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  • Exposition Jean-Christophe Ballot. Les Dormeurs de Saint Denis

    Exposition Jean-Christophe Ballot. Les Dormeurs de Saint Denis

    Jean-Christophe Ballot is one of the best architectural and museum photographers In France today.

    His latest series of photographs, (Les Dormeurs de Saint Denis), of the celebrated French (royal tombs) in the basilica of the abbey of Saint Denis, north of Paris, will be exhibited in an exceptional setting, the 17th century church of the Billettes in the heart to the Marais in Paris.

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    The series was commissioned by the Centre des Monuments Nationaux and photographed in the spring of 2014.

    One of the finest Baroque churches in Paris to survive the French Revolution the church of the convent of the Billettes on rue des Archives was designed in the mid- 18th century by the last of the celebrated Mansart family of architects, Jacques Hardouin-Mansart de Sagonne (1711-1778).

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    Today the church it is the principal Lutheran temple of city of Paris.

    The black and white photographs of the gisants (recumbent effigies) and orants (praying figures) of the Kings and Queens of France will be presented in two triptych compositions in the choir of the church, as single large prints on the pilasters of the nave and in smaller formats in the south gallery of the church.

    The statues were photographed so as to look like live figures, contemplative when kneeling or asleep when recumbent. In the twilight of the beautiful Gothic architecture of the basilica of Saint Denis they take on an otherworldly, dreamy dimension, delicately balanced between the inanimate quality of stone and bronze and the animating quality conferred on them by the shadowy light. The classical architectural setting of the church of the Bilettes and the filtered daylight and shadows of the church provide the perfect background for the contemplation of Jean-Christophe Ballot’s photographs emphasizing their mysterious and spiritual quality.

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    The exhibition sponsored by the Lutheran Temple of the Billettes and Chris Boïcos Fine Arts will be open to the public Tuesday though Saturday from Wednesday 11 to Saturday 28 March from 2 to 7 pm at 24 rue des Archives, 75004 Paris (Métro Hôtel- de-Ville).

    For more information and to see all the photographs please visit the exhibtion page of our website.

  • Artwork

  • Publications & Reviews

    2014, Oct
    « Exhibition in Print: The Face in Collage. » Kolaj Magazine, Issue #10.
    2013, Fall-Winter
    « Doug Stapleton. Interview by Kieran Donnan. » 22 Magazine, Volume 4, Collage
    2013, Dec
    « 12 Days. Day 1. Collage. Doug Stapleton. » Fat Boy Review (online journal), Richard House, Editor.
    2013
    « Admiration. » (image) published in the South Loop Review. Vol 15. Columbia College Chicago, USA.
    “In Metamorphosis and outside time: In works by Vivian van Blerk and Doug Stapleton at Jennifer Norback Fine Arts, archetypes reoccur and time is rearranged”, Sarah Nardi, Chicago Reader.
    2012, Dec 16
    “Art Review: Doug Stapleton, Optimistic Reconstructions”, Diane Thodos, NeotericART: An Online Art Magazine
    2011
    « Juxtaposed in Its Essence », catalog, Ed Krantz, curator. Elgin Community College, Elgin IL, USA.
    2009, Dec 31
    « Critics Pick: Paul Clark and Doug Stapleton », Las Manos Gallery. NewCity.

  • Personal Exhibitions

    2014
    Like This. with Cindy Bernhard, Jennifer Norback Fine Art, Chicago IL, USA.
    A Passing Fancy, Center on Halsted Gallery, Chicago IL , USA.
    Tales Tolds, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati OH, USA.
    Bodies, North Seattle Community College Art Gallery, Seattle Washington, USA.
    Like This. with Cindy Bernhard. Jennifer Norback Fine Art, Chicago IL, USA.

    2013
    In Metamorphosis (with Vivian van Blerk), Jennifer Norback Fine Arts, Chicago IL, USA.
    Galex 47, Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg IL, USA. Juried exhibition.

    2012
    Optimistic Reconstructions, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago IL, USA.
    The Grand Spectacle: Recent Collages, Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago IL, USA.

    2011
    Juxtaposed in its Essence, Elgin Community College Safety-Kleen Gallery, Elgin IL, USA.

    2010
    Michael and Angelo, Eyeporium Gallery, Chicago IL, USA.
    Romp, The Depot Gallery, Beverly Shores, Indiana, USA.

    2009
    New Collages, Las Manos Gallery, Chicago IL, USA.
    Navigation Imagination, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver CO, USA.
    From What Are Dreams (two person exhibition), Eyeporium Gallery, Chicago IL, USA.
    3×3 Exhibition, Dance Center of Columbia College, Chicago IL, USA.

    2008
    Sideshow, Las Manos Gallery, Chicago IL, USA.

    2006-08
    12×12, Refuge Center for Artists in Recovery, Skokie IL, USA.

    2001
    Making Art Matter : Artists Transforming Society, Commonwealth Gallery, Madison, WI, USA.

  • About

    American, born 1963.
    Lives and works in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

    Doug Stapleton is an artist, curator and educator. He is an Assistant Curator of Art with the Illinois State Museum Chicago Gallery and an adjunct faculty in the Interdisciplinary Arts graduate program at Columbia College Chicago. Stapleton’s work has been the subject of two solo exhibitions at the Chicago Cultural Center and Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago in 2012.

    A former Artistic Associate with the Chicago based contemporary dance company « The Seldoms », he had worked on eleven evening length dance performances in the capacity of dramaturg and as a performer. Prior to his work with the Seldoms, he has performed in over forty solo and collaborative performances since 1989. He received his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1989, and a BA in Anthropology from University of Delaware with a minor concentration in Art History and Ceramics.

    “In my collages