Niele Toroni

Born in 1937, in Switzerland
Lives and works in Paris (France)

The work of Niele Toroni is always carried out by hand and is never the same. Each stroke of brush number 50 differs according to the quantity of paint used, the power of the movement, and the painted surface.

Biography

Toroni considers himself a painter—not an artist— and describes his work in simple terms: “Since 1966, I’ve been using flat brushes, five centimeters wide, that I apply to a given surface at regular thirty-centimeter intervals.” Working on stretched or unstretched canvas, fabric, waxed canvas, or directly on the wall, the artist’s approach consists of “filling everything that is white and creating form without a preconceived idea, simply to mark the place, take note of it, and in doing so, reveal it.”

Bibliographic resources

Toroni, Niele ; Besson, Christian. Niele Toroni : catalogue raisonnable 1967-1987, 20 ans d'empreintes : [Villa Arson, Nice [du 30 avril au 14 juin 1987] ; Musée de Peinture et de Sculpture, Grenoble, [du 3 octobre au 30 novembre 1987]. Nice : Villa Arson, 1987. 2-905075-18-X

Centre national d'art et de culture Georges Pompidou (Paris). Niele Toroni, l'album : [exposition, Paris, Musée national d'art moderne, Galeries contemporaines du Centre Georges Pompidou, du 9 octobre 1991 au 5 janvier 1992]. Paris : Centre Georges Pompidou, 1991. 978-2-85850-617-0

Péan, Martine ; Giraud, Anne. Niele Toroni : exposition, du 31 octobre 1997 au 11 janvier 1998, CAPC-Musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux. Bordeaux : CAPC-Musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux, 1997. 978-2-87721-156-7

Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris (Paris), Pagé, Suzanne ; Parent, Béatrice. Niele Toroni autour d'un travail, peinture : [exposition, Paris], Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris, 6 avril-16 septembre 2001. Paris : Paris-Musées, 2001. 978-2-87900-551-5

In The Collection

Empreintes de pinceau n°50 à intervalles réguliers de 30 cm, 1997

Niele Toroni

Exhibition of the Collection

From 20 February 2019 to 26 August 2019

A Vision for Painting

The Fondation Louis Vuitton displays a new selection of 70 works from the collection and gathers 23 international artists from the 1960s to the present day around one main theme : painting.

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