olivier debré
The Debré Donation in 2008 gave rise to the new project of the eponymous center for contemporary creation. The idea was to bring together in one place the collection of a historic artist and the experimental mission that the art center had been carrying out since 1985. Olivier Debré's heirs donated part of their father's works to Tours Métropole Val de Loire, owner of the CCC OD building. Since 2016, the art center ensures the conservation and dissemination of this donation. It also promotes the works of the artist through temporary exhibitions (in and outside the walls; personal or collective) and works to develop the catalog raisonné of his paintings. Since March 2021, the CCC OD also offers to discover the different facets of the work of Olivier Debré (1920-1999) through the series "Le CCC OD raconte Olivier Debré", offering each month a new thematic episode.
The Debré Donation consists of five emblematic works that Olivier Debré created especially for his 1991 exhibition in the former premises of the art center, then called the CCC. These paintings are among the largest formats the artist ever executed, with their record dimensions of four meters by nine and a half meters.
In addition to these monumental works, there is a selection of 150 graphic works from various periods, representative of the whole of the painter’s research. Dated from the 1940s to the 1990s, they testify to the ever-experimental nature of the artist’s work, from the geometric compositions of the post-war period to the large “character signs” created in ink in a direct and spontaneous manner, via the large abstract landscapes created in charcoal in the 1960s-1970s.
These works were brought to the CCC OD in 2016. Since then, several restoration campaigns have already been carried out to restore approximately one third of the works in this Donation to their full glory so that they can be exhibited to the public. Other restoration campaigns will be scheduled in the near future.
Since 2016, the operation of the CCC OD has been equipped with a research component that has in particular the project to carry out, in collaboration with the artist’s heirs, the catalog raisonné of Olivier Debré’s paintings. The purpose of a catalog raisonné is to list and locate all the works created by an artist. It provides a complete history tracing the life of each work (provenance, exhibitions, bibliography). It thus aims to gather elements allowing the most complete knowledge possible of an artist’s work, presented in a form that is at once descriptive, analytical and critical.
For any questions regarding the inclusion of works in the catalog raisonné, please contact
Marine Rochard
02 47 70 23 21
m.rochard@cccod.fr
16.10.20 – 30.05.21
Expanse, body, space. Olivier Debré and the artist-architects
Curator: Isabelle Reiher, director of the CCC OD and Marine Rochard, exhibition manager at the CCC OD
group exhibition – CCC OD
with : Robert Breer, Bernard Calet, Chanéac, Jordi Colomer, Olivier Debré, Peter Downsbrough, Larissa Fassler, Yona Friedman, Isa Genzken, Pascal Haüsermann, Georg Herold, Thomas Huber, Rémy Jacquier, Antti Lovag, Eva Nielsen, Claire Trotignon, Raphaël Zarka
19.09 – 15.11.20
Olivier Debré, signs characters
Curator: Marine Rochard, in charge of exhibitions at CCC OD
solo exhibition – Mont-Saint-Michel abbey
as part of the “Normandie Impressioniste” festival
04.07 – 20.09.2020
La Peinture à l’épreuve
Curator: Marine Rochard, in charge of exhibitions at CCC OD
solo exhibition – art center Le Garage in Amboise
2019 – 2020
Signs Characters
collective exhibition – Tours Métropole
Curator: Marine Rochard, in charge of exhibitions at CCC OD
with : Mathieu Dufois, Fabien Mérelle, Massinissa Selmani, Claire Trotignon
05.05.18 – 06.01.19
Les Nymphéas d’Olivier Debré
Curator: Marine Rochard, in charge of exhibitions at CCC OD
solo exhibition – CCC OD
10.03 – 03.09.17
Olivier Debré: a journey to Norway
Curator: Marine Rochard and Delphine Masson, in charge of exhibitions at CCC OD
solo exhibition – CCC OD
25.06.91 – 29.09.91
Four Paintings
Curator: Alain-Julien Laferrière
solo exhibition – CCC
Discover a new facet of the work of Olivier Debré (1920-1999) with the series “Le CCC OD raconte Olivier Debré”, offering a new thematic episode each month.
To find out about the inventory of the Debré Donation, to make a loan request, or to obtain any other information about Olivier Debré’s work, please contact Marine Rochard (m.rochard@cccod.fr / 02 47 70 23 21).
