L'Art de Vivre

Curated by Josh Baer & Suzanne Demisch

April 15 - May 14, 2005
540 West 26th Street

Press Release

Lehmann Maupin would like to announce "L'Art de Vivre," an exhibition organized by Josh Baer and Suzanne Demisch with artworks and furniture selected with the eye of a "collector" and presented with a personal narrative.

Together, the furniture and artworks represent a unique and personal collection of 20th Century artistic creation.

The artworks, which Baer describes as "seminal" or "pivotal," are not unique works but are central to the history of each artist in the exhibition. They range from the period of Marcel Duchamp's Boite-en-valise and Man Ray's Electricite, which he produced for the French electric company, to recent wallpaper by British artist Sarah Lucas. Other Artists included are Joseph Beuys, Bruce Nauman, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Robert Gober, Jenny Holzer, Mike Kelley, Andy Warhol, Chris Burden, Ed Ruscha and Fischli Weiss.

The furniture can be described as sculpture with a use and also represents the artists' overall expression of their body of work. The selection includes works by Atelier A, John Chamberlain, Donald Judd, Francois Xavier + Claude Lalanne, Sol Lewitt, Gerrit Rietveld, Giacometti, Charlotte Perriand and others.

Josh Baer is a private art dealer, publisher of The Baer Faxt newsletter and recently curated the Chris Burden exhibition at Zwirner & Wirth. Suzanne Demisch is also a private dealer specializing in 1960s and 70s decorative arts and design.

For further information or to view images, please visit www.lehmannmaupin.com and click on Upcoming or contact us at info@lehmannmaupin.com.

Exhibition Works

DROOG DESIGN Munich Rag Chair, 2004 LM8597


FRANCOIS-XAVIER LALANNE L'Ane de Natalie, 1973/2000 cast bronze, bronze, leather, wood, horse hair 71.65 x 73.62 x 20.87 inches 182 x 187 x 53 cm Edition of 8 LM8592


PIERRE PAULIN Chaise à Palmette, 1982 amaranth wood 50.39 x 22.05 x 23.62 inches 128 x 56 x 60 cm LM8596


CLAUDE LALANNE Choupatte, 1964 bronze and copper 12.6 x 11.81 x 11.81 inches 32 x 30 x 30 cm LM8594


BRUCE NAUMAN Studies for Holograms (a-e), 1970 five screenprints each: 26 x 26 inches 66 x 66 cm Edition of 150 LM8590


JOSEPH BEUYS Felt Suit, 1970 felt, sewn, stamped 66.93 x 23.62 inches 170 x 60 cm Edition of 100 LM8620


JENNY HOLZER Set of Inflammatory Essays Posters (English), 1979-1982 set of ten signed offset printed posters, multicolor each: 17 x 17 inches 43.2 x 43.2 cm LM8616


ROBERT GOBER Male and Female Genitals, 1989 silkscreen on paper dimensions variable unlimited edition; no longer in production LM8650


FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT Table from the Unitarian Church, Shorewood Hills, WI, 1951 stained fir plywood 25 x 46.5 x 46.5 inches 63.5 x 118.1 x 118.1 cm LM8655


CLAUDE DE MUZAC bronze objects, c. 1970 bronze various dimensions LM8676