Co-founder of the Ecart Group (1969) and closely affiliated with the Fluxus movement, visual artist John M Armleder has since the end of the 1960's created a polymorphic body of work which encompasses performance, drawings, sculptures and paintings. Generally characterized by a sense of deep interconnectedness between life and art, and the appropriation of objects and quotes, his work is loaded with a set of influences and references which elude the modernist vernacular as well as any form of classification. Armleder gained international recognition with his Furniture Sculpture series from 1979, bringing together iconic examples of design and paintings to reflect on the trivialization of the artwork as an ornamental accessory. The artist is also recognized for his celebrated series of Pour and Puddle Paintings. "These works, born from his admiration for Larry Poons, and in accord with Armleder's larger practice, do not hide the strategy of their fabrication nor the significance of their own process: conjuring a time liberated from formal constraints, moral obligations, and the conventions of taste and style." (Extract from Stephanie Moisdon, ‘La Bruche du Haricot’, Almine Rech Gallery, Brussels, 2015).
John M Armleder
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John M Armleder, Calcareus Sponge, 2016
Mixed media on canvas
225 x 280 cm
88 5/8 x 110 1/4 inches -
John M Armleder, Jena, 2016
Mixed media on canvas
225 x 280 cm
88 5/8 x 110 1/4 inches -
John M Armleder, Challenger, 2016
Mixed media on canvas
225 x 280 cm
88 5/8 x 110 1/4 inches -
John M Armleder, Untitled (FS), 1997
Fake fur, wood and rope
160 x 120 x 75 cm -
John M Armleder, Peter Pan, 2014
Mixed media on canvas
270 x 170 x 15 cm -
John M Armleder, Untitled (Furniture Sculpture), 2002
Acrylic on canvas, vintage Egg Chair by Arne Jacobsen
200 x 300 x 130 cm -
John M Armleder, Pixie Wings, 2014
Mixed media on canvas
190 x 190 x 15 cm -
John M Armleder, A Frog Jumped with a Powder-Brush into the Water, 2014
Mixed media on canvas
300 x 190 x 4 cm -
John M Armleder, Festival of Dolls, 2014
Mixed media on canvas
300 x 190 x 4 cm -
John M Armleder, Of a Fisherman’s Arrow, 2014
Mixed media on canvas
320 x 270 x 4 cm -
John M Armleder, A Spring, 2014
Mixed media on canvas
240 x 190 x 4 cm -
John M Armleder, Matsuo Basho, 2014
Mixed media on canvas
320 x 270 x 4 cm -
John M Armleder, This Gold Chapel, 2014
Mixed media on canvas
190 x 190 x 4 cm -
John M Armleder, A Deep Resonance, 2014
Mixed media on canvas
240 x 190 x 4 cm -
John M Armleder, Dragon’s Gate, 2014
Mixed media on canvas
190 x 190 x 4 cm -
John M Armleder, Hot Radish, 2014
Mixed media on canvas
240 x 190 x 4 cm -
John M Armleder, Four Gates, 2014
Mixed media on canvas
240 x 190 x 4 cm -
John M Armleder, When the Fog Gifted, 2014
Mixed media on canvas
300 x 190 x 4 cm -
John M Armleder, Ancient Imperial Horses, 2014
Mixed media on canvas
300 x 190 x 4 cm -
John M Armleder, Crawl out Bravely, 2014
Mixed media on canvas
240 x 190 x 4 cm -
John M Armleder, Through the Leaves, 2014
Mixed media on canvas
240 x 190 x 4 cm -
John M Armleder, Mount Yudono, 2014
