
{"id":29,"date":"2017-08-09T10:58:55","date_gmt":"2017-08-09T10:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pierredenan.com\/?page_id=29"},"modified":"2025-03-13T16:29:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T16:29:08","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pierredenan.com\/?page_id=29","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Writer, artist, publisher<br \/>creative director<br \/>M19 editions founder<\/p>\n<p>Pierre Denan est \u00e9crivain, artiste, \u00e9diteur. On peut voir son travail plastique chez <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gillesdrouault.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gilles Drouault Galerie\/Multiples<\/a><\/strong> (rue Saint-Gilles, 75003), sur le site des \u00e9ditions <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lespressesdureel.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Les Presses du r\u00e9el<\/a><\/strong> et sur www.pierredenan.com. Il est l\u2019auteur du \u00ab r\u00e9cit prompteur <em>Pourquoi Tom Cruise<\/em> \u00bb, dont il a donn\u00e9 des lectures au Centre Pompidou et au Palais de Tokyo. Deux volumes de ce r\u00e9cit ont \u00e9t\u00e9 publi\u00e9s aux Presses du r\u00e9el en 2010 et 2015 dans la collection L\u2019Espace litt\u00e9raire\u2013Fictions. Il est l\u2019auteur de <em>Libre<\/em>, texte de 100 000 signes \u00e9dit\u00e9 \u00e0 compte d\u2019auteur et distribu\u00e9 gratuitement dans les galeries et centres d\u2019art, de 2002 \u00e0 2005 (un exemplaire par an). Un extrait de <em>Libre<\/em>\u00a03 a \u00e9t\u00e9 publi\u00e9 dans la revue <i>Bordel\u00a0<\/i>en 2003 (Flammarion). Il a d\u00e9truit tous les livrets en sa possession, ainsi que les fichiers des textes.\u00a0En 1997, il a fond\u00e9 les \u00e9ditions M19 (1997-2014), sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9es dans l\u2019art contemporain. Il a con\u00e7u et publi\u00e9 des revues de critique d\u2019art, des magazines et des livres d\u2019artistes (<i>MAP<\/i>, <i>20\/27<\/i>, <i>AH AH AH<\/i>, <i>2860 Grams of art<\/i>, collection <i>I.S. Inventaire Suppl\u00e9mentaire<\/i>). N\u00e9 en 1968, il vit et travaille \u00e0 Paris.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1844\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pierredenan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/pierre-denan-kunitoraya.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-mlitGXv6\" data-imagelightbox=\"0\" data-rl_title=\"pierre-denan-kunitoraya\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1844\" class=\"wp-image-1844 size-medium\" title=\"pierre-denan-kunitoraya\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pierredenan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/pierre-denan-kunitoraya-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"pierre-denan-kunitoyara\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pierredenan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/pierre-denan-kunitoraya-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.pierredenan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/pierre-denan-kunitoraya-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pierredenan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/pierre-denan-kunitoraya-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.pierredenan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/pierre-denan-kunitoraya.jpg 907w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1844\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kunitoraya, Paris, december 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1843\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pierredenan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/pierre-denan-laperle.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-mlitGXv6\" data-imagelightbox=\"1\" data-rl_title=\"pierre-denan-laperle\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1843\" class=\"wp-image-1843 size-medium\" title=\"pierre-denan-laperle\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pierredenan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/pierre-denan-laperle-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"pierre-denan-laperle\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pierredenan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/pierre-denan-laperle-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.pierredenan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/pierre-denan-laperle-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pierredenan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/pierre-denan-laperle-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.pierredenan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/pierre-denan-laperle.jpg 907w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1843\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Caf\u00e9 La Perle, Paris, december 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<p>He is the author of <em>Pourquoi Tom Cruise<\/em>, a news ticker tale published by les Presses du r\u00e9el as part of their Literature Collection\u2014Fiction, book 1, 2010; book 2, 2015, as well as <em>Libre,<\/em> 2002-2005, <em>Paradis<\/em>, 2015, <em>Voil\u00e0<\/em>, A Collection, Notes for the Book to Come, 2016, and <em>L&#8217;Avenir du Gaz Sarin<\/em>, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>His artwork is exhibited at Galerie de Multiples, Paris, on the Internet and in artists\u2019s publications. His books on art include <em>Poulet Poulet<\/em>, <em>R. Thomas<\/em>, <em>JE<\/em>, <em>More<\/em> and <em>Dragon Eye<\/em>. He has also contributed to <em>Grams of art<\/em> and <em>AH AH AH<\/em>. His paintings represent the bulk of his visual diary, and are partly gathered in Pierre Denan Diary, a selection of works, published by Presses du r\u00e9el in 2014. Their formal vocabulary has been borrowed from Steven Parrino\u2014though they have dropped the American artist\u2019s dramatic, death-like dimension, as well as his elements of mannerism and folkloric post-punk and biker spirit.