Exhibition Archive - Akim Monet Curatorial 2011-2023

Los Angeles (2019-2021): Disruptive Selection (Fall 2019 & Spring 2020)

  • In an effort to return to the roots of artistic interaction, and the intimacy brought by salon style presentations where conversation is favored over marketing, Akim Monet receives -by appointment only- in his 1964 Crestwood Hills mid-century architectural home, the first iteration of Popcorn Gallery LA!Please click HERE to request a private viewing, HERE to visit the exhibition online, or HERE for a full feature 5 min. video walkthrough PRESS RELEASE
  • Joseph BEUYS (1921 - 1986)Phototype on polyester sheet, with hand-written text; stampedPrint size: 75 3/16 x 39 3/8 in (191 x 100 cm)Framed size: 82 x 45 3/4 x 2 1/2 in (208.28 x 116.2 x 6.35 cm)Signed {quote}Joseph Beuys{quote} and numbered 45/180, inscribed {quote}La rivoluzione siamo Noi,{quote} hand-stamped with the Hauptstrom stampEdition 180 plus 18 APPublishers: Modern Art Agency (Lucio Amelio), Naples and Edition Tangente, HeidelbergPlease click HERE for full fact sheet
  • Auguste RODIN (1840-1917)Bronze16 1/8 x 14 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. (41 x 36,9 x 13,5 cm)Ed. 8 + 4APCast in 1984 by Fonderie de Coubertin, ParisInscribed ‘A. Rodin’, © by Musée Rodin and numbered Ed. 7/8One of the eight examples in Arabic numerals, dated and stamped with foundry markPlease click HERE for full fact sheet
  • Marcel DUCHAMP (1887 - 1968)Stapled softcover with plastic protective green illustrated wrappers. Contains Duchamps’s own Catalogue Raisonné made from his annotated photocopies of library catalog cards. Heavily illustrated in black and white and tipped in color reproductionsIntroductory essay by Walter Hopps, Acting Director of the Pasadena Art Museum11 x 8 1/2 in (28 x 21.4 cm)One of 2000 copies, 56 pagesThe catalogue, By or of Marcel Duchamp or Rose Selavy was published on the occasion of the artist's retrospective exhibition at the Pasadena Art Museum, October 8 through November 3, 1963Please click HERE for full fact sheet
  • Joseph BEUYS (1921 - 1986)Silkscreen on gray cardboard. Printed in Red33 7/8 x 24 in (86 x 61 cm)Signed by Beuys and Staeck in pencil; numbered by Beuys 21/40Edition 40, signed by both authors, numberedPublisher: Edition Staeck, HeidelbergEdition produced in connection with the exhibition Stellungnahme (Kunstverein Bonn, 1979), in which numerous artists were asked to submit their suggestions for a planned Bundeskunsthalle (Federal Art Gallery).Please click HERE for full fact sheet
  • Joseph BEUYS (1921 - 1986)Graduated glass cylinder, with inscription {quote}Rose für Direkte Demokratie{quote} and {quote}Joseph Beuys{quote}13 3/16 x 2 in (33,5 x 5 cm)Edition UnlimitedPublisher: Edition Staeck, HeidelbergPlease click HERE for full fact sheet
  • Artist UNKNOWNA rare ornate church incense burner, possibly French, or from FlandersSilver mat metal alloy - evidence of “vert-de-gris” patinaIncense burner: 7 7/8 x 4 5/16 x 4 5/16 in (20 x 11 x 11 cm)Original chain: 35 1/2 in (90 cm)Please click HERE for full fact sheet
  • Paul McCARTHY (b. 1945), Benjamin WEISSMAN (b. 1957), Naotaka HIRO (b. 1972)Acrylic, charcoal, graphite on paperFramed size: 26 x 20 in (66.04 x 50.8 cm)Please click HERE for full fact sheet