Mixed media on canvas
240 x 190 x 4 cm -
John M Armleder, Le Haricot, 2014
Mixed media on canvas
240 x 190 x 9,5 cm -
John M Armleder, La Bruche, 2014
Mixed media on canvas
240 x 190 x 9,5 cm -
John M Armleder, Tablespoon, 2016
Mixed media on canvas
215 x 150 x 5 cm
84 5/8 x 59 x 2 inches -
John M Armleder, Furniture Sculpture, 2012 (1980)
Wood table fixed to the ceiling
42,5 x 106,7 x 45,7 cm
16 3/4 x 42 x 18 inches -
John M Armleder, Furniture Sculpture 230, 1989
3 upholstered chairs on an acrylic-painted pedestal
112 x 180 x 150 cm
44 1/8 x 70 7/8 x 59 inches -
John M Armleder, Blind Venitian Piece (FS), 1987
Acrylic on canvas and green Venetian blind
Venetian blind: 246 x 93 cm
Canvas: 100,5 x 100 cm
246 x 200 cm
96 7/8 x 78 3/4 inches -
John M Armleder, Untitled, 1984
Untitled, 1984
Lacquer on perforated masonite
125 x 125 cm
49 1/4 x 49 1/4 inches -
John M Armleder, M/TP002, 1966 / 1983
Oil on paper
108,9 x 45,72 x 4,45 cm (framed)
42 7/8 x 18 x 1 3/4 inches (framed) -
John M Armleder, Untitled (M/TP 082), 1978/79
Pencil on paper
57,15 x 45,72 x 3,81 cm (framed)
22 1/2 x 18 x 1 1/2 inches (framed) -
John M Armleder, Untitled, Caput Mortum, 1968
Gouache on paper
109,22 x 80,01 x 3,81 cm (framed)
43 x 31 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches (framed) -
John M Armleder, Untitled, 1992
Ink on paper
109,54 x 79,22 x 4,45 cm (framed)
43 1/8 x 31 3/16 x 1 3/4 inches (framed) -
John M Armleder, Untitled, 1993
Gouache on paper
79,69 x 59,06 x 3,81 cm (framed)
31 3/8 x 23 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches (framed) -
John M Armleder, Untitled, 1992/93
Ink and gouache on paper
109,54 x 79,06 x 4,45 cm (framed)
43 1/8 x 31 1/8 x 1 3/4 inches (framed) -
John M Armleder, Untitled (M/TP 060), 1967/79
Gouache, pencil, oil on paper
53,34 x 39,69 x 3,81 cm (framed)
21 x 15 5/8 x 1 1/2 inches (framed) -
John M Armleder, Untitled (M/TP 062), 1978/89
Ink on paper
71,76 x 57,15 x 3,81 cm (framed)
28 1/4 x 22 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches (framed) -
John M Armleder, Untitled, 1967
Indian ink and watercolor on paper
43,18 x 33,02 x 3,81 cm (framed)
17 x 13 x 1 1/2 inches (framed) -
John M Armleder, Untitled, 1968
Indian ink and watercolor on paper
43,18 x 33,5 x 3,81 cm (framed)
17 x 13 3/16 x 1 1/2 inches (framed) -
John M Armleder, Untitled, 1963
Color pencil on paper
40,96 x 33,66 x 3,81 cm (framed)
16 1/8 x 13 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches (framed) -
John M Armleder, Untitled, 1969
Gouache, color pencil, bronze and aluminium lacquers on paper
37,47 x 27,94 x 3,81 cm (framed)
14 3/4 x 11 x 1 1/2 inches (framed) -
John M Armleder, Untitled, 1974
Acrylic and gouache on paper
51,28 x 39,05 x 3,81 cm (framed)
20 3/16 x 15 3/8 x 1 1/2 inches (framed) -
John M Armleder, Untitled, 1979
Lacquer on paper
42,55 x 33,97 x 3,81 cm (framed)
16 3/4 x 13 3/8 x 1 1/2 inches (framed) -
John M Armleder, Untitled, 1980
Gouache and graphite on paper
46,36 x 33,66 x 3,81 cm (framed)
18 1/4 x 13 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches (framed) -
John M Armleder, Remove, 2016
Diptych
