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philippe ramette
Philippe Ramette was born in 1961. He lives and works in Paris.

Since the early 1990s, Ramette has been creating objects that are designed for a specific use that is spelled out in their title, for example, object for isolating yourself, for moving mountains, for levitating, for seeing yourself looking, for traveling in time, for getting yourself struck by lightning, for handling the void, for measuring how far youve come... Be it armchairs, artificial limbs or gallows, these instruments from another age attract more than our simple contemplation. Generally, says Ramette, its not the object thats important, its the idea of a possible future use and especially what that use is going to entail in terms of transformations. Whether its his Bote isolement (Isolation Box), a wooden case for enclosing your head, or his Objet voir le chemin parcouru (Object for Seeing the Distance Youve Come), a wooden base to be attached to the skull and sporting side mirrors enabling the wearer to see where he or she is coming from, it is indeed the uses these objects lead us to imagine, the scenarios they turn out, that interest the artist most. Prostheses for body and soul, the objects and situations dreamed up by Ramette are designed to improve in a playful way our moral and spiritual existence and to free us from the limits imposed by our condition as humans, such as moving through the heavens or the depths of the sea in complete liberty, although there is a price to be paid just the same, a physical effort or a mortification of the body. Along with his mentally activated sculpture-objects, Ramette produces images in which he poses himself in situations for which his objects were originally created.

Philippe Ramette contre-courant (Hommage Buster Keaton,utilisation) 2008 Upstream (Tribute to Buster Keaton, in use), wood, stainless, ventilator, 300 x 45 x 100 cm /118 x 18 x 39 in. Mamco, Geneva, 2008.

Philippe Ramette Echelle 1, 2007 Ladder 1 Aluminium, rubber 16m / 52 ft. Collection domaine dpartemental de Chamarande , France

Philippe Ramette Fauteuil Seatcom, 2007 Seatcom Armchair wood, electronic device. 145 x 65 x 55 cm 57 x 26 x 22 in.

Philippe Ramette Sans titre (marionnette), 2007 Untitled (Marionette) wood, leather, rope, 220 x 270 x 500 cm / 87 x 106 x 197 in. View of exhibition, domaine dpartemental de Chamarande, 2007-2008.

Philippe Ramette La Traverse du Miroir (image arrte, utilisation),2007 Through the Looking Glass (Still Image, in use), wood, mirror 217 x 148 x 120 cm 85 x 58 x 47 in.

Philippe Ramette Miroir dform, 2002 Distorted Mirror, metal, wood, 104 x 104 cm / 41 x 41 in.

Philippe Ramette Lombre (de moi-mme), 2007 The Shadow (of Myself), illuminated installation, mixed media, variable dimensions. View of the exhibition, Domaine dpartemental de Chamarande, 2007-2008.

Philippe Ramette Le miroir quon casse, 1999 The Mirror Which One Breaks, wood, mirror, metal, 250 x 160 x 80 cm 98 x 63 x 31 in.

Philippe Ramette Espace Meeting, 2007 Meeting Space, benches, lectern, platform, 500 x 900 x 90 cm 197 x 354 x 45 in.

Ramettean Man Philippe Ramette has always appeared to me as a kind of flying saucer in the contested landscape of contemporary art. Just consider the generation of artists who began to show their work in the nineties: his remove is evident, both in terms of formal resources and in the nature of his universe. I clearly recall my first conversations (in 1986 at Villa Arson, at the time when I was director) with the odd, "cut-out" image of this slim, fragile, discreet, timid young man, often searching for his words, at times as translucent as his clear blue eyes, as elegantly selfeffacing as his vaguely outdated suits a kind of Keatonian dandy, as evanescent as his smile which was imbued with a sad humor like Jules Laforgue, as photogenic as a solitary figure by Sanders or one of Truffaut's adolescents, as simultaneously close and distant as one of those absolute bachelors that the nineteenth-century novel, as well as Duchamp and Kafka, made into emblematic figures of modernity. A student still so much the same today that the calendar seems to have no grasp over him: he always appears to have just emerged from a parallel corridor of time. I recall his early bricolo-mystical pieces, in which he said goodbye to his vain attempts at painting: La Mobylette crucifie [Crucified Moped], the Rcepteur dmanations divines [Receptacle of Divine Emanations] a watering can that he made into a hat and Les Cendres de Dieu [God's Ashes], an old radio, restyled in varnished wood, where you could glimpse the dimly lit cinders of his final canvas... And I recall my total perplexity before these strange objects, along with my immediate conviction that here was a singularity, an exception, a new definitive dreamer who would have to be carefully and patiently accompanied along his path. I also remember, for example, Espace culpabilit [Guilt Space] which we exhibited in 1990 in the garden of Villa Arson: it invited the innocent visitor to go to the corner and take up the old posture of school-time penance, in a comical displacement of the weighty questions of art to the natural environment or the public space. If I recall the majority of Philippe Ramette's works so well, it is

because they emerge from the very language and tonality of remembrance, because they seem to hail from a diffusely shared memory, from a bygone but familiar time, from an undefinable but perhaps infra-thin distance, involving something like a neglected share of our own past. Their materials, their artisanal mode of production and the patina that seems to cloak them, all combine to keep them at a distance from the freshness of the new, the flagrancy of the present to keep them in the withdrawn presence of the untimely. One should see here, I believe, no less humor than melancholy, no less restlessness than geometrical precision. There is in Philippe Ramette's work an implacable use of nominalist logic, a cutting sense of the proof particularly by the absurd in the service of a wily propensity for the tactics of self-derision. Thus he is naturally the first to use and profit from his instruments, accessories and other prosthetics. Man in Ramette's version makes us think of the illustrations of classical iconology: he always appears in full regalia, equipped with attributes that symbolize his history or destiny. Ramettean Man is moral, he knows himself to be weak and mortal, his is well aware of the common illusions and attempts to correct some of his inborn defects. Thus he can rise to his feet or bow to his knees, depending on whether he wants to mark his dignity or humility. He carries his own prison with him and has a domestic gallows. He can isolate himself by enclosing his head in a box ad hoc, he also knows how to manipulate the void, how to see the world in detail and look back on the paths he has crossed. He reflects, perched up on stilts. He is even able to see himself seeing, and if he wants to travel in time or to be struck by lightning, he does so without leaving his chair. This detached pessimist is neither a hero nor a prophet, neither a victim nor an executioner, he is modest and pragmatic: pure action is his trivial truth, his symbolic therapy, his improbable catharsis the incredulous form of his faith. Thus Philippe Ramette should be recognized as an inventor for the public good, an ergonomic pataphysician. A nephew of Panamarenko, a second cousin of Slominski, he deals in objects owing almost nothing to the codes that currently hold sway in the field of contemporary art. Their often deceptual operations take us on droll and grating excursion through those mirrors called naivet, tragedy and ridicule.

