year is organized an exhibition of his works in the museum Jean Jaurés in Castres. Since then, his work is regularly presented in Europe, in art fairs and in galleries.
In 2005, we could see about of 150 of his works in the Lazaret Ollandini in Ajaccio.
In 2006, the city of Cahors and the General Council of the Lot dedicated him a double exhibition, in the museum of Cahors Henri Martin and in the museum Rignault in Saint-Cirq-Lapopie.
The Marc Petit museum opens its doors on October 18th, 2008 in the walls of the Lazaret Ollandini in Ajaccio.
Summer 2011, the centre of contemporary art of the abbey of Auberive presents an important review in the parks and the thirty-room art centre.
October 22nd, 2011 is inaugurated The Space Marc Petit in the gallery Artset in Limoges.
March 24th, 2012 opening of the permanent space ' The Clos of Sculpture Marc Petit ' - Gallery Clos des Cimaises in Saint-Georges-du-Bois ( 17 ).
Read moreCentre d'art contemporain de l'Abbaye d'Auberive - Auberive
Conseil Régional d'Aquitaine - Bordeaux
Fontaine place du Colisée - Châteauneuf-la-Forêt
Jardin Marcelle Delpastre - Aixe / Vienne
Musée Jean Jaurès - Castres
Musée Goya - Castres
Musée Rapin - Villeneuve-sur-Lot
Maison de l'industrie - Decazeville
2021 Marc Petit, une décennie, Abbaye d’Auberive
2020 Cahors Juin Jardin, opening of the artist's garden at Quai Lagrive, Cahors
2019 Galerie André & Léon, Poitiers
2018 Galerie Station 8, Zuzwill, Münsterplatz / Gurten Park in Grûnen, Bern (Suisse)
Espace Nominoë, Dol-de_Bretagne
Castle and garden of the hotel Sémiane, Ville de Gordes
2018/16/14/12 St’Art – Galerie Nicolet, Strasbourg
2014 Le Clos d’Epicure, Cahors, France
Galerie du Château, Renens, Switzerland
Galerie Capazza, Arts Elysées, Paris, France
St'Art - Galerie Nicolet - Strasbourg, France
2013 Galerie Artset - Limoges, France
Galerie Brûlée - Strasbourg, France
Le Clos des Cimaises, Saint-Georges du Bois, France
Galerie Anna-Tschopp, Marseille, France
2012 Galerie Nicaise - Paris, France
St'Art - Galerie Nicolet - Strasbourg, France
Galerie NacLil - Lille, France
Salle Saint-Esprit - Valbonne, France
Galerie Grand'rue - Poitiers, France
Galerie du Château - Renens, Switzerland
Le Clos des Cimaises - Saint-Georges-du-Bois, France
2011 Le Clos des Cimaises - Saint-Georges-du-Bois, France
Galerie du Rat mort - Ostende, Belgium
Rétrospective Abbaye d'Auberive, France
Galerie Artset - Limoges, France
2010 Véga'Art - Saint-Germain-sur-Rhône, France
Galerie Grand'rue - Poitiers, France
Le Clos des Cimaises - Saint-Georges-du-Bois, France
Cahors Juin Jardins, France
Galerie Art Sud - Toulouse, Franc
Galerie Artset - Limoges, France
Galerie Anna Tschopp - Marseille, France
Galerie Françoise Souchaud - Lyon, France
2009 Galerie Grand'rue - Poitiers, France
Galerie du Château - Renens, Switzerland
Le Clos des Cimaises - Saint-Georges-du-Bois, France
2008 Galerie du Rat mort - Ostende, Belgium
Musée Marc Petit - Ajaccio, France
Galerie Samantha Sellem et galerie Béatrice Soulié - Paris, France
Galerie du Saint-James - Bouliac, France
St'Art - galerie Artsud - Strasbourg, France
Galerie Artset - Limoges, France
2007 Les Fonds noirs, pastels - Galerie Artset - Limoges, France
Galerie Grand'rue - Poitiers, France
Galerie Art Sud - Toulouse, France
Galerie Françoise Souchaud - Lyon, France
2006 Galerie Sellem - Paris, France
Galerie Artset - Limoges, France
Musée Henri Martin et Musée Rignault - Cahors et Saint-Cirq-Lapopie, France
St'Art - galerie Artsud - Strasbourg, France
La Maison-près-Bastille - Paris, France
2005 Le Lazaret Ollandini - Ajaccio, France
Galerie Art Sud - Toulouse, France
St'Art - galerie Artsud - Strasbourg, France
2004 Galerie Jean-Marc Laik - Coblence, Germany
Galerie Grand'rue - Poitiers, France
Galerie Art Sud - Toulouse, France
Galerie Artset - Limoges, France
2003 Galerie Huyse Molensloot - Anvers, Belgium
Galerie du Rat mort - Ostende, Belgium
St'Art - galerie Artsud - Strasbourg, France
2002 Galerie du Rat mort - Ostende, Belgium
Galerie Art Sud - Toulouse, France
Galerie Artset - Limoges, France
2001 Galerie Arnoux - Paris , France
Les Chants de la nuit - Saint-Geours-de-Maremne, France
AB Galeria - Granollers, Spain
Galerie Canvas - Malines, Belgium
Galerie Joëlle Maulny - Angers, France
2000 Galerie Duchoze - Rouen, France
Galerie du Rat mort - Ostende, Belgium
