Raphaël Zarka
Raphael Zarka stands among a generation of artists who subtly revive the relationship between art and knowledge in their works. His sculptures manifest the results of his diverse investigative work, which allusively or subliminally influence the properties of the objects, somewhat resembling an avid collector of stories, facts and images. He creates a practical and careful approach to integrate kindred or distinct fields into his art without leaving the sculptural framework. Although the underlying cognitive sources that permeate his work are not always visible in the object itself, they form a complex and intimate reference network that is explored in the numerous writings and interviews that accompany it. The artist is known for his deep interest in skateboarding. Thus, he has devoted several works of art and three scientific essays to this particular activity. His interest, however, tends to focus on skateboarding as a model of relationships, economics, and ethics, rather than as a cultural, technical, or subject matter.
Zarka born in 1977, in Montpellier, FR lives and works in Paris, FR.
Solo exhibitions include Set for Four Players, a Sundial and a Bear, Galerie Fabian Lang, Zürich, CH, 2021; Suite Gnomonique, Le Portique - Centre régional d’art contemporain, Le Havre, France, 2020; Peter's Procescenium (w/ Christian Hidaka, cur. Mona Filip), Koffler Center of the Arts, Toronto, Canada, 2019; Gnomonica (Cur. Ioana Mandeal), MNAC – National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucarest, Romania, 2019; Spolium, (cur. Nicolas Bourriaud) Musée Henri Prades, Lattes, France, 2019; Cycloid Ramp (curateur Marc-Olivier Wahler), FIAC Projects, Paris, France, 2018; Partitions régulières, (cur. Sylvie Zavatta), FRAC Franche Comté, Besançon, France, 2018; Monte Oliveto, Michel Rein, Paris, France, 2017; Riding Modern Art, (cur. Pierre-Olivier Rollin), BPS22, Musée d'art de la Province de Hainaut, Charleroi, Belgium, 2017 ; Espai Pavimentat, (cur. Lorenza Barboni), EACC, Castellon, Spain, 2017, Aurélien Froment / Raphaël Zarka, Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France, 2016.
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Artist’s website: raphaelzarka.com
Selected works:
Abstract composition (after Peter Halt no3), 2017
Painted solid poplar, painted birch plywood
59 x 34 x 34 cm
Edition of 3 + 1 EA
The Third Man (after Arthur M. Schoenflies), 2017
Solid oak, Vilhonneur limestone, blown glass, demineralized water
128,5 x 30 x 30 cm
Edition of 3 + 1 AP
Lavaur, 2018
Solid oak and fiber concrete
152,5 x 36 x 27,5 cm
Edition of 3 + 2 AP
Abstract composition (after Peter Halt no1)
Painted solid poplar, painted birch plywood
59 x 34 x 34 cm
Edition of 3 + 1 EA
La Translation de Halt no5, 2019
Charcoal, pencil and Gallo-Roman terracotta rubbed on paper
76 x 56 cm
La Translation de Halt no1, 2019
Charcoal, pencil and Gallo-Roman terracotta rubbed on paper
76 x 56 cm
La Translation de Halt no2, 2019
Charcoal, pencil and Gallo-Roman terracotta rubbed on paper
76 x 56 cm
La Translation de Halt no8, 2019
Charcoal, pencil and Gallo-Roman terracotta rubbed on paper
76 x 56 cm
La Translation de Halt no7, 2019
Charcoal, pencil and Gallo-Roman terracotta rubbed on paper
76 x 56 cm
La Translation de Halt no4, 2019
Charcoal, pencil and Gallo-Roman terracotta rubbed on paper
76 x 56 cm
La Translation de Halt no3, 2019
Charcoal, pencil and Gallo-Roman terracotta rubbed on paper
76 x 56 cm
La Translation de Halt no6, 2019
Charcoal, pencil and Gallo-Roman terracotta rubbed on paper
76 x 56 cm
Gnomonic Sculpture (Floris Studies nº5), 2021
Ink on paper
41 x 31 cm (16.25 x 12.25 in)
Gnomonic Sculpture (Floris Studies nº4), 2021
Ink on paper
41 x 31 cm (16.25 x 12.25 in)
Gnomonic Sculpture (Floris Studies nº6), 2021
Ink on paper
41 x 31 cm (16.25 x 12.25 in)
Gnomonic Sculpture (Floris Studies nº1), 2021
Ink on paper
41 x 31 cm (16.25 x 12.25 in)
Gnomonic Sculpture (Floris Studies nº7), 2021
Ink on paper
41 x 31 cm (16.25 x 12.25 in)
Gnomonic Sculpture (Floris Studies nº2), 2021
Ink on paper
41 x 31 cm (16.25 x 12.25 in)
Gnomonic Sculpture (Bachot), 2021
Ink on primed cardboard
75.3 x 55.3 cm (29.6 x 21.75 in)
The Second Parallel, 2022
Painted mdf, 3 concrete polyhedra, graphite and bone ash on paper
99,7 x 137,5 x 40,4 cm
Gnomonic Sculpture (Westwood), 2021
Ink on primed cardboard
75.3 x 55.3 cm (29 2/3 x 21 3/4 in)
Stalli, 2011
Phenolic coated birch plywood
54 x 37 x 50.5 cm, 21 x 15 x 20 in.
Edition of 3 + 1AP
Letto, 2011
Phenolic coated birch plywood50.5 x 33.5 x 32 cm, 20 x 13 x 12.6 in.
Edition of 3 + 1AP
Emma Schoenflies, 201
Sireuil stone
68 x 85 x 85 cm
Edition of 3 + 1 AP