by Iveta Slavkova
Claude Viallat (b. 1936), Untitled, 1976, Acrylic on tarpaulin. Image courtesy of MNHA, Luxembourg © Adagp, Paris, 2021
The Origins of the Group
Supports-Surfaces was a French art movement rooted in friendship clusters, which preceded the actual foundation of the group in 1970. Most of the artists had met in various art schools: André-Pierre Arnal (b. 1939), Vincent Bioulès (b. 1938), Pierre Buraglio (b. 1939), and Claude Viallat (b. 1936) knew each other from the School of Fine Arts in Montpellier. Then Buraglio and Viallat met Daniel Dezeuze (b. 1942) at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Read more
Supports-Surfaces was a French art movement rooted in friendship clusters, which preceded the actual foundation of the group in 1970. Most of the artists had met in various art schools: André-Pierre Arnal (b. 1939), Vincent Bioulès (b. 1938), Pierre Buraglio (b. 1939), and Claude Viallat (b. 1936) knew each other from the School of Fine Arts in Montpellier. Then Buraglio and Viallat met Daniel Dezeuze (b. 1942) at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Read more