  • Artist UNKNOWNA Spanish Renaissance Gold & Silver reliquaryThe front plate of the cross has a quartet of three-lobed arms, a central crucifix pierced through the center, and a small hinge along the lower end. The main body of the cross exhibits a similar form as the top, has two leaf-adorned branches projecting from the lateral arms, and features two pierced lock holes on the upper and lower arms. 41% gold (equivalent to 9K+) and 57% silver; total weight: 52.8 grams.3 3/4 x 2 15/16 x 1/2 in (9.5 x 7.5 x 1.27 cm)Please click HERE for full fact sheet
  • George GROSZ (1893 - 1959)Reed, and pen and ink23 1/4 x 18 1/8 in (59,2 x 46,1 cm)Annotated {quote}Hello Central give me Heaven{quote} bottom right and {quote}to Ben Hecht 1001 Afternoon{quote} bottom left. Inscribed {quote}p. 224{quote} top left and numbered 244 top right and 46 bottom rightStamped on the reverse “GEORGE GROSZ NACHLASS” and numbered 4-51-4Please click HERE for full fact sheet
  • Abdulnasser GHAREM (b. 1973)Silk-screen printed with 3 colours and 2 glazes on 400GSM Somerset Tub paper59 x 47 in. (149.9 x 119.4 cm)Signed in graphite in English and Arabic, titled and numbered 10/25Edition 25, hand printed at Coriander Studios, LondonPlease click HERE for full fact sheet
  • Joseph BEUYS (1921 - 1986)20 Reichsmark from 1924, with handwritten addition3 1/8 x 6 ¼ in (8 x 15,9 cm)Signed in red felt {quote}Joseph Beuys{quote}This work is uniquePlease click HERE for full fact sheet
  • Andres Serrano (b. 1950)Dye destruction print, Diasec mounted, in artist’s frame64 15/16 x 44 7/8 in (165 x 114 cm)Ed. 4Please click HERE for full fact sheet
  • Piero MANZONI (1933 – 1963)Tin can, printed paper and excrement*Inscribed on the lid “PRODUCED BY Piero Manzoni No. 39”In unopened clear plastic pouch with facsimile of the fingerprint of Manzoni1 7/8 x 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in (4.8 x 6.5 x 6.5 cm) 0.1 kgReleased by the Piero Manzoni Foundation, 50 years after the death of the artist. The edition is 9000, the original numbering (1/90) is repeated 100 times. The number offered here is number 39.This is an authorized and approved reproduction of the artist’s seminal work, “Merda d’Artista,” in which Manzoni packaged multiple 30gr tins of his excrement as if it was manufactured for sale. It is descriptive of Manzoni’s ironic and perverse style. Calling into play his specific dialogue with the relationship between art production and human production* Agostino Bonalumi, who worked with Manzoni, recently wrote in Corriere della Sera, that the 90 30-gramme tins that Manzoni filled in 1961 before his untimely death aged 29, contained not faeces but plaster. This might be one of the greatest outrages perpetrated in the history of art. Or not.Quite possibly the contents don't do exactly what they say on the tin. {quote}I can assure everyone the contents were only plaster,{quote} writes Bonalumi. {quote}If anyone wants to verify this, let them do so.{quote}Please click HERE for full fact sheet
  • Sterling RUBY (b. 1972)Fabric and fiber fill79 1/2 x 34 1/4 x 5 1/2 in (201.9 x 87 x 14 cm)Please click HERE for full fact sheet
  • George GROSZ (1893 - 1959)Three illustrations for O. Henry, „The Voice of the City and Other Stories{quote}1st illustration: {quote}The Assessor of Success{quote}2nd illustration: {quote}Jeff Peters as a Personal Manager{quote}3rd illustration: {quote}Jeff Peters as a Personal Manager{quote}Reed, and pen and ink19 3/4 x 15 1/2 in (50,1 x 39,3 cm)Annotated in pencil {quote}6 the Assessor of Success 6 p.63{quote} upper right and {quote}7 Jeff Peters as a personal manager 7 p.72{quote} bottom right. Further inscribed with additional dimensions and page numbers.Stamped on the reverse “GEORGE GROSZ NACHLASS” and numbered 4-102-5Please click HERE for full fact sheet