<\/p>\n<p>In 1997 he creates M19, a press devoted to contemporary art. Since then, he acts as both editor and artistic director for art books and journals such as: <em>MAP<\/em> (a pamphlet poster distributed in galleries at the beginning of the 2000s, 1200 copies), <em>AH AH AH<\/em> creative journal, <em>20\/27<\/em> critical art review, <em>2870 Grams of art<\/em> creative journal, and <em>I.S. Inventaire Suppl\u00e9mentaire<\/em>, a collection of artists&#8217; books.<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>Selected works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>writer<\/p>\n<p>2000-2004 Revue MAP (12 000 copies per issue), artist&#8217;s critical writing<br \/>2002-2005 <em>Libre<\/em>, 4 texts, M19<br \/>2003 <em>Libre<\/em> in revue Bordel n\u00b0 3, Flammarion, Paris<br \/>2010 <em>Pourquoi Tom Cruise<\/em>, book 1, Les presses du R\u00e9el, Dijon<br \/>2010-today Pierre Denan websites and social networks<br \/>2015 <em>Pourquoi Tom Cruise<\/em>, book 2, Les presses du R\u00e9el, Dijon<br \/>2015 <em>Paradis<\/em> in Le Cafard H\u00e9r\u00e9tique<br \/>2016 <em>Pourquoi Tom Cruise<\/em>, reading, book 2, extract, Palais de Tokyo, Paris<br \/>2016 <em>Voil\u00e0<\/em>, Une collection, work in progress, forthcoming<br \/>2016 <em>Pourquoi Tom Cruise<\/em>, reading, books 1 &amp; 2, extracts, Centre Pompidou, Paris<br \/>2018-2021\u00a0<em>Journal <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/pierredenanjournal.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.pierredenanjournal.com<\/a><br \/>2019-2020 <em>Camille vient \u00e0 Paris et elle repart<\/em>, unpublished text, 250 pages<br \/>2020 <em>Paris-Plage<\/em>, unpublished text, 300 pages<br \/>2022 <em>L&#8217;\u00e9ternit\u00e9 avec des chips<\/em>, text, work in progress<br \/>2020-2025 Contributions to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revuecockpit.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Revue <em>Cockpit<\/em><\/a>, Paris (poems, poetic texts)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>artist<\/p>\n<p>1998 <em>Personnes en qu\u00eate d\u2019un divertissement<\/em>, short-film (actor, director)<br \/>2002 <em>Poulet Poulet<\/em>, artist book, M19<br \/>2002 <em>R. Thomas<\/em>, artist book, M19<br \/>2003 <em>JE<\/em>, artist book, M19<br \/>2005 <em>Dragon Eye<\/em>, artist book, M19<br \/>2005 <em>Come Again<\/em>, exhibition, performances at Galerie du Forum and Les Abattoirs, Toulouse<br \/>2007 <em>2860 Grams of art<\/em>, artists\u2019s magazine, M19 (artworks)<br \/>2008 <em>2870 Grams of art<\/em>, artists\u2019s magazine, M19 (artworks)<br \/>2010-today Pierre Denan websites and social networks<br \/>2011 <em>AH AH AH<\/em>, artists\u2019s magazine, M19 (artworks)<br \/>2011 &#8220;Pour le Mur&#8221;, exhibition, solo show, Galerie de Multiples, Paris<br \/>2014 <em>Pierre Denan Diary, a selection of works<\/em>, Les presses du r\u00e9el, Dijon<br \/>2015 &#8220;Mauvais Genre&#8221; exhibition, group show, Addict Gallery, Paris<br \/>2017 &#8220;As You Look Back&#8221; exhibition, Culbuteurs event, Le Garage, Paris<br \/>2017 &#8220;Road is a road is a road\u2026&#8221; exhibition, Galerie de Multiples, Paris<br \/>2017 <em>Charlotte loves only hot rooms and hates when the air conditioning is on<\/em>, artist book<br \/>2018 &#8220;Blind-March\u00e9&#8221;, a group show curated by Samuel Boutruche for Le Consulat, Paris<br \/>2019\u00a0\u00a0\u00ab It&#8217;s a Wonderful Life \u00bb, Group Show, Gilles Drouault Galerie\/Multiples<\/p>\n<p>publisher<\/p>\n<p>1997 The birth of M19 editions (May 19), 1997-2014<br \/>2000-2004 <em>MAP<\/em>, contemporary art critic, M19<br \/>2002-2009 \u00ab I.S. Inventaire Suppl\u00e9mentaire \u00bb collection, artists\u2019s books, M19<br \/>2007 <em>2860 Grams of art<\/em>, artists\u2019s magazine, M19<br \/>2008 <em>2870 Grams of art<\/em>, artists\u2019s magazine, M19<br \/>2007-2012 <em>20\/27<\/em>, art critic, with Michel Gauthier and Arnauld Pierre, M19<br \/>2011 <em>AH AH AH<\/em>, artists\u2019s magazine, M19<\/p>\n\n\n<p><em>This site is protected by international laws and by the French laws about copyright and intellectual property<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Writer, artist, publishercreative directorM19 editions founder Pierre Denan est \u00e9crivain, artiste, \u00e9diteur. On peut voir son travail plastique chez Gilles Drouault Galerie\/Multiples (rue Saint-Gilles, 75003), sur le site des \u00e9ditions Les Presses du r\u00e9el et sur www.pierredenan.com. 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