Christian Bernard, July 2001. Translated from the French by Brian Holmes

Philippe Ramette Sans titre (le Monde lenvers), 2007 Untitled (The World upside down) color photograph, 150 x 120 cm / 59 x 47 in

Philippe Ramette Lvitation de chaise n 2, 2006 Chair Levitation no. 2 Bronze 162 x 100 x 90 cm 64 x 39 x 35 in.

Philippe Ramette Lvitation de chaise n3, 2006 Chair Levitation no. 3 188 x 110 x 110 cm 74 x 43 x 43 in.

Philippe Ramette Rupture de pesanteur, 2006 Gravity Break Bronze 225 x 63 x 60 cm 88,6 x 24, 8 x 23,6 in.

Philippe Ramette Ascension irrationnelle, 2006 Irrational ascent Bronze 280 x 60 x 60 cm 129 x 23.6 x 23.6 in

Philippe Ramette Main tendue, 2006 Outstretched Hand, Bronze 50 x 31 x 13 cm 20 x 12 x 5 in.

Philippe Ramette Exploration rationnelle des fonds sous-marins : le contact, 2006 Rational exploration of the Undersea: The Contact color photograph 150 x 120 cm / 59 x 47 in.

Philippe Ramette Exploration rationnelle des fonds sous-marins : la sieste, 2006 Rational exploration of the Undersea: The Nap color photograph 150 x 120 cm / 59 x 47 in.

Philippe Ramette Exploration rationnelle des fonds sous-marins : la carte, 2006 Rational exploration of the Undersea: The Map color photograph 150 x 120 cm / 59 x 47 in.

Philippe Ramette Exploration rationnelle des fonds sous-marins : linversion, 2006 Rational exploration of the Undersea: The Reversal color photograph 150 x 120 cm / 59 x 47 in.

Philippe Ramette Exploration rationnelle des fonds sous-marins : larrive, 2006 Rational exploration of the Undersea: The Arrival color photograph 150 x 120 cm / 59 x 47 in.

Philippe Ramette Exploration rationnelle des fonds sous-marins : lascension, 2006 Rational exploration of the Undersea: The Ascent color photograph 150 x 120 cm / 59 x 47 in.

Philippe Ramette Making Of Exploration rationnelle des fonds sous-marins, 2006 Making Of Rational exploration of the Undersea

Philippe Ramette Exploration rationnelle des fonds sous-marins : lancre, 2006 Rational exploration of the Undersea: The Anchor, color photograph

Philippe Ramette Dessin prparatoire, 2006 Sketch, ink on paper, 32 x 24 cm / 13 x 9 in.

Philippe Ramette Balcon 2 (Hong Kong), 2001 / Balcony 2 (Hong Kong), color photograph, 150 x 120 cm / 59 x 47 in.

Philippe Ramette Dessin prparatoire, 2003 Sketch, ink on paper, 32 x 24 cm / 13 x 9 in.

Philippe Ramette Dessin prparatoire, 2003 Sketch, ink on paper, 32 x 24 cm / 13 x 9 in.

Philippe Ramette Mtaphore photographique, 2003 Photographic Metaphor, color photograph, 150 x 120 cm / 59 x 47 in.

Philippe Ramette Promenade irrationnelle, 2003 Irrational Walk, Photographic Metaphor, color photograph, 150 x 120 cm / 59 x 47 in.

Philippe Ramette Contemplation irrationnelle, 2003 Irrational Contemplation Photographic Metaphor, color photograph, 150 x 120 cm / 59 x 47 in.

Philippe Ramette Dessin prparatoire, 2003 Sketch, ink on paper, 32 x 24 cm / 13 x 9 in.

Philippe ramette Promenade irrationnelle, 2003 Irrational Walk, color photograph 150 x 120 cm / 59 x 47 in.

Philippe Ramette Making of Promenade irrationnelle Making of Irrational Walk 2003

Philippe Ramette Prothse (inversion 1), 2003 Prosthesis (Reversal 1) Metal 14 x 53 x 14 cm 5.5 x 21 x 5.5 in.

Philippe Ramette Prothse (ascension), 2003 Prosthesis Ascent Metal 18 x 40 x 140 cm 7 x 15.7 x 55 in.

Philippe Ramette Espace culpabilit, 1993 Guilt Space, Wood, 270 x 70 x 70 cm 106 x 27 x 27 in.

Philippe Ramette Lvitation de chaise, 2005 Levitation of a Chair, Bronze, 350 x 190 x 190 cm 138 x 75 x 75 in. Collection Vranken/Pommery, Reims, France

Philippe Ramette Socles rflexion (Utilisation), 1989-2002 Pedestals for Reflection (in use), color photograph, 150 x 120 cm / 59 x 47 in.

Philippe Ramette Point de vue individuel portable (utilisation), 2003 Portable Individual Point of View (in use), color photograph 150 x 120 cm / 59 x 47 in.

Philippe Ramette Cerveau rflchissant, 2002 Reflecting Brain, chrome bronze, 32 x 50 x 41 cm 13 x 20 x 16 in.

Philippe Ramette Prison portable, 1994 Portable Prison, Wood 213 x 77 x 77 cm 84 x 30 x 30 in.

Philippe Ramette Fauteuil coup de foudre (utilisation), 2001 Lovestruck Armchair (in use) color photograph, 150 x 120 cm / 59 x 47 in.

Philippe Ramette Fauteuil coup de foudre, 2001 Lovestruck Armchair, wood, metal 180 x 126 x 48 cm 71 x 49 x 19 in.