  • Joseph BEUYS (1921 - 1986)Economic Value Signature Ink (Wirtschaftswert Signiertusche)Block of signature ink in wrapper, with handwritten addition, and glass pen; in wooden box4 1/2 x 8 1/4 x 2 in (14 x 21 x 5 cm)Signed in pencil {quote}Joseph Beuys{quote} and inscribed {quote}1 Wirtschaftswert{quote} on the ink wrapper; numbered 1/4 in blue ink; weight crossed-out in markerEdition 50 – The present work is number 1 of 4 AP's, aside from the edition of 50Publisher: Edition Staeck, HeidelbergPlease click HERE for full fact sheet
  • Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973)Pl. 90 from 'Série 156,' 1971 – Inscribed in the plate 'vendredi 19.3.71. I'Etching on Velin de Rives wove paper (Eau-forte)Full marginsImage size: 9 x 11 7/8 inches (22,86 x 30,16 cm)Paper size: 14 7/8 x 16 3/4 inches (37,78 x 42,54 cm)One of only three proofs pulled and printed within Picasso’s lifetime by master printers Aldo and Piero Crommelynck, apart from and prior to the regular edition of 50 (1-50) with 15 (I-XV) proofs published posthumously in 1978 by Galerie Louise Leiris, ParisInscribed in pencil bottom-left 'Epreuve avant aciérage' (Proof before steel facing)Stamped bottom-right with Picasso atelier signature 'Picasso'Please click HERE for full fact sheet
  • Paul McCARTHY (b. 1945), Benjamin WEISSMAN (b. 1957), Naotaka HIRO (b. 1972) Acrylic, collage, watercolor, graphite on paperFramed size: 26 x 20 in. (66,04 x 50,8 cm)Not signedPlease click HERE for full fact sheet
  • Paul McCARTHY (b. 1945), Benjamin WEISSMAN (b. 1957), Naotaka HIRO (b. 1972)Acrylic, charcoal, graphite, marker, pastel on paperFramed size: 26 x 20 in (66.04 x 50.8 cm)Please clck HERE for full fact sheet
  • Eugène DELACROIX (1798 - 1863)Brown ink on paper9 1/2 x 13 3/8 in (24 x 34 cm)Stamped with Delacroix estate mark LUGT 838a in red ink lower rightPlease click HERE for full fact sheet
  • Auguste RODIN (1840-1917)PunishmentBronze15 3/4 x 11 13/16 x 6 1/8 in. (40 x 30 x 15,5 cm)Ed. 8 + 4APCast in 2017 by Fonderie de Coubertin, ParisInscribed ‘A. Rodin’, © by Musée Rodin and numbered Ed. 1/8one of the eight examples in Arabic numerals, dated and stamped with foundry mark Please click HERE for full fact sheet
  • Joseph BEUYS (1921 - 1986)Sheet iron, with raised, impressed lettering; magnet, stamped {quote}Hauptstrom{quote}Cardboard box with letteringSheet iron: 4 1/8 x 5 13/16 in (10.5 x 14.8 cm)Cardboard box: 4 13/16 x 6 1/2 x 13/16 in (12.2 x 16.5 x 2 cm)Sheet iron signed in pencil {quote}Joseph Beuys{quote}Cardboard box with printed black text {quote}Magnetische Postkarte{quote} & {quote}Edition Staeck Heidelberg{quote}Edition unlimited; only approx. 500 completed; signed, unnumberedPublisher: Edition Staeck, HeidelbergPlease click HERE for full fact sheet
  • Akim MONET (b. 1968)2011 iPhone 4S under vintage glass bell,brushed stainless steel plaque and laser cutinscription numbered IPH-08605-11Device: 4 3/8 x 2 1/8 x 3/8 in (11 x 5,5 x 1 cm)Bell: approx. 9 x 7 7/8 x 7 7/8 in (23 x 20 x 20 cm)Produced on the occasion of the exhibition “Mythology & Science” presented at Akim Monet Side by Side Gallery, Berlin during the Fall 2017 & Spring 2018Please click HERE for full fact sheet
