OlivierDassaultParis • April 2016

OlivierDassault

Né le 1er juin 1951 à Boulogne Billancourt, Olivier Dassault est un homme aux multiples talents. Homme de presse et de communication, chef d’entreprise, député, musicien et photographe, il n’est pas un domaine dans lequel il n’aime exceller.

Fidèle à l’argentique, c’est à l’aide de son Minolta XD7 de toujours qu’Olivier Dassault peint ses tableaux surréalistes et abstraits. Chasseur de lumière et d’invisible, il révèle ce qui ne se voit pas : le beau dans l’univers qui nous entoure.

L’équipe d’Opera Gallery est heureuse et fière de présenter au grand public dans sa galerie parisienne de la rue du faubourg Saint-Honoré, 20 œuvres d’Olivier Dassault exposées à l’occasion d’un brunch, pour voyager au gré de la lumière et des couleurs dans un univers fait de déconstruction et de reconstruction, pour mieux exprimer notre réalité. « J’aime créer des mutations entre la réalité et sa reproduction, et dévoiler par mes choix d’angles et de cadrage, une nouvelle forme d’esthétisme. » Olivier Dassault

Born on June 1st, 1951 in Boulogne Billancourt, Olivier Dassault is a man of many talents: working in the press and media, as company director, deputy, musician and photographer, there’s no field in which he doesn’t love to excel.

Loyal to analogue photography, Olivier Dassault still uses his Minolta XD7 to produce his surrealist and abstract pictures.Chasing light and the invisible, he reveals what cannot be seen: beauty in the universe that surrounds us.

Opera Gallery team is delighted and proud to present to the general public 20 works by Olivier Dassault at its Paris gallery in the rue du faubourg Saint-Honoré. Launching at a brunch event, the exhibited works explore light and colours held in a universe in which deconstruction and reconstruction express our reality.

« I like to create mutations between reality and its replica, and to reveal a new creative aesthetic by my choices of angles and composition. » Olivier Dassault

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MAJOREVENts

STUDIES & DIPLOMA

1974 Engineer of the French Air Force Academy1975 Professional pilote1976 Degree in Mathematical Decision Sciences1980 PH.D in IT Management

AWARDS

Knight of the Legion of HonourOfficer of the National Order of MeritOfficer of the Order of Arts and Letters

BIBLIOGRAPHY2015 Drouot vu par Olivier Dassault - Exhibition catalogue, Galerie Drouot2015 Langage de murs - Exhibition catalogue, Galerie Maeght 2014 Captures - Éditions Guy Pieters2011 Photographismes - Éditions Guy Pieters2009 Abstraction - Éditions Chez Higgins2005 Ciels - Éditions Cercle d’Art2002 La Cinquième Dimension - Éditions Somogy

EXHIBITIONS

2016 Melissa Morgan Fine Art - Palm Desert - USA2016 “ 26 Works ” - Louis Stern Fine Arts - Los Angeles - USA2015 “ BRAFA ” - Galerie Pierre Mahaux - Brussels - Belgium2015 “ Drouot vu par Olivier Dassault ” - Galerie Drouot - Paris2015 “ Langage de Murs ” - Galerie Maeght - Paris2014 “ Anamorphose ” - Scarlett - Megève - France2014 “ Captures ” - Guy Pieters Gallery - Knokke le Zoute - Belgium2014 “ Arrêt sur Images ” - Agence Barnes Saint-Honoré - Paris2014 Melissa Morgan Fine Art - Palm Desert - USA2013 “ Empreintes ” Banque Transatlantique - Brussels - Belgium2013 “ Les Instantanés d’Olivier Dassault ” - Young Gallery - Brussels - Belgium2012 “ Insights ” Opera Gallery - London - UK2012 “ Corda - Dassault ” Opera Gallery - Paris2011 “ Photographismes ” Guy Pieters Gallery - Knokke le Zoute - Belgium2010 “ Dialogue autour de l’Abstraction ” Galerie Artistes en Lumière - Paris2010 “ Totem & Tabou ” Galerie Pierre Mahaux - Megève - France2010 “ Mémoires d’Art ” Galerie Didier Aaron - Paris2010 “ Acrobaties ” Agence Barnes Bonaparte - Paris2009 “ Surimpressionnisme ” Espace H. Chevalier - Paris2009 “ Abstraction ” Artcurial - Paris2008 “ Urbania ” Galerie C. Bortone - Paris 2006 “ Invitation aux Voyages ” Galerie C. Van Dongen - Troyes - France2005 FIAC Galerie Artlease - Paris2005 “ Ciels ” Artcurial - Paris2004 FIAC Galerie Artlease - Paris2003 “ Lumières de Ciel, Lumières de Ville ” Galerie Sonia Zannettacci - Geneva2003 “ Les Visions Recomposées ” Espace H. Chevalier - Paris2002 “ La Cinquième Dimension ” Artcurial - Paris1993 “ Découvertes ” Galerie G. Apicella - Cologne and Paris1990 “ Photocolorism ” Espace Kronenbourg - Paris1988 FIAC Galerie Heyram - Paris1978 “ Egypte ” Galerie Pyramide - Paris1977 “ Oniropolis ” Galerie Ferrero - Geneva