Philippe Ramette Suicide dobjets, 2001 Objects Suicide mixed media, variable dimensions (detail), Mamco, Geneva, 2008.

Philippe Ramette Dessin prparatoire, 2001 Sketch, ink on paper, 32 x 24 cm / 13 x 9 in.

Philippe Ramette Canon paroles, 2001 Speech Cannon stainless steel, wood, 150 x 150 x 60 cm 59 x 59 x 24 in.

Philippe Ramette Vitrine, 2001 Glass Case wood, glass 300 x 140 x 140 cm 118 x 55 x 55 in. Collection FRAC Aquitaine, Bordeaux, France

biography

philippe ramette
Born 1961, lives and works in Paris, France. Solo Exhibitions Lets hold onto our illusions, 1987-2008. MAMCO, Geneva, Switzerland Domaine dpartemental de Chamarande, France Galerie Xippas, Paris, France El mundo en que vivimos (with Oliver Boberg). Koldo Mitxelena Kulturunea, San Sebastian, Spain Xippas Gallery, Athens, Greece Muse de Picardie, Amiens, France Galerie Xippas, Paris, France. Chteau de Oiron, Oiron, France. Philippe Ramette : Balcon n2. Window, Paris, France. Galerie Xippas, Paris, France. Eloge de la paresse NII. La Verrire- Herms, Bruxelles, Belgique. Espace damour (with Philippe Mayaux). Galerie Juliane Wellerdiek, Berlin, Germany. Galerie Mto, Paris, France. Le Spot, Le Havre, France. Espace damour (with Philippe Mayaux). La Station, Nice, France. Centre dArt de Saint-Fons, France*. Ecole rgionale des Beaux-Arts de Valence, Valence, France. Mto-show. Galerie Mto, Paris, France. C.C.C., Tours, France. Galerie Mto (with Ghada Amer), FIAC, Paris, France. Galerie Nova Sin, Prague, Tchecoslovaquia. FRAC Champagne-Ardennes, Reims, France*. Espace Jules Verne, Brtigny-sur-Orge, France*. Galerie Mto, Paris, France. Galerie Mto "On line". Gand, Belgium. Maison de la Culture, Bastia, France. Espace Paul Boy, Ste, France. Le "13", C.C.C., Tours, France. Villa Arson, Nice, France*. Art : Concept, Nice, France. Galerie des Remparts, Toulon, France. 2008 2007>08 2006 2005

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Group Exhibitions Palimpseste, un bon pre-texte, La Rserve / galerie Xippas, Pacy-sur-Eure, France. re de Repos. Arts et design en villgiature au Chteau d'Avignon, France. Portrait et paysage du XXIe sicle. Exhibition organized as part of the French Presidency of the European Union Espace culturel ING, Brussels, Belgium. Alice, som miroir et ses merveilles, Muse des Beaux-Arts et de la Dentelle, Calais, France De l'impertinence, Maison de la culture d'Amiens-Centre de cration et de production, Amiens, France. CONTINUUM. Muse des Beaux-Arts de Saint-L, France. Photography festival, Darmstdt, Germany. Lhomme merveilleux, Chteau de Malbrouck, Manderen, France. La grande traverse : Horizons photographiques. Photographic works from the National Funds of contemporary art, Travelling exhibition to Quebec : Regional Museum of Rimouski ; Museum of Gaspsie, Gasp ; Maison Champlain, Brouage ; Museum of the New World, La Rochelle (France) ; Museum of Bas-Saint-Laurent, Rivire-du-Loup ; Centre VU, Quebec ; National Fine Arts Museum of Quebec. Ne pas jouer avec des choses mortes. Villa Arson, Nice, France. Paris en couleurs, Htel de Ville, Paris, France. Autofictions, galerie Marion Meyer, Paris, curator Guy Scarpetta. Art Protects, to the benefit of Aids, Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, France. Lart cest renversant, collection of FRAC Aquitaine, Galeries Lafayette, Bordeaux, France. Flux, collection of FRAC Bourgogne, Les Abattoirs, Avallon, France (8 septembre-14 octobre). Fragments dun temps oubli, collection of FRAC Bourgogne, Htel Dieu, Louhans, France. Vraisemblances, Galerie Xippas, Paris, France Les reflets, French Spring, Latvia 07, Jurmala, Latvia. CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival, Canada. (Im)postures, Universit Paris I Panthon-Sorbonne, Paris, France. Duels, Frac Provence Alpes Cte dAzur, Marseille, France. Le Vif et le Furtif, curators : Sylvie Gonzalez and Jeanne Van de Portal, an exhibition of works chosen from the public collection of the FDAC, Muse dart et dhistoire de Saint-Denis. Mutations 1, travelling exhibition organized by European Month of Photography, Maison Europenne de la Photographie, Paris, France; Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin; Bratislava castle , Bratislava, Casino-forum d'art contemporain, Luxembourg ; Moscow house of Photographie, Moscow ; MUSA Museum auf Abruf, Vienna, Austria. Les peintres de la vie moderne, modern-life painters (donation Caisse des dptsphotograph collection), Pompidou Center, Paris Rgion humaine, Muse dArt Contemporain de Lyon, France Profils : 15 years of creative output in France, curator : Philippe Piguet, Pera Museum, Istanbul Turquie; Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece Moi et les autres, Catherine Issert gallery, Saint-Paul de Vence, France Chauffe, Marcel ! FRAC Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpelier, France A la (re)dcouverte des collections photographiques du Muse de La Roche-sur-Yon, France Lesprit des lieux, Domaine dpartemental de Chamarande, France La cration contemporaine en France, curator : Dominique Marchs, Grand Palais, Paris, France Face Faces [auto] portraits, City Art Center, Edinburgh, Scotland, Great-Britain; travelling exhibition: Fotografins Hus, Stockholm, Sweden Rinventer le visible, Kunsthalle Erfurt, Germany Beyond Narcissus, Dorsky Gallery, New York, USA Semaine dart contemporain Tokyo, Vitrines du magasin Herms, Tokyo, Japan Enchant Chteau. Curated by Christian Bernard, Fondation pour lart contemporain Claudine et Jean-Marc Salomon, Chteau dArenthon, Alex, France Agir Proche, Maison de la Culture dAmiens, Amiens, France. Burlesques contemporains. Curated by Christophe Kim, Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris,