  • Clad, Copper-Nickel – CuNi - 11.34 Grams – g - Graded MS70Sonically sealed in an acrylic holder, with card numbered 4954103-186 and Apollo 11 Mission PatchMoon Core, with Mission PatchAcrylic holder: 3 5/16 x 2 3/8 x 3/8 in (8.5 x 6 x 1 cm) – Patch diameter: 4 1/8 in (10.5 cm)Please click HERE for full fact sheet
  • Kenji YANOBE (b. 1965)Thermoplastic polymer (PVC)12 5/8 x 6 3/4 in (32.2 x 17 cm)Edition of 300Published by Billiken Shokai, JapanSigned under Backpack in marker in Japanese and dated 2007, numbered 189/300 with small doodle of helmet, stamped on back: Copyright KENJI YANOBE BILLIKEN SHOKAI, and numbered 189 with stickers on Geiger counterIn the words of the artist: A bar code head with a bit of chopsticks, a Polish trickster who sings Polish folk songs. The original [ventriloquist] doll of Yanobe Kenji's father, who was incorporated into the work as a symbol of the fusion of children and adults. Expanding the world while expanding and proliferating.Source: www.yanobe.com/artworks/torayan.htmlPlease click HERE for full fact sheet
  • Virgil ABLOH (b. 1980)Outer: Nylon 100%, Suede 100%Sole: Rubber 100%9 1/8 in (23.3 cm) = U.S. Women's Size: 6.5The Off-White x Zoom Terra Kiger 5 “Electric Green” is one of the three debut colorways for the unique silhouette by Virgil Abloh. The bold design features the Zoom Terra Kiger 5 trail running shoe with a radical makeover by Abloh, modified with recognizable Off-White design cues including premium materials, exposed foam on the tongue, printed text, and an orange tab. Abloh also adds a bold auxiliary lacing system and the model’s most distinct detail, the spiked rubber outsole. This colour way features an Electric Green textile base with suede overlays in olive and black accents for the Swoosh branding and midsole. The spiked sole matches the neon green hue of the upper with marbled hits of bright blue mixed in. The signature Off-White zip-tie appears in green for the final touch.Please click HERE for full fact sheet
  • MAN RAY (1890 - 1976)Iron and brass nails6 1/2 x 4 x 3 1/4 in (16.5 x 10.1 x 8.2 cm)Signed, titled and numbered 3272/5000Accompanied by signed and numbered card, in original packingPublisher: Luciano Anselmino, TurinPlease click HERE for full fact sheet
  • Auguste RODIN (1840-1917)The Inner Voice or Meditation, without armsLa Voix Intérieure ou La Méditation, sans bras1896/1897Bronze21 ¼ x 7 ½ x 6 ¼ in. (54 x 18,8 x 15,9 cm)Ed. 8 + 4APOn the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the passing of Auguste Rodin on November 17, 1917 the Musée Rodin officially presented the first bronze cast of this sculpture.The bronze is inscribed A. Rodin, © by Musée Rodin and numbered, dated and stamped with the foundry mark of Susse Fondeur, Paris.Please click HERE for full fact sheet
  • Joseph BEUYS (1921 - 1986)Wooden box with pencil drawing11 13/16 x 8 1/4 x 2 3/8 in (30 x 21 x 6 cm)Signed and dated {quote}Joseph Beuys{quote} on the reverse and annotated {quote}Intuition{quote} front centerEdition: unlimited, approx. 12,000 made; signed and dated, unnumberedPublisher: Vice-Versand, RemscheidPlease click HERE for full fact sheet