1999 Entre Terre et Ciel - Éditions LPM Michel Lafon1990 Photocolorism - Éditions Robert Laffont1987 Danses de Feu - Éditions Anne Sigier1984 Lignes d’Imaginaire - Éditions Portes du Sud1983 Ces Regards d’Enfant - Éditions Anne Sigier1978 Egypte - Congreve New York1977 Oniropolis - Éditions Robert Laffont1975 Fugues - Éditions Robert Laffont

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Module - Diptych, Palm Springs 2012Silver and metal print cast in Altuglas with overlapping 2 cm wood frame, edition of 3190 x 250 cm • 74.8 x 98.4 in.

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Stigmate, Palm Desert 2014Infused colours on Chromaluxe with overlapping 3 cm metal frame, edition of 8125 x 80 cm • 49.2 x 31.5 in.

Monumenta, Australia 1988Silver and metal print cast in Altuglas, edition of 3

250 x 100 cm • 98.4 x 39.4 in.

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Artpool, Saint-Tropez 2011Silver and metal print cast in Altuglas with overlapping 2 cm wood frame, edition of 8150 x 95 cm • 59.1 x 37.4 in.

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Luci Opera - Triptych, New York 1988Silver and metal print cast in Altuglas with overlapping 2,5 cm wood frame, edition of 3130 x 216 cm • 51.2 x 85 in.

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Liaisons, Shanghai 2010Silver and metal print cast in Altuglas with overlapping 3 cm wood frame, edition of 890 x 160 cm • 35.4 x 63 in.

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Origami, Shanghai 2010Silver and metal print cast in Altuglas with overlapping 2 cm wood frame, edition of 8110 x 160 cm • 43.3 x 63 in.

Oris, Mauritius Island 2009Infused colours on Chromaluxe

with overlapping 2 cm wood frame, edition of 8150 x 100 cm • 59.1 x 39.4 in.

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Paintmade, Shanghai 2010Silver and metal print cast in Altuglas with overlapping 2 cm wood frame, edition of 875,5 x 170 cm • 29.7 x 66.9 in.

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Stèle, Marrakech 2014Silver and metal print cast in Altuglas with overlapping 4 cm wood frame, edition of 8200 x 100 cm • 78.7 x 39.4 in.

Downtown Blues, Arkansas 1976Silver and metal print cast in Altuglas

with overlapping 2 cm wood frame, edition of 8100 x 150 cm • 39.4 x 59.1 in.

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Aequalis, Bilbao 2009Infused colours on Chromaluxe

with overlapping 3 cm metal frame, edition of 8110 x 110 cm • 43.3 x 43.3 in.

Profil, New York 1987Infused colours on Chromaluxe, sculpture of 4 faces, unique piece100 x 42 cm • 39.4 x 16.5 in. each face

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Jeu d’adresse, Paris 2011Assemblage of 36 silver and metal prints cast in Altuglaswith custom-made frame, unique piece190 x 250 cm • 74.8 x 98.4 in.

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Jeux Interdits, Lugano 2015Duratrance silver print, edition of 3150 x 90 cm • 59.1 x 35.4 in.

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Euphorie, Bogota 2002Assemblage of 2 silver and metal print cast in Altuglas with overlapping wood frame of various sizes, unique piece120 x 134 cm • 47.2 x 52.8 in.

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Winter, Valbrenne 2010Assemblage of 2 silver and metal prints encased in Altuglas, double sided, edition of 552,5 x 35 x 3,5 cm • 20.7 x 13.8 x 1.4 in.

Darija - Triptych, Paris 2012Infused colours on Chromaluxe

with overlapping 3 cm metal frame, edition of 3130 x 155 cm • 51.2 x 61 in.

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Faisceaux Végétals, Australia 1988Silver and metal print cast in Altuglas with overlapping 2 cm wood frame, edition of 5123 x 193 cm • 48.4 x 76 in.

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Big Bang - Diptyque, Saint-Tropez 2011Infused colours on Chromaluxe with overlapping 3 cm wood frame, edition of 3110 x 220 cm • 43.3 x 86.6 in.

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OlivierDassaultParis • April 2016