Left: mixed media on canvas - 215 x 150 x 5 cm, 84 5/8 x 59 x 2 inches
Right: Acrylic on canvas - 215 x 150 x 4 cm, 84 5/8 x 59 x 1 5/8 inches
215 x 300 x 5 cm
84 5/8 x 118 1/8 x 2 inches -
John M Armleder, Cast Iron, 2016
Diptych
Left: Acrylic on canvas - 215 x 150 x 4 cm, 84 5/8 x 59 x 1 5/8 inches
Right: Varnish on canvas - 215 x 150 x 5 cm, 84 5/8 x 59 x 2 inches
215 x 300 x 5 cm
84 5/8 x 118 1/8 x 2 inches -
John M Armleder, Transfer, 2016
Acrylic on canvas
215 x 300 x 4 cm
84 5/8 x 118 1/8 x 1 5/8 inches -
John M Armleder, Shishito Peppers, 2016
Acrylic on canvas, lacquer sprayed composite board, living flowers, metal buckets
233,68 x 731,52 x 121,92 cm
92 x 288 x 48 inches -
John M Armleder, Prunier, 2018
Mixed media on canvas
215 x 150 cm
84 5/8 x 59 inches -
John M Armleder, Faucon impatient, 2018
Mixed media on canvas
170 x 120 cm
66 7/8 x 47 1/4 inches -
John M Armleder, Prunier, 2018
Mixed media on canvas
215 x 150 cm
84 5/8 x 59 inches -
John M Armleder, Côté est, 2018
Mixed media on canvas
215 x 150 cm
84 5/8 x 59 inches -
John M Armleder, La pluie, enfin! , 2018
Mixed media on canvas
215 x 150 cm
84 5/8 x 59 inches -
John M Armleder, Premières oies, 2018
Mixed media on canvas
225 x 150 cm
88 5/8 x 59 inches -
John M Armleder, Ombres, 2018
Mixed media on canvas
225 x 150 cm
88 5/8 x 59 inches -
John M Armleder, Ombre des fleurs, 2018
Mixed media on canvas
225 x 150 cm
88 5/8 x 59 inches -
John M Armleder, Portails, 2018
Mixed media on canvas
225 x 150 cm
88 5/8 x 59 inches -
John M Armleder, Pruniers fleuris, 2018
Mixed media on canvas
225 x 150 cm
88 5/8 x 59 inches -
John M Armleder, Cascade, 2018
Mixed media on canvas
225 x 150 cm
88 5/8 x 59 inches -
John M Armleder, Fruit du lotus, 2018
Mixed media on canvas
225 x 150 cm
88 5/8 x 59 inches -
John M Armleder, Cigales des bois, 2018
Mixed media on canvas
150 x 225 cm
59 x 88 5/8 inches -
John M Armleder, Cinquième lune, 2018
Mixed media on canvas - Diptych
215 x 300 cm
84 5/8 x 118 1/8 inches -
John M Armleder, Cloche, 2018
Mixed media on canvas
170 x 120 cm
66 7/8 x 47 1/4 inches -
John M Armleder, Etang, 2018
Mixed media on canvas
170 x 120 cm
66 7/8 x 47 1/4 inches -
John M Armleder, Smoothie II (furniture sculpture), 2019
Acrylic on canvas, two sofas
by Ubald Klug & Ueli Berger, 1972
Canvas: 150 x 280 cm - 59 x 110 1/4 in
Sofa: 180 x 140 x 100 cm - 70 7/8 x 55 1/8 x 39 3/8 in (each)
Exhibitions
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Sequitur
— • Shanghai -
Un Hiver à Paris
— • Paris, Front Space -
Summer
— • Paris -
Spring
— • Shanghai -
Pink Noise, John M Armleder, Peter Schuyff, Blair Thurmann
— • Brussels -
Lineup
— • New York -
Approaches to Abstraction
— • Shanghai -
John M Armleder
— • Paris -
John M Armleder
— • New York -
John M Armleder, Mark Hagen, Peter Halley, Olivier Mosset - Frieze New York 2016
— • New York -
In Different Ways, Group Show
— • London, Savile Row -
Art Basel 2015
— • Basel -
Dans un intérieur, Meubles, œuvres murales & textiles d’artistes
— • Brussels -
The Shell (Landscapes, Portraits & Shapes), A show by Eric Troncy
— • Paris -
La Bruche du Haricot
— • Brussels -
