Originally located at the 36, rue des Archives for almost 10 years, then at the 34 on the same road, the gallery stands faithful to the Marais district in moving out to the 38 rue Sainte Croix de la Bretonnerie, in order to acquire a new large exhibition space, on April 13, 1991.
The choice of this special date to open the gallery was not coincidental; the number 13 became, along the way, a strong reference; through editions specifically: some particular prints and texts were published in 13 examples.
Editions were the first passion of Baudoin Lebon; he has been working as an art editor in a little office rue Mazarine for two years.
A look back at the gallery over the years reveals several unchanging features, one of which is undoubtedly the diversity, but also the long-term work with the artists, the only way to discover a body of work.
Thus, visitors to the gallery were able to see the first exhibition of Australian Aboriginal painters in Paris (the result of long exchanges with Australia), certain little-known aspects of the big names in painting, such as Dubuffet and Michaux, unusual artists like Réquichot, Bettencourt and Reynier, in-situ installations by Simonds and Uematsu, a major group of works by Fahlström, retrospectives by historical photographers such as Steichen and Walker Evans, inernationally recognized photographers such as Mapplethorpe, Appelt, and Witkin, along with younger painters and photographers such as Christian Courrèges or Nathalie Grenier.
This diversity reveals an unclassifiable gallery, a curiosity, and a wide open state of mind. Baudoin Lebon is involved in very different works of art (painting, sculpture, photography, installation), and shows, in his artistic choices, an obvious individuality without any consideration to comfort or conformity.
