Pierre et Gilles

(French, est. 1978)

le chanteur de mexico (ludovic ros) by pierre et gilles

Pierre et Gilles

Le chanteur de Mexico (Ludovic Ros), 2006

Not for Sale

Biography

Timeline

1950
Born: Pierre Commoy, (the photographer) in La Roche-sur-Yon, France
1953
Born: Gilles Blanchard ( the painter) in Le Havre, France
1976
Pierre and Gilles met at the opening of the Kenzo boutique in Paris and started living together
1993
Received the Grand Prix de Photographie of Paris

Exhibitions

2013
Les Aventures de la Verite, Foundation Maeght, St Paul de Vence, France
The Naked Man, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Palmiers, Palmes et Palmettes, Musee Massena, Nice, France
The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk (Touring Exhibition), Kunsthal, Rotterdam, Netherlads
2012
Cibles, Musee de la chasse et de la nature,Paris
Ecrivains Modes d'Emploi, De Voltaire A Bleuorange, Royal Museum of Mariemont, Mariemont, Belgium
The Naked Man, Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz, Austria
OC Collects, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, USA
Charlotte Rampling: Albums Secrets, Maison Europeenne de la Photographie, Paris
L'Art d'Aimer, de la Seduction a la Volupte, Plais Lumiere, Evian, France
The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk (Touring Exhibition), San Francisco Fine Art Museum, San Francisco
Plaisirs de France: La Creation Francaise de la Renaissance au XXE Siecle, Bakou Museum of Arts, Azerbaijan
Mirages d'Orient, Grenades et Figues de Barbarie, Chasse-Croise en Mediterranee, Collection Lambert, Avignon, France
The Angels of Klee, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Germany
Nude Men, Leopold Museum, Vienna, Austria
L'Histoire est a Moi!, Printemps de Septembre, Espace EDF Bazacle, Toulouse, France
20,000 Monstres Sous Les Mers, Palais des Arts du Festival de Dinard, France
Face It! Spiritmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
Only You - Only Me: Images of Love. Love of the Images, MAMAC - Liege, Belgium
Performing for the Camera, ASU Art Mseum, Tempe, USA
2011
Memoires du futur, La Collection Olbricht, Maison rouge, Paris
Paris Premiere s'espose, Grand Palais, Paris
Extremos, Fotografias da Colecao da Maison Europpeenne de la Photographie - Paris, IMS - Instituto Moreira Salles, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Not For Sale, Passage de Retz, Paris
La Planate Mode de Jean Paul Gaultier (Touring Exhibition) Museum of Fine Arts of Montreal, Montreal
Inspiration Dior, Pouchkine Museum, Moscow
Already-Made? Galerie Jerome de Noirmont, Paris
Pari-Delhi-Bombay, National Museum of Modern Ar, Centre Pompidou, Paris
Poverty - Perspectives in Art and Society, Stadt Museum, Trier, Germany
San Sebastian - Una Iconografia Contemporanea ,Kursaal Center, San Sebastian, Spain
2010
Pierre et Gilles, Galleri Artist, Istanbul, Turkey (solo)
Andree Putman - Ambassdrice du Style, Salle Saint Jean de l'hotel de ville de paris
A Star Is Born, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
Emporte - Moi/Sweep Me Off My Feet, Mac/Val, Vitry sur seine, France
Decadence Now! Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague
Brigitte Bardot - Saint Tropez, Espace Rendez-vous des Lices, Saint Tropez, France
I Love You, ARoS Aarhus KunstMuseum, Aarhus, Denmark
2009 - 2010
Wonderful Town, Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris, France (solo)
2009
Pierre et Gilles,, C/O Berlin, Berlin, Germany (solo)
2008
Pierre et Gilles, Galerie Lansar, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
Pierre et Gilles, Sofia Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria (solo)
2007
Pierre et Gilles, double je, Jeu de Paume, Paris, France (solo)
Pierre et Gilles, Moscow House of Photography, The Manege, Moscow, Russia; Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia (solo)
Galerie Andrea Caratsch, Zurich, Switzerland
2006
Pierre et Gilles - Un monde parfait, Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris, France (solo)

Literature

Pierre et Gilles – Retrospective, MOCA Shanghai, 2005
TRONCY, Eric, Pierre et Gilles – Sailors and Sea, Edition Taschen, Cologne, 2005
AILLAGON, Jean-Jacques et BLANC, Frédéric, Pierre et Gilles – Le Grand Amour, Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris, 2004
Pierre et Gilles – Beautiful Dragon, Textes de Bernard Marcadé et Parang Park, interview de Jérôme Sans, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, 2004
Album Pierre et Gilles, Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris, 2002
SANS, Jérôme, Pierre et Gilles – Arrache mon coeur, Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris, 2001
CAMERON, Dan, Pierre et Gilles, Merrell Publishers, London, 2000
FRANCBLIN, Catherine, Pierre et Gilles, Douce Violence, Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris, 1998
CAMERON, Dan et MACARDE, Bernard, Pierre et Gilles, l’œuvre complet 1976-1996, Benedikt Taschen, Cologne, 1996