Galerie Art Sud - Toulouse, France
Galerie Artset - Limoges, France
Galerie Art Sud - Art Expo Barcelone, Spain
St'Art - galerie Artsud - Strasbourg, France
1999 St'Art - galerie Artsud - Strasbourg, France
Galerie Arnoux - Paris, France
Galerie Joëlle Maulny - Angers, France
1998 Conseil Régional du Limousin - Limoges, France
Galerie du Rat mort - Ostende, Belgium
Galerie Art Sud - Toulouse, France
Galerie Art Sud - Art Expo Barcelone, Spain
1997 Espace Ambuel - Sion, Switzerland
Galerie MH Bou - Decazeville, France
AB Galeria - Granollers, Spain
Galerie Art Sud - Linéart - Gand, Belgium
1996 Galerie Artset - Limoges, France
Galerie Annick Driguez - Paris, France
Galerie Art Sud - Art Expo Barcelone, Spain
1995 Maison des consuls - Saint-Céré, France
Galerie Art Sud - Toulouse, France
1994 Musée Henri Martin - Cahors, France
Galerie MH Bou - Decazeville, France
Galerie Annick Driguez - Paris, France
1993 Musée Jean Jaurès - Castres, France
Galerie Artset - Limoges, France
1991 Galerie MH Bou - Decazeville, France
1988 Galerie Evasion - Liège, Belgium
1987 Galerie Art Sud - Toulouse, France
1985 Centre culturel - Villeneuve-sur-Lot, France
Read more2021 Enfance(s), Galerie Capazza, Nançay
2020 Le torse d’une femme à la pureté d’un vase, grandes courbes simples d’un fruit désiré,
Parcours d’art contemporain autour d’Auguste Rodin, 1 exhibition, 5 places, Galerie Capazza, Nançay
2019 L’arbre, c’est le temps rendu visible, Galerie Capazza, Nançay
Les maîtres du néo-expressionisme de Jean Rustin à Marc Petit, Galerie Schwab, Paris
2018 Contemporary Art Fair, Vilnius
Existence !, Musée Gugging, Vienne (Autriche)
Miroir des Sentiments, Galerie Capazza, Nançay
2017 Contempory France Expressionism and more, Musée Cirurlionis Kaunas (Lituanie)
Galerie Menu Tiltas, Vilnius
Opium, Abbaye Auberive
Galerie Lacroix, Québec-( Canada)
Art Factory, Ile de la Réunion
Puls’Art, Le Mans
Biennale de sculptures, Bois Guilbert
2016 L’Esprit singulier de l’Abbaye d’Auberive, La Halle Saint-Pierre, Paris
Soon – Galerie Nicaise, Paris
2015 Biennale de sculptures, Bois Guilbert
2014 Art Elysées, Galerie Capazza, Paris
Naturalisme intégral, Galerie Capazza, Nancay
2013 Catharsis, Galerie Brûlée, Strasbourg
Biennale de sculptures, Bois Guilbert
2009 16th International Sculpture Triennial, Poznań (Pologne)
Mois du dessin, Galerie Brûlée, Strasbourg
2008 Lille Art Fair, Galerie Richard Nicolet, Lille
Humanités, Abbaye de Sorèze, Sorèze
2007 Les Élysées de l’Art, Galerie Sellem, Paris
Galerie Espace Eqart, Mirande
Galerie Pierre Marie Vitoux, Paris
Biennale Au-delà du corps, Aixe-sur-Vienne
2006 Centre d’art contemporain de l’Abbaye d’Auberive
Kunstkammer Patrick Nelissen, Baarn (Pays Bas)
Gemeentemuseum, Galerie de Valk, Harlingen (Pays bas)
2005 Galerie Richard Nicolet, Oppède
Kunstkammer Patrick Nelissen, Baarn (Pays Bas)
Biennale Au-delà du corps, Aixe-sur-Vienne
2004 Zomertentoonstelling, Koekelare (Belgique)
Qu’en est-il ?, Galerie du Rire Bleu, Figeac
Holland art fair, Galerie GNG, La Haye (Pays bas)
Gemeentemuseum, Galerie de Valk, Harlingen (Pays bas)
Galerie Pierre Marie Vitoux, Paris
2003 Première biennale de la sculpture, Toulouse
Corps à corps, Fontenay-sous-Bois
Galerie Pierre Marie Vitoux, Paris
Biennale Au-delà du corps, Aixe-sur-Vienne
2002 Cabinet de curiosité, Galerie Béatrice Soulié, Paris
Galerie Emmanuelle Morin-Pittel, Paris
Galerie Pierre Marie Vitoux, Paris
2001 Identités, Galerie Art Témoin, Paris
Arténîm, Fonderie Couffignal, Nîmes
Biennale Au-delà du corps, Aixe-sur-Vienne
2000 Art fair, Galerie Samagra, Los Angeles (U.S.A.)
Salon comparaison, Paris
Galerie Rasmus, Odense (Danemark)
Galerie Palz, Beckingen (Allemagne)
10e anniversaire, Galerie du Rat mort, Ostende (Belgique)
Linéart, Galerie du Rat mort, Gand (Belgique)
Les rencontres du cadran, Saint-Geours-de-Maremne
Arténîm, Fonderie Couffignal, Nîmes
1999 Galerie Duchoze, Rouen
Linéart, Galerie du Rat mort, Gand (Belgique)
1998 Ecce Homo, Galerie Horizon, Colera (Espagne)
1997 Biennale du nu, Laon
Galerie MJ Castelvi, Barcelone (Espagne)
1994 Mont-de-Marsan sculptures, Mont-de-Marsan
1993 Acquisitions, Musée Goya, Castres
1990 Fondation Paul Ricard, Bendor
1988 Fondation Paul Ricard, Bendor
1986 Fondation Paul Ricard, Bendor
Autumn Show, Paris
1985 Autumn Show, Paris
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