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Olivier Debré, Fervent Abstraction
October 2020 – September 2021
Curator: Hélène Jagot, director of the Musées-Château de Tours and Milena Glicenstein, curator of the Institut national du Patrimoine
Saturday 6.01, 7pm: conference by Marine Rochard, exhibition manager, at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours
Museum of Fine Arts of Tours
- + the donation
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The Debré Donation consists of five emblematic works that Olivier Debré created especially for his 1991 exhibition in the former premises of the art center, then called the CCC. These paintings are among the largest formats the artist ever executed, with their record dimensions of four meters by nine and a half meters.
In addition to these monumental works, there is a selection of 150 graphic works from various periods, representative of the whole of the painter’s research. Dated from the 1940s to the 1990s, they testify to the ever-experimental nature of the artist’s work, from the geometric compositions of the post-war period to the large “character signs” created in ink in a direct and spontaneous manner, via the large abstract landscapes created in charcoal in the 1960s-1970s.
These works were brought to the CCC OD in 2016. Since then, several restoration campaigns have already been carried out to restore approximately one third of the works in this Donation to their full glory so that they can be exhibited to the public. Other restoration campaigns will be scheduled in the near future.
- + the catalog raisonné
-
Since 2016, the operation of the CCC OD has been equipped with a research component that has in particular the project to carry out, in collaboration with the artist’s heirs, the catalog raisonné of Olivier Debré’s paintings. The purpose of a catalog raisonné is to list and locate all the works created by an artist. It provides a complete history tracing the life of each work (provenance, exhibitions, bibliography). It thus aims to gather elements allowing the most complete knowledge possible of an artist’s work, presented in a form that is at once descriptive, analytical and critical.
For any questions regarding the inclusion of works in the catalog raisonné, please contact
Marine Rochard
02 47 70 23 21
m.rochard@cccod.fr - + the exhibitions
-
16.10.20 – 30.05.21
Expanse, body, space. Olivier Debré and the artist-architects
Curator: Isabelle Reiher, director of the CCC OD and Marine Rochard, exhibition manager at the CCC OD
group exhibition – CCC OD
with : Robert Breer, Bernard Calet, Chanéac, Jordi Colomer, Olivier Debré, Peter Downsbrough, Larissa Fassler, Yona Friedman, Isa Genzken, Pascal Haüsermann, Georg Herold, Thomas Huber, Rémy Jacquier, Antti Lovag, Eva Nielsen, Claire Trotignon, Raphaël Zarka19.09 – 15.11.20
Olivier Debré, signs characters
Curator: Marine Rochard, in charge of exhibitions at CCC OD
solo exhibition – Mont-Saint-Michel abbey
as part of the “Normandie Impressioniste” festival04.07 – 20.09.2020
La Peinture à l’épreuve
Curator: Marine Rochard, in charge of exhibitions at CCC OD
solo exhibition – art center Le Garage in Amboise2019 – 2020
Signs Characters
collective exhibition – Tours Métropole
Curator: Marine Rochard, in charge of exhibitions at CCC OD
with : Mathieu Dufois, Fabien Mérelle, Massinissa Selmani, Claire Trotignon05.05.18 – 06.01.19
Les Nymphéas d’Olivier Debré
Curator: Marine Rochard, in charge of exhibitions at CCC OD
solo exhibition – CCC OD10.03 – 03.09.17
Olivier Debré: a journey to NorwayCurator: Marine Rochard and Delphine Masson, in charge of exhibitions at CCC OD
solo exhibition – CCC OD25.06.91 – 29.09.91
Four PaintingsCurator: Alain-Julien Laferrière
solo exhibition – CCC
- + the ccc od tells olivier debré
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Discover a new facet of the work of Olivier Debré (1920-1999) with the series “Le CCC OD raconte Olivier Debré”, offering a new thematic episode each month.
- + diffusion
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To find out about the inventory of the Debré Donation, to make a loan request, or to obtain any other information about Olivier Debré’s work, please contact Marine Rochard (m.rochard@cccod.fr / 02 47 70 23 21).
news
Olivier Debré, Fervent Abstraction
October 2020 – September 2021
Curator: Hélène Jagot, director of the Musées-Château de Tours and Milena Glicenstein, curator of the Institut national du PatrimoineSaturday 6.01, 7pm: conference by Marine Rochard, exhibition manager, at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours
Museum of Fine Arts of Tours