  • Marcel Duchamp (1887 - 1968)Replica of the disc Esquivons les ecchymoses des esquimaux aux mots exquis, used as a cover for S.M.S(New York), No. 2 (April 1968), attached to paper portfolio, with printed inscription “a guest + a host = a ghost Marcel Duchamp 1953”Disk diameter: 6 7/8 (17.5 cm)Portfolio size: 11 x 7 x 1 in (28 x 17.75 x 2.5 cm)Duchamp contributed a seven-minute recording of himself reading transposed letters, words and syllables. The record can be removed and played. This work was one Duchamp's last pieces. He died shortly after his SMS (Shit Must Stop) contribution. This piece directly related to earlier recordings and record-shaped artworks made by the famous Dadaist, Surrealist and father of conceptual art.Nine discs were made in 1926 to be used in the film Anémic Cinéma (Cat. 289), where they alternate with ten Discs Bearing Spirals (Cat. 286). One disc has been lost.This work is from the edition of approximately 2000 published by Letter Edged in Black Press.Please click HERE for full fact sheet
  • Auguste RODIN (1840-1917)Bronze4 3/4 x 2 1/4 x 1 3/4 in (12,1 x 5,7 x 4,5 cm)Ed. 18The present example was cast in December 1957 by Fonderie Georges Rudier, ParisInscribed ‘A. Rodin’, © by Musée RodinPlease click HERE for full fact sheet
  • Akim MONET (b. 1968)Black Nike2017Slate-based composite with brushed stainless steel plaque and laser cut inscription numbered VDS-xxxx-BCApprox. h. 39 ⅖ in. (100 cm)Edition of 25Produced in collaboration with Ateliers d’art de la Réunion des musées nationaux - Grand-PalaisEach casting bears the round marking “MOULAGE MUSEE DU LOUVRE” inscribed around the logo of the Réunion des musées nationauxPlease click HERE for full fact sheet
  • [Marcel Duchamp (1887 - 1968)]Wood box reproducing Marcel Duchamp's Mental Chess Board from 1937 and containing an exhibition catalogue (64 pp 13 3/8 x 4 1/4 in; 340 x 107 mm, complete with the price list); a portfolio containing reproductions and facsimiles of Marcel Duchamp's works, also including H. Vuibert, Les Anaglyphes Geometriques, Paris Librairie Vuibert, 112 (with 3D glasses); a book of articles on Duchamp by Andre Breton and Arturo Schwarz (inserted, on separate sheet, a reproduction of Le Grand Verre); an audiocassette of Duchamp speaking {quote}Priere d'ecouter{quote} with, on top of it, a miniature reproduction of Enrico Donati's breast from 1947; a single photograph of {quote}Marcel Duchamp at the Age of 85 for View; a colophon.14 1/2 x 14 1/4 x 2 1/4 in (37 x 36.5 x 6 cm)Numbered 417/850 on the inside coverEdited on the occasion of the exhibition {quote}Marcel Duchamp,{quote} Antwerp: Ronny Van de Velde, 1991Please click HERE for full fact sheet
  • Joseph BEUYS (1921 - 1986)Felt blackboard eraser, stamped, signed and numberedLabel yellow, typography black. Signed in felt pen in Sütterlin (prewar German) script; numbered in pencil by another hand; a very few copies experimentally numbered by stamping.2 x 5 1/8 x 1 in (5 x 13 x 2,5 cm)Edition of 550 + 6 a.p. ; Ed. 537/550Publisher: Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New YorkBeuys had the idea for the edition at a political lecture he held during his first trip to the United States.When collectors wanted to purchase a blackboard he had drawn and written on, Beuys had it erased with this type of blackboard eraserPlease click HERE for full fact sheet
  • Dallas (2022-)
    • Kleos & Nostos: Reflections on Felix Gonzalez-Torres with Antique Marble & Bronze, Auguate Rodin & E. L. Kirchner (Spring 2023)
    • George Grosz & James "Yaya" Hough in conversation (Winter 2023)
    • Totentanz (Fall 2022)
    • Aktivismus (Summer 2022)
    • Assisted Readymade (Winter 2022)
  • Los Angeles (2019-2021)
    • Wings of Desire (Winter 2021)
    • Of Mice and Men (Fall 2020)
    • Covid-19 project (Summer 2020)
    • Disruptive Selection (Fall 2019 & Spring 2020)
  • Berlin (2011-2018)
    • Mythology & Science (Fall 2017 & Spring 2018)
    • Curses, Blasphemies, Lamentations: Goya & Rodin (Spring 2017)
    • Homage to Auguste Rodin (Winter 2017)
    • Der Kandidat (Fall 2016)
    • Bridge over chaos (Spring 2016)
    • "1932" Rare Photographs by George Grosz (Winter 2016)
    • Musee Rodin Artgeneve (Winter 2016)
    • Rodin Rilke Beuys (Fall 2015)
    • Auguste Rodin: an expressionist eye (Spring 2015)
    • The Animals' Conference (Fall 2014 & Winter 2015)
    • The Hand of God (Spring 2014)
    • Women (winter 2014)
    • Dance of the seven veils (Fall 2013)
    • Abdulnasser Gharem (Spring 2013)
    • Kirchner - De Kooning (Winter 2013)
    • Sex is kicking death (Fall 2012)
    • The Sacred Heart (Spring 2012)
    • The Concrete & the Mystical (Winter 2012)
    • Fertility (Fall 2011)
  • Installations views
    • Mythology & Science
    • Curses, Blasphemies, Lamentations: Goya & Rodin
    • Homage to Auguste Rodin
    • Der Kandidat
    • Bridge over chaos
    • "1932" Rare Photographs by George Grosz
    • Rodin Rilke Beuys
    • Auguste Rodin: an expressionist eye
    • The Animals' Conference
    • The Hand of God
    • Women
    • Dance of the seven veils
    • Abdulnasser Gharem
    • Kirchner - De Kooning
    • Sex is kicking death
    • The Sacred Heart
    • The Concrete & the Mystical
    • Fertility
  • Berlin exhibition program
  • Musée Rodin Partnership (external)
  • Akim Monet Fine Arts (external)
  • Videos
    • 2020 Auguste Rodin & Joseph Beuys | an elision
    • 2020 new acquisition: first view of “Southern Comfort”
    • 2019 walkthrough of "Selective Selection from the collection of Akim & Anne-Marie Monet"
    • 2017 walkthrough of "Mythology & Science"
    • 2013 Abdulnasser Gharem in Berlin
    • 2011 interview Akim Monet
  • Press
  • Publications - Texts - Press releases
    • Publications
      • OF MICE & MEN
      • MYTHOLOGY & SCIENCE
      • ANNIVERSARY CATALOGUE
      • HOMAGE TO AUGUSTE RODIN
      • WORKS FROM THE MUSEE RODIN
      • RODIN: AN EXPRESSIONIST EYE
      • THE HAND OF GOD
      • THE AGGRESSIVE LINE
      • SEX IS KICKING DEATH
      • FERTILITY
      • Akim MONET - RODIN
      • Akim MONET - AL-TAWHID
      • Halim AL KARIM
      • Hussein AL MOHASEN
      • Dhafer AL SHEHRI
      • Shadi GHADIRIAN
    • Texts & Press releases
      • Wings of Desire (Press release)
      • Of Mice & Men (Press release)
      • Open letter to Donald Trump (Letter)
      • Disruptive selection (Press release)
      • Goodbye Berlin, hello Los Angeles (Letter)
      • Mythology & Science (Press release)
      • Curses, Blasphemies, Lamentations: Goya & Rodin (Press release)
      • Homage à Auguste Rodin (Press release)
      • Der Kandidat (Press release)
      • Bridge over chaos (Press release)
      • Bridge over chaos (Exhibition notes)
      • Bridge over chaos (Listof works)
      • "1932" Rare Photographs by George Grosz (Press release)
      • Musée Rodin at Artgeneve2016 (Press release)
      • Rodin Rilke Beuys (Press release)
      • Auguste Rodin: an expressionist eye (Press release)
      • The Animals' Conference (Press release)
      • Hand of God (Press release)
      • Dance of the seven veils (Press release)
      • Gharem in London: Fall 2013 (Press release)
      • Gharem in Venice: Summer 2013 (Interview)
      • Gharem in Berlin: Spring 2013 (Press release)
      • Sacred Heart Interview
      • Fertility essay
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