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France Mots dordre mots de passe, curators Cyril Jarton and Laurent Jeanpierre, Espace Paul Ricard, Paris, France Lidiotie, Exprience Pommery 2. Curated Jean-Yves Jouannais Domaine Pommery, Reims, France (my private) HEROES, Curator: Vronique Souben, Marta Herford Museum, Herford, Germany Paris Shanga, Tree Generations of French photographers, Museum of fine Art, Shanga, China Lutz, une monographie. Le Collge/Frac Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France. Raisonnance. Collection du Domaine dpartemental de Chamarande, Muse Robert DuboisCorneau, Brunoy, France. Le Mois de la Photo. Htel Lutetia, Paris, France. La suite et linstant, du projet photographi au projet photographique, (with Sophie Calle), Lyce Robespierre, Ecole des Beaux Arts dArras, Arras, France. De leur temps, Muse des Beaux-Arts, Tourcoing, France. Trafic dinfluences : Art & Design (Collection Frac Nord - Pas de Calais), Tri Postal, Lille, France. Apparemment lger, Chapelle du Rham, Plateau du Rham, Luxembourg. O estado das cousas, MARCO, Vigo, Spain. Jusquo irez-vous ?, Parcours Saint-Germain, Paris, France. Fata Morgana, Crdac, Ivry sur Seine, France. Sportivement vtre, Curated by Dominique Marchs and Jean-Marc Huitorel, Domaine de Chamarande, France. Amicalement vtre. Muse des Beaux-Arts, Tourcoing, France. Eternelles vanits. Commissaire : Philippe Piguet, Fondation Guerlain, Les Mesnuls, France. Pour de vrai, in the third festival Image au centre, Chteau de Tours, France. Para verlo de otra manera. Curated by Liliana Albertazzi, Biennale de Huesca, Spain*. Faits et Gestes. Curated by Xavier Franceschi, Rencontres Internationales de Photographie, Arles, France. Fables de lidentit, photographies & videos from the NSM Vie / ABN AMRO, collection, Curated by Rgis Durand, Centre national de la Photographie, Paris, France. Rendez-vous aux jardins. Chteau du Rivau, Lmer, France. Phantom of Pleasure. Curated by Peter Weibel, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria*. Collection dhiver. Domaine dpartemental de Chamarande, France. Moi je(ux). Works in the collection Frac Provence-Alpes-Cte dAzur, Espace Peiresc, Toulon, France. Distorsions et glissements de sens (collections). MAC, galeries contemporaines des muses de marseilles, France. Acquisitions. Le Collge / Frac Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France French collection. MAMCO, Geneva, Switzerland. La Cuite. Galerie Martagon, Malaucne, France. Objets cessions. Frac Basse-Normandie, Caen, France. Tabula, er is alles in de wereld het is alles (Presentation of the "Karaok pour dictateurs poten tiels (Karaofe for potential dictator)"). Curated by Philippe Van Cauteren, Watou, Belgium. Domaine en uvre. Domaine de Chamarande, Chamarande, France. La vie au fond, se rit du vrai. uvres de la collection du FRAC Aquitaine, Capc- Muse dart contemporain de Bordeaux, France. Self / In material conscience. exhibition organized by the FRAC Provence-Alpes-Cte dAzur, Fondation Sandretto,Torino, Italy. Effervescence. presented by "the Champagne Veuve Clicquot", Curated by Cyril Troubetzkoy, Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris, France. Le corps en situation. Ecole des Beaux-Arts du Mans, France. Alchimie de la rencontre. Le Collge / FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France. Ambiance Magasin. Abbaye de Saint Andr, Meymac, France. Proximits Romanes 2001. glise Saint-Pierre, Melle, France. ArchiLab 2001 : Inside House, un territoire familier. Curated by Cline Saraiva Muse des BeauxArts d'Orlans, Orlans, France.

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Le BHV inspire les artistes. Curated by Andre Putmann, BHV Department Store, Paris, France. Walk / Dont walk. exhibition organized by the C.C.C., University of Law, Economy and Social sciences, Site des Deux Lions, Tours, France. Bricolage? Works in the collection FRAC Bourgogne, Muse des Beaux-Arts, Dijon, France. FIAC 2000. Booth of Beaux-Arts magazine : "Sans titre", Eloge de la paresse I, Paris, France. Cherchez lerreur. exhibition organized by the FRAC Languedoc-Roussillon, La Galerie, Montpellier, France. Jour de Fte. Curated by Sophie Duplaix & Catherine Grenier, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France. Air-Air. Curated by Stphane Magnin, Grimaldi Forum, Monaco*. De Leonard de Vinci Calder, Machins / Machines. Curated by Jean-Michel Ribettes, Donjon de Vez, Vez, France. Lart dans le vent. Curated by Dominique Marchs, Chamarande, France. Narcisse bless. Curated by Jean-Michel Ribettes, Passage de Retz, Paris, France*. Le fou ddoubl. Curated by Jean-Yves Jouannais, Chteau dOiron, Oiron, France*. De toute nature. Works in the collection FRAC Bourgogne, Muse Buffond, Montbard, France. Ainsi de suite. Works in the collection FRAC PACA, La vitrine des exprimentations, Association Entre 9, Marseille, France. Transfert. Exhibition in an urban space. Curated by Marc-Olivier Wahler, Bienne, Switzerland*. Over the edges. Curated by Jan Hoet, SMAK Museum, Gent, Belgium*. Radicalit dire les qualits. Galerie Brownstone, Corrard & Cie, Paris, France. Propice. Curated by Catherine Francblin, Espace Paul Ricard, Paris, France. Collection. MAC, Marseille, France. Hommage Sade. Curated by Guy Scarpetta, Galerie Martagon, Malaucne, France. Points de vues. Faux Mouvement, Metz, France. Hypothses de collection. Works in the collection FRAC PACA. Curated by Eric Mangion, Muse du Luxembourg, Paris, France. Une histoire parmi dautres. Collection Michel Poitevin, FRAC Nord Pas de Calais, Dunkerque, France. Jardin dartiste : de mmoire darbre. Muse Zadkine, Paris, France. Pour un objet-dard. Paris, France. Ouverture 3. Curated by Morgane Rousseau, Chteau de Bionnay, Lacenas, France. Perdu de vue. FRAC Bourgogne, Dijon, France. Nouvelles Acquisitions / 95. FRAC Champagne-Ardennes, Reims, France. Chambre dEchos. J.S. Bieth, V. Joumard, D. Marcel, P. Ramette, N. Talec. Curated by Pascale Cassagnau, La Ferme du Buisson, Marne-la-Valle, France*. Point(s) de vue. Curated by Philippe Piguet, FRAC PACA, France. La Mort aux Trousses. Curated by Marc-Olivier Wahler, Zrich, Switzerland. Love, etc. Curator: Ami Barak, Galerie Esca, Milhaud, France. Harald F. Mller, Jacques Julien, Pierre Joseph, Philippe Ramette, Hans Weigand. Curated by Axel Huber, Muse Fesh, Ajjaccio, Corse, France. Teen tonic. Htel St Simon, Angoulme, France. Le songe de Constantin. Curated by Eric Mangion, Villa Noailles, Hyres, France. Ouverture 2. Chteau de Bionnay, Lacenas, France. Prhension. Curated by Grgory Lang, Galerie Xippas, Paris, France*. Larrire pays. Chteau des Adhmar, Montlimar, France*. Du construit, du paysage. Curated by Nolle Tissier, Centre rgional dArt Contemporain, Ste, France. Immobile. a project by Michel Philippon with Pierre Joseph, Philippe Parreno MAMCO, Genve, Suisse, exposition itinrante: Le Magasin, Grenoble et Centre dArt, Ste, France. uvres du FRAC PACA. Muse Ziem, Martigues, France. Collection du FRAC Champagne-Ardennes. Troyes, France. Produire, crer, collectionner. aide la production de la Caisse des dpts et consignations", Muse du Luxembourg, Paris, France*. Point mort. Art : Concept, Paris, France.