Dans un intérieur, Meubles, œuvres murales & textiles d’artistes
— • Paris -
Platform, Curated by Nicolas Trembley
— • Brussels
Museum Exhibitions
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Geometric Opulence
— • Haus Konstruktiv Museum, Zurich, Swiss -
'John Armleder: Again, Just Again'
— • Rockbund Art Museum -
Lightness of being, Perspective
— • Fondation CAB, Saint-Paul-De-Vence -
Iso-cèle, Organized by Rectangle
— • Hotel Manos Premier, Brussels -
Abstraction(s), Curated by Nicolas Trembley
— • Song Art Museum, Beijing, China -
Spoons, Moons And Masks
— • Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, USA -
Circa, Circa
— • Shirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany -
Abstraction: Aspects of Contemporary Art
— • The National Museum of Osaka, Japan -
Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose
— • Museion Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy -
360°
— • Madre, Naples -
A rebours
— • La Salle de Bains, Lyon -
Stockage
— • Istituto Svizzero di Roma, Rome -
Burning Bridges
— • New York -
Où sont les sauces ?
— • Le Consortium, Dijon, France -
Quicksand
— • The Dairy Art Centre, London -
Selected Furniture Sculptures 1979–2012
— • Swiss Institute, New York
Videos
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John M Armleder in his studio, 2021 -
Portrait of an Artist - John M Armleder
Selected press
- Yumeng Jing, 'The Swiss national artist tells you: the only constant in art is change!', BAZAAR ART, 2nd August 2021 — 13.4 MB
- Emmanuelle Lequeux, 'Selection galeries: Jean Perdrizet et John M Armleder à Paris', Le Monde, 22th June 2018 — 102.3 kB
- 'Galerie Almine Rech: John M Armleder en eruption, Beaux Arts Magazine, July 2018 — 302.9 kB
- Judicaël Lavrador, 'Expo/ Armleder, la tectonique des flaques', Libération, 17th June 2018 — 270.9 kB
- David Alm, 'As Conceptual As It Gets', Forbes, 18th January 2017 — 437.3 kB
- Antoine Espinasseau, 'The Shell', Frog, Fall-Winter 2015 - 2016 — 6.0 MB
- Olivier Zahm, 'The Shell', Purple, Fall/Winter 2015 — 514.8 kB
- Philippe Meier, 'Die kunst der inszenierung', Neue Bürcher Beitung, June 2015 — 288.6 kB
- Muriel De Crayencour, 'Larmes de joie', M... BELGIQUE, 1st January 2015 — 437.2 kB
- Muriel de Crayencour, 'Puissance et sensualité', MU IN THE CITY, 19th December 2014 — 2.2 MB
- Stéphanie Moisdon, 'John M. Armleder. La bruche du haricot’, WALL STREET INTERNATIONAL, 2014 — 580.1 kB
- Ben luke, 'John Armleder: Quicksand, Dairy Art Centre - exhibition review', LONDON EVENING STANDARD, 23th April 2013 — 664.2 kB
- Emmanuelle Lequeux, 'John Armleder: «En deux ans, j’ai failli mourir cinq fois... Cela change tout»', LE MONDE, 28th October 2011 — 348.3 kB
- Marie Maertens, 'Rencontre avec John Armleder', VOGUE, 6th July 2011 — 668.2 kB
- Fabrice Stroun, 'To Be Determined', ARTFORUM, 11th April 2011 — 3.1 MB
- Joe Fyfe, ‘John Armleder: Slightly Transformed or Used Verbatim’, ART IN AMERICA, February, 2008 — 3.2 MB
- Steven Stern, 'John Armleder', FRIEZE MAGAZINE, Janurary-February, 2007 — 227.9 kB
- ‘Kunsthalle Zürich Presents John Armleder’, ARTDAILY — 130.5 kB