Background

Claude Rutault was born on October 25, 1941 in Trois-Moutiers, France.

Career

Starting 1973, Claude Rutault uses a simple method to create new artworks. Definition-method is a text, describing a procedure that makes it possible to realize a painting by Claude Rutault. For example, the definition/method 1 of 1973 reads: “canvas per unit. a canvas braced on a stretcher, painted the same colour as the wall on which it is hung. can be used standard formats available in the trade, be they rectangular, square, round or oval. hanging arrangement is traditional.” All of Rutault’s paintings prior to 1973 have been entirely repainted following that principle.

Rutault participated in Documenta 6 in 1977 and 7 in 1982 in Kassel.

He is represented by the Emmanuel Perrotin Gallery where his first solo exhibition "Exposition - suicide" took place.

Claude Rutault lives and works in La Celle St Cloud, France.

Achievements

• Rutault is the recipient of the Order of Arts and Letters (Ordre des Arts et des Lettres).
  
  Besides, his work can be found in numerous public collections such as the SMAK Stedelijk Museum, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, and Mamco, Musée d’art moderne et contemporain Genève.
  
  

Works

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  • dé-finition/méthode #77: changement / invariance 1

  • Installation View

  • dé-finition/méthode #511: peinture-tombeau

  • dé-finition/méthode #4: peint / repeint (‘la france défigurée’ 1969) / non peint

  • Installation View

  • dé-finition/méthode #500: peinture en équilibre

  • dé-finition/méthode #257: hors cadre

  • Installation View

  • dé-finition/méthode #107: peinture-puzzle généralisée

  • Le naufrage de la peinture

  • dé-finition/méthode #49: interchangeable generalisé

  • dé-finition/méthode #172: de pile en pile. soixantième thème: transit (droit de visite)

  • Installation View

  • dé-finition/méthode #178: rien à lire

  • dé-finition/méthode #505: lettre au docteur barnes

  • Installation View

  • dé-finition/méthode #261: la peinture sort de sa réserve

  • dé-finition/méthode #506: la photographie n’est que l’ombre de la peinture

  • dé-finition/méthode #232: l’art de la peinture — l’atelier — vermeer

  • dé-finition/méthode #496: exposition-suicide 1

  • Toiles à l’unité/Légendes

Views

Quotations: "There have been a lot of developments in art since the ’70s, but the main element of my work has remained the same - the painting is never finished.”

References

• Claude Rutault