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LAlmanach Vernot-Wittgenstein. Curated by Jean-Yves Jouannais, Le Carr, Muse Bonnart, Bayonne, France. Egoist at work. Curated by Axel Huber, Graz, Austria. Non ! pas comme a ! CAN, Centre dArt Neuchtel, Switzerland. Cabines de bain. Piscine de la Motta, Fribourg, Switzerland*. Into the void. Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, Great Britian. Ouverture. de Bionnay, Lacenas, France. Lart au corps, le corps expos. MAC, Marseille, France. Condamns la Libert. Espace dart Concret, Mouans-Sartou, France. The Red Gate. Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, Belgium*. Is it nice ? CAN, Centre dArt Neuchtel, Switzerland*. Abstraction faite. Galerie Mto & Gilbert Brownstone & Cie, Paris, France. Les premire pierres. Galerie Mto, Paris, France. After nice. Aperto 95, MAMCO, Geneva, Switzerland. Aperto 95. FRAC Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpellier, France. Lart daimer. Espace Paul Boy, Ste, France. Ripple across the water. Curated by Jan Hoet, Watari Museum Tokyo, Japan*. Morceaux choisis. Curated by P-H. Parsy, Le Magasin, Grenoble, France. Nouvelle vague. Muse dArt Moderne et Contemporain, Nice, France*. Beyond belief. Lisson Gallery, London, Great Britian. Paysage en train. Curated by Philippe Mayaux, Galerie Mto, Paris, France. Centre dArt Contemporain dAltkirch, Alsace, France. Galleria Transepoca, Milan, Italy. Mt(vous)o-show. FIAC, Galerie Mto, Paris, France. Snark. Galerie Pierre Nouvion, Monaco. Salon de Montrouge, France. Les passants du phalanstre. Villa Arson, Nice, France. Caf de Paris. La Remise, Vienna, Austria. Le plaisir de ne pas comprendre. Galerie Mto, Paris, France. SMGP2A. Galerie Barbier-Beltz and Galerie Mto, Paris, France. Ateliers 1992. Muse dArt Moderne, Paris, France. Tatoo collection. traveling exhibition (organized by Air de Paris and Urbi & Orbi). Les Mystres de lAuberge Espagnole. Villa Arson, Nice, France. French Kiss II. APAC, Nevers, France. Art : Concept, Nice, France. Calibre 33, Nice, France. Galerie Michel Pommier, Tours, France.

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Collections Caisse des dpts et consignations, Paris, France. Centre des monuments nationaux, Chteau de Oiron, France Domaine dpartemental de Chamarande, France. European Patent Office, Munich, Germany Fondation Neuflize, Paris, France. Fonds Dpartemental d'Art Contemporain Seine-St Denis, France Fonds National d'Art Contemporain, Paris, France. Fonds Rgional d'Art Contemporain Aquitaine, Bordeaux, France. Fonds Rgional d'Art Contemporain Basse-Normandie, Caen, France. Fonds Rgional d'Art Contemporain Bourgogne, Dijon, France. Fonds Rgional d'Art Contemporain Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France. Fonds Rgional d'Art Contemporain Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpellier, France. Fonds Rgional d'Art Contemporain Nord-Pas de Calais, Dunkerque, France. Fonds Rgional d'Art Contemporain Poitou-Charentes, Angoulme, France. Fonds Rgional d'Art Contemporain Provence-Alpes-Cte d'Azur, Marseille, France. MAC/VAL, Muse d'art contemporain du Val de Marne, Vitry-sur-Seine, France Maison Europenne de la Photograhie, Paris, France. Mamco, Geneva, Switzerland. Muse d'Art Contemporain de Marseille, France. Muse des Beaux-Arts et de la dentelle de Calais. Muse de la Roche sur Yon, France SMAK, Museum Van Hedendaage Kunst, Gand, BelgiUM. Socit Gnrale, La Dfense, France The Israel Museum, Jrusalem, IsraEL.

