{"id":45409,"date":"2026-04-08T13:09:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T13:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.galerieartconcept.com\/?p=45409"},"modified":"2026-04-10T14:38:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T14:38:05","slug":"michel-francois","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.galerieartconcept.com\/en\/michel-francois\/","title":{"rendered":"Michel Fran\u00e7ois"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Vue de l\u2019exposition \/ Exhibition view Contre Nature, 2023, Bozar, Bruxelles\/BE. Photo : Isabelle Arthuis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Le monde et les bras, 1992. Photographies, poches de pantalons remplies de pl\u00e2tre \/ Photographs, trouser pockets filled with plaster.
Vue de l\u2019exposition \/ Exhibition view Plans d\u2019\u00e9vasion, 2010, IAC, Villeurbanne\/FR. Photo : Blaise Adilon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vue de l\u2019exposition \/ Exhibition view Panoptique, 2021, Centre International d\u2019Art Verrier, Meisenthal\/FR. Photo : Guy Rebmeister<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vue de l\u2019exposition \/ Exhibition view Panoptique, 2021, Centre International d\u2019Art Verrier, Meisenthal\/FR. Photo : Guy Rebmeister<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vue de l\u2019exposition \/ Exhibition view Plans d\u2019\u00e9vasion, 2010, IAC, Villeurbanne\/FR. Photo : Blaise Adilon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Contamination (Pommes), 2006, Bois, bois br\u00fbl\u00e9 \/ Wood, burned wood.
Vue de l\u2019exposition \/ Exhibition view Plans d\u2019\u00e9vasion, 2010, IAC, Villeurbanne\/FR. Photo : Blaise Adilon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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From one another, 2020, cuir, bois caoutchouc \/ leather, wood and rubber.
Vue de l\u2019exposition \/ Exhibition view Contre Nature, 2023, Bozar, Bruxelles\/BE. Photo : Isabelle Arthuis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Trousers, 1991, pl\u00e2tre, tissu, cordes \/ Plaster, fabric, ropes. 107 x 37 x 25 cm.
Vue de l\u2019exposition \/ Exhibition view Contre Nature, 2023, Bozar, Bruxelles\/BE. Photo : Mina Albespy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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He\u0301te\u0301rotopie (maquette), 2020-2023.
Vue de l\u2019exposition \/ Exhibition view Contre Nature, 2023, Bozar, Bruxelles\/BE. Photo : Isabelle Arthuis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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He\u0301te\u0301rotopie (maquette), 2020-2023.
Vue de l\u2019exposition \/ Exhibition view Contre Nature, 2023, Bozar, Bruxelles\/BE. Photo : Isabelle Arthuis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sculpture \u00e0 l\u2019aveugle, 2022, Aluminium \/ Aluminium.
Vue de l\u2019exposition \/ Exhibition view Contre Nature, 2023, Bozar, Bruxelles\/BE. Photo : Isabelle Arthuis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Selfportrait, 2025
Pl\u00e2tre, polystyr\u00e8ne, verre, acier \/ Plaster, polystyrene, glass, steel, 53 \u00d7 57 \u00d7 20 cm
Vue de l\u2019exposition \/ Exhibition view Contre Nature, 2023, Bozar, Bruxelles\/BE. Photo : Isabelle Arthuis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vue de l\u2019exposition \/ Exhibition view Contre Nature, 2023, Bozar, Bruxelles\/BE. Photo : Isabelle Arthuis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Enroulement, 2010, Pl\u00e2tre et n\u00e9opr\u00e8ne \/ plaster and neoprene.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Psycho jardin (d\u00e9tail\/detail), 2009, Installation avec cactus, polystyr\u00e8ne, bois et bouteilles \/ Installation with cactuses, polystyrene wood and bottles.
Vue de l\u2019exposition \/ Exhibition view Plans d\u2019\u00e9vasion, 2010, IAC, Villeurbanne\/FR. Photo : Blaise Adilon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e, 2016, Aluminium, photo imprim\u00e9e sur une plaque d\u2019aluminium \/Cast aluminium, photograph printed on aluminium board, 126 x 180 x 90 cm . Photo : Mina Albespy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Instant Gratification, 2011, Bronze. Photo : Stuart Whipps<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vue de l\u2019exposition \/ Exhibition view Pieces of evidence, 2014, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham\/UK. Photo : Stuart Whipps<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Neons bris\u00e9s (d\u00e9tail\/detail), 2003-2014, Neons. Photo : Mina Albespy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vue de l\u2019exposition \/ Exhibition view Pieces of evidence, 2014, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham\/UK. Photo : Stuart Whipps<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vue de l\u2019exposition \/ Exhibition view Pieces of evidence, 2014, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham\/UK. Photo : Stuart Whipps<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Couple parfait, 2019, bouteilles, bougies \/ bottles, candles.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Duo sculpture photo, 2023, Pull-over, 1992<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vue de l\u2019exposition \/ Exhibition view Panopticon, 2022, Yarat Contemporary Art Centre, Azerbaijan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Golden cage, 2008, acier, feuilles d\u2019or \/ steel, gold leafs, 250 x 400 x 300 cm.
Vue de l\u2019exposition \/ Exhibition view Plans d\u2019\u00e9vasion, 2010, IAC, Villeurbanne\/FR. Photo : Blaise Adilon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Michel Fran\u00e7ois (born in 1956), lives and works in Brussels, Belgium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fascinated by the gestures of everyday life and the tensions that they reveal, Fran\u00e7ois has distinguished himself, since the 1980s, through a unique practice in which disorder and ambiguity reign. In parallel to
his photographs being published as posters, and then in books format, the artist developped a specificapproach to sculpture and installation, where his works and images are often grouped, accumulated, and re-contextualized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has exhibited throughout Europe and abroad, including, most recently, major shows at the Galleria d\u2019Arte Moderna, in Bologna, Italy, the Westf\u00e4lischen Kunstverein in Munster, and the Ursula-Blickle-Stiftung Foundation, Kraichtal, Germany. Additionally, his work has been extensively shown, notably in le Mois de la Photo \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al 2001, at the Fondation Mir\u00f3 in Barcelona (2001), as part of Printemps de Cahors (2000), at the Kunsthalle in Bern (2000), at the 48th Venice Biennale (1999), where he represented Belgium, in the International Biennale of Istanbul (1997), and at Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art of Rotterdam (1997).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His work can be found in many private and public European collections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Michel Fran\u00e7ois : contre nature. Textes de Fran\u00e7ois Piron, Eug\u00e8ne Savitzkaya, Ory Dessau, Christophe Slagmuylder, Michel Fran\u00e7ois et Sylvain Courbois. \u00c9dition anglaise. [S.l.] : Bozar Books, 2023. 240 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. ISBN 978-9-07220-179-9.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Michel Fran\u00e7ois : Plans d\u2019\u00e9vasion. Textes de Guillaume D\u00e9sanges. Pr\u00e9f. de Nathalie Ergino et Philippe Van Cauteren. Amsterdam : Roma Publications ; Gand : SMAK, Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, 2010. 358 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. (Roma publications, n\u00b0 135). ISBN 978-90-77459-41-6. Textes en anglais et en fran\u00e7ais.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ann Veronica Janssens \/ Michel Fran\u00e7ois. Textes de Guillaume D\u00e9sanges. \u00c9dition anglaise. [S.l.] : [s.n.], 2022. 336 p. : ill. ; 29,5 cm. ISBN 978-1-7345275-9-9.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Michel Fran\u00e7ois : Pieces of Evidence. Texte de Herbert Martin. Birmingham : Ikon Gallery Ltd, 2014. ISBN 978-1-904864-92-9<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Michel Fran\u00e7ois. La plante en nous. G\u00f6ttingen : Steidl, 2001. ISBN 978-3-882437-65-2.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Michel Fran\u00e7ois (born in 1956), lives and works in Brussels, Belgium. Fascinated by the gestures of everyday life and the tensions that they reveal, Fran\u00e7ois has distinguished himself, since the 1980s, through a unique practice in which disorder and ambiguity reign. In parallel tohis photographs being published as posters, and then in books format, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artists"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.galerieartconcept.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.galerieartconcept.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.galerieartconcept.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.galerieartconcept.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.galerieartconcept.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45409"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.galerieartconcept.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45524,"href":"https:\/\/www.galerieartconcept.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45409\/revisions\/45524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.galerieartconcept.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.galerieartconcept.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.galerieartconcept.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}