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2006 2005 Catalogues and books Interview with Sylvie Couderc, Sylvie Couderc : Le fini infini de Philippe Ramette, in Espace dAnticipation, exhibition catalogue, Muse de Picardie, Amiens, France Philippe Ramette, Portfolio, Paris, Galerie Xippas. El mundo en que vivimos. Text by Ramon Esparza, exhibition catalogue, Koldo Mitxelena Kulturunea, San Sebastian, Spain. Interview with Jean-Yves Jouannais : Seventeen Entries ; introduction by Christian Bernard : Ramettean Man ; and other texts by: Morgane Rousseau, Alain Ramette, Paul-Herv Parsy, Claire-Berger Vachon, Samantha Barroero ; English translation by Brian Holmes, in Philippe Ramette, Catalogue rationnel. Galerie Xippas, Paris. Cyril Jarton, Philippe Ramette, Saint-Fons, Centre dArts Plastiques, France, 1998. Jouannais, Jean-Yves. "Petit lexique conomique" ; "Interview between Philippe Ramette and Jean-Yves Jouannais" ; Introduction by Nathalie Ergino, in Philippe Ramette, Reims, FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Brtigny-sur-Orge, Espace Jules Verne, France, 1995. Christian Bernard, "Lumineux objet du dsir", Nice, Villa Arson, Paris, Art:Concept Gallery, France, 1991.

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Paris Shanghai I Trois gnrations de photographes franais, Exhibition catalogue, Museum of art, Shanghai, edition Actes Sud, march 2005, text by Sophie Schmit, Troisime gnration , pp.-82-85, ill. pp. 122-125. Amicalement vtre. Interview by Sylvain Courbois & Nelly Huot-Marchand, exhibition catalogue, Muse des Beaux-Arts, Tourcoing, pp. 46-50, ill.pp. 80, 85 and 88. Jusquo irez-vous?, Parcours Saint-Germain-des-Prs, Paris, France, 2004. Philippe Piguet, Eternelles Vanits, Les Mesnuls, Fondation dArt Contemporain Daniel & Florence Guerlain, France, 2004. Imagen, Biennale de Huesca, Espagne, 2003. Peter Weibel (HG), Phantom der Lust. "Visionen des Masochismus" Graz, Neue galerie Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Austria, 2003. Philippe Van Cauteren, Gwy Mandelinck, Tabula; Summer festival of poetry, Watou, Belgium, 2002. Air Air, Grimaldi Forum, Monaco, 2002. Jean-Paul Guy, Emmanuel Latreille, Anne Tronche, Fonds rgional dart contemporain de Bourgogne, 1984-2000, Dijon, Codition FRAC Bourgogne and Muse des Beaux-Arts, France, 2000, pp. 320-321. Jean-Michel Ribettes, Grard Wajdam, Narcisse bless - Autoportraits Contemporains 19702000, Passage de Retz, Paris, France, 2000. Jean-Yves Jouannais, Le fou ddoubl, Chteau dOiron, Oiron, France, 2000. Marc-Olivier Wahler, Transfert, Bienne, Switzerland, 2000. Jan Hoet, Over the edges, Muse SMAK, Ghent, Belgium, 2000. Pascale Cassagnau, "Espace coup de foudre, Les objets-situation de Philippe Ramette" (inter view), in Produire, crer, collectionner, Muse du Luxembourg, Paris, Edition Hazan, France, 1997. Cati Chambon, Larrire pays, Chteau des Adhmar-Montlimar, Editions Nouveaux Mondes, France, 1997. M. Bhuin, J.P. Felley, O. Kaeser, Cabines de bain, Piscine de la Motta, Fribourg, Switzerland, 1997. Pascale Cassagnau, Chambres dchos, Marne-la-Valle, Centre dArt Contemporain de la Ferme du Buisson, France, 1997. Grgory Lang, Prhension, Paris, Galerie Xippas, France,1997. Jean-Yves Jouannais, Philippe Ramette : Des miroirs plutt que des crans, parallles ParisPrague, Prague, Czech Republic, 1996. Jan Hoet, De Rode Poort, Ghent, Museum Van Hedendaage Kunst, Belgium, 1996. Stphane Corrard, 32 points communs unissant P. Mayaux et P. Ramette, in It is nice ?, CAN, Centre dArt Neuchtel, Switzerland, 1995. Jan Hoet, "Philippe Ramette", in Ripple across the water, Tokyo, Watari Museum Japan, 1995. Jean-Yves Jouannais, "Le parc de Monsieur Teste", in Nouvelle vague, Nice, Muse dArt Moderne et Contemporain, France, 1994. Nathalie Ergino, "Et il dplaait les montagnes", in Une rose est une rose, Paris, Edition Galerie Mto, France (Rdition : Giallu no.2 1994), 1991.

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Press articles Philippe Dagen : Les objets cruellement absurdes de Philippe Ramette, in Le Monde, p. 18, Agust 14. Emmanuelle Lequeux : Philippe Ramette Chamarande , Beaux-Arts magazine, January. Manou Farine, Les miroirs mes de Philippe Ramette , Lil, January, page 39. Philippe Ramette , Rsidences dcoration, # 78, January/February, page 194. Rgis Durand : Promenade dans les abysses , One Yearbook 2008 -Jaeger-Lecoutre, pp. 81-89

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Emmanuelle Lequeux, Philippe Ramette, plasticien du rve , Le Monde, Decembre 29, page 20. Interview by Philippe Ramette : Comme un fou avec son entonnoir , Textes et documents pour la classe n944 lart conremporain , pp 20-21, November 15. Dina Zagalovitsch : Philippe Ramette pote en apesanteur , Cimaise n287, Sptember/November, pages60-65 Interview with Aude de Bourbon Parme, art actuel, November/December, pp 48-50. Un Clown nomm Philippe Ramette , Maison Franaise, October/November Manou Farine : Philippe Ramette. Sens dessus dessous , Lil, pp.10-11, October. Quest-ce que la photographie aujourdhui ?, Stphane Corrard: Renversant p 148-149, Beaux-Arts ditions. French Touch Photographie 2000-2007 , LInsens photo 5, pp 48-49 Alfred Escot : Vertigineux Philippe Ramette , Dandy magazine, Dec/Jan., pp 20-21. Herv Legoff : Philippe Ramette, un costume cravate en libert , Le Photographe, December, pp.6-9. Portfolio and text by Damien Sausset : Mois de la Photo, Philippe Ramette en apesanteur , Le Monde 2, October 28, pp.42-49. Expositions. Cest le mois de la photo dans la capitale , JDD, n 3120, sunday octobre 29. Alexandre Grenier Philippe Ramette , Pariscope, October 4-10. Roxana Azimi, Les contemporains mis lhonneur en galeries , Le Monde, October 1-2. La galerie Xippas expose Philippe Ramette , Dandy, October November. Philippe Ramette , Stiletto, autumn. Elisabeth Couturier, Philippe Ramette joue avec la gravit , Paris Match, n2993, September 28 October 4, Page 18. Philippe Ramette , Les Inrockuptibles, September 5-11 Harry Bellet, Les jeux visuels de Ramette , Le Monde, September 16, page 27. Jeux deau , Exporama, October, page 45. Erwan Fichou, Levitacion (i)racional , Picnic, n11, July-August, pp. 106-111. Franoise De Maulde, Philippe Ramette , Air France magazine, n112, August, pp. 106-118 and cover page. Stphane Corrard : Philippe Ramette , in Beaux-Arts magazine special issue 100 Artistes , pp 150-151, May Sylvie Couderc : Philippe Ramette au Muse de Picardie , Photos Nouvelles, n38, March/April, pp 32-33, France. Henri-Franois Debailleux : A vingt mille lieues lun de lautre , Libration, February 21, France Hiromi Tabata, Herms theater Philippe Ramette , in Harpers Bazaar, n65, February, pp. 156-157, Japan Exposition / Philippe Ramette , Le Monde, friday 6 January, page 24, France. Akane Maekawa, Philippe Ramette , Ryuko Tsushin, vol. 512, 2-2006, page 57. Damien Sausset : Philippe Ramette, rveur surraliste , Connaissance des Arts, n 637, April, pp. 52-57. Marc Hneau, Paris Shanghai, Art Actuel, March-April, pp.89-92. Christine Monin, Lart contemporain sans peine..., La vie, n3105, 3-9 March, pp.70-73. Interview with Jean-Yves Jouannais and Christophe Kihm, Idiotie & burlesque, lart pas si bte , BeauxArts magazine, n253, July 2005, pp.52-59 and cover page. Interview of Christophe Kihm by Anne Bonnin, 02, n34, summer 2005, pp. 32-33. V. Ziegelmeyer, "P. Ramette : une approche renversante de lart contemporain", Le Bien Public, October 5 2004, Dijon, France, p 14. Elodie Fondacci, (interview), "Srieusement dlirant", Minotaure, n6, May-June, France, cover

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and pp.18-19, 20, 29, 74. Rafal Magrou, "Objectif Lune, Galerie Xippas Philippe Ramette", Techniques & Architectures, n471, France, pp.116-119. Jos Mara Parreo, "Una sonrisa cnica/ A cynical smile", EXIT n13, Febuary/March/April 2004, Madrid, Spain, pp. 34-42. Bndicte Ramade & Manou Farine, "Ultracontemporain :Philippe Ramette", Lil, n556, March 2004, France, p 22. Franck Chevalier, "Philippe Ramette", Modzik #22, Febuary-March 2004 Laurent Boudier, "Renversant Ramette", Tlrama n2823, supplment Sortir, Febuary 18-24, 2004, Paris, p.15. Alexandre Grenier, "Philippe Ramette dstabilisant", Pariscope, Febuary 18-24, 2004, Paris, p.174. Emmanuelle Lequeux, "Philippe Ramette : Pices conviction", Aden supplment du Monde, Febuary 11-17, 2004, France. "Pril en apesanteur", Le Journal des Arts, Febuary 6-12, 2004, France. Henri-Franois Debailleux, "ramette grand format", Libration, Febuary 6, 2004, France. "Lil en mouvement : Philippe Ramette la galerie Xippas", Lil, n55, February 2004, France. Frank Lamy, "Le tour des galeries", Beaux-Arts magazine n237, February 2004, France, p. 36. Hugues Royer, "Ralises sans trucage", Voici n845, January 19-25, 2004, France. Philippe Piguet, "Philippe Ramette, prothses mentales", Lil, n549, July-August, Paris, France, pp. 18-19. Rgis Durand, 02 Fragiles fictions", in Special issue Photo exhibition, "Fables de lidentit, uves photographiques & vidos de la collection NSM Vie/ABN AMR" France, pp. 98-130. Beaux-Arts magazine, N229, June 2003, France, pp. 112-113. Jean-Pierre Denis, "Lart au pilori", La Vie, May 22-28, 2003, Paris, France. Anna Mnks, "Praktisch interessant, Vorbereitung fr Leer + Vision : Drei Pariser Knstler begu tachten Herford", Neue westflische N 116, May 20, 2003, Germany. Illustrations "Lvitation rationnelle" et "Making off : Lvitation rationnelle", Bil Bo K Magazine #20, "Anarchives", March 2003, France. Jean-Max Colard, "Ceci nest pas Philippe Ramette", Beaux-Arts magazine : Special issue Ceci est Magritte, in Ceci est un supplment, February 2003, pp. 30-31. Stphane Lavignotte, "LEglise catholique brise les tabous", Tmoignage Chrtien, N. 3046, January 30, 2003, France. Cover : "Socles rflexion (utilisation)", Frankfurter Rundschau Magazin, N 02, January 11, 2003, Frankfurt, Germany. Sophie Faucillion : "Philippe Ramette. Le suicide des objets", Double #2, Winter, France, p. 50-55. Vronique Marchand ,"Quand lart conceptuel prend leau", Plongeurs International, n51, December 2002 - January 2003, France. Illustrations : "Cerveau rflchissant" and "Casque miroir", Bil Bo K Magazine #18: "Miroir", October 2002, France. Henri-Franois Debailleux, "La visite dides de Ramette", Libration, August 31-September 1, 2002, France, p. 36. News and around : "Self/In Material Conscience", Tema Celeste, n91, May/June, Italy, p. 126. Annabelle Gugnon, "Lautre scne" artistique", Beaux-Arts magazine n216, May 2002, France, p. 78-80. Valrie Marchi, "Le Frac paca fait son grand tour", Lil n535, April 2002, France, p. 86.

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V.L.B., "Philippe Ramette, lil dboussol", Tlrama hors-srie : "La rvolution surraliste", March 2002, France, p. 82. Valrie Marchi, "Le corps dans tous ses tats", Lil, n533, February, France, p. 85. Jean-Max Colard, "Philippe Ramette, Galerie Xippas", Artforum, January 2002, USA, p. 149. Pascal Beausse, "Philippe Ramette @ Xippas", Flash Art International, November/December, Italy, p. 46. "Artiste gentleman", Mouvement, agenda Paris/Ile de France, October/December, France. Corinne Bourgeois-Kervokian, "Limits of freedom", www.artnet.com, November 5, 2001, USA. ST.L. "A quoi rvent les objets ?", Sofa, n13, October/November, p 83, France. Jean-Max Colard, "Philippe Ramette", Web Site: www.artforum.com, October 2001, USA. Gilles Gurin, "Philippe Ramette. En attendant un corps tendu", Parpaing, n26, October 2001, France, p. 26. Fabienne Fulchri, "Paroles d'artiste", Le Journal des Arts, n133, September 28-October 11, 2001, France, p. 12. Damien Vervialle, "Philippe Ramette, Designer de l'absurde", Zurban, September 26 - October 2, 2001, Paris, France, p. 56. Exporama : "Balcon II", Artpress n 272, October, France, p. 9. "La posie en Ramette", La Gazette des scnaristes, nc15, August/September/October 2001, France, p. 50-51. Nicolas Thly, "Passage l'acte", Les Inrockuptibles, n305, September 18-24, 2001, France, pp. 72-73. Hugues Royer, "Philippe Ramette prend de la hauteur", Voici, September 17-13, 2001, France, p. 67. Philippe Dagen, "L'art l'ge des loufoqueries", Le Monde, September 16-17, 2001, France, p.27. Emmanuelle Lequeux, "Philippe Ramette: l'art de marcher sur la tte", Aden, September 12-18, 2001, France, p. 25. Jean-Louis Pinte, "Philippe Ramette", Figaroscope, September 5-11, 2001, France. Bernard Gnis, "Philippe Ramette", Le Nouvel Observateur, September 6-12, 2001, France, p. 127. Laurent Boudier, "Philippe Ramette", Tlrama, Paris, n71, September 5-11, 2001, France, p. 15. "Opening", Les Inrockuptibles, n303, September 4-10, 2001, France, p. 74. Henri-Franois Debailleux, "Rentre, les galeries sont vernies", Les tentations de Libration, n11, T 9, September 7, 2001, France. Franois Jonquet, "Objets du doute", Nova magazine, n81, September 2001, France, p. 50. Christian Bernard, "Pourquoi on aime Philippe Ramette", Catherine Franclin, "Les exercices spiri tuels de saint Philippe", Beaux-Arts n208, September 2001, France, pp. 68-75. "The Balcony", Paroles - Alliance franaise de Hong Kong, Special issue, introduction by Claire Berger-Vachon, Interviews with Philippe Ramette, Paul-Herv Parsy and Marc Domage by Grard Henry, Comments from the designer Edouard Villevaux. "From the drawing board to the water", Paul-Hern Parsy. "Philippe Ramette in Hong Kong", July/August 2001, Hong Kong. Anad Demir,"Paresse Arienne", Jalouse, n41, June 2001, France. Claire Berger-Vachon, "Le Balcon de Philippe Ramette, Paroles, Alliance franaise, Hong Kong, May-June 2001, Hong Kong, pp. 18-19.

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Philippe Piguet, "Philippe Ramette, le corps lpreuve", Lil, n526, May 2001, France, p. 99. Sbastien Pluot, "Bazar", Jalouse n38, Ill. b & w, March 2001, pp. 36-37, France. Anne Kerner, "BHV Contemporain, les Beaux-Arts de lHtel de Ville", Beaux-Arts Magazine n202, (ill. b & w), March 2001, France, p. 18. "Sans titre", Eloge de la paresse I, Cover of Beaux-Arts Magazine, n197, Spcial Fiac, October 2000, France. "Balcon I", Cover of Beaux-Arts Magazine, n182, July 1999, France. H.B. "Des prothses pour se tenir en socit", Lyon Capitale, October 20 27, 1998, Lyon, France. Hauviette Bethemont, "Les objets durs de Philippe Ramette", Libration, October 20, 1998, France. Reneau, Olivier, "De lobjet son image", Technikart, February, France. Philippe Piguet, "Ramette fait du cinma", Lil, February, France. "Philippe Ramette engage la rflexion", Beaux-Arts Magazine, February, France. Saint-Jacques, Camille, "Questions Philippe Ramette", Le Journal des expositions, February, Paris, France. Le Journal des Arts, February 13, France. Jade Lindgaard, Aden, January February 1998, France. Jean-Max Colard, "Philippe Ramette", Les Inrockuptibles, January 14-20, 1998, France Philippe Rgnier, "Ramette nest pas la fte", Le Journal des Arts, January 3, 1998, France. A.Labelle-Rojoux, "Philippe charmant jeune homme Ramette", Neue Bilden Kunst, October/ November 1996, Switzerland. Pascale Cassagnau, "Philippe Ramette, le thtre du vide", Art Press, n210, February 1996, France. Pascale Cassagnau, "Philippe Ramette at FRAC Champagne Ardenne", Art in America, November 1995, USA. Carl Freedman, "Philippe Ramette, FRAC Champagne-Ardennes, Reims", Frieze, May 1995. Karen Rudolph, "Ramette : sujet mditer", Beaux-Arts Magazine n134, May 1995, France. Wahler, Marc-Olivier. "Philippe Ramette", Kunst-Bulletin, July/ August 1994, Switzerland. Nathalie Ergino, "Philippe Ramette", Documents n4, October 1993, France. Raphael Rubinstein, "Philippe Ramette", Artforum "Openings", May 1993, USA. Jean-Yves Jouannais, "Philippe Ramette : Galerie Art:Concept", Art Press n162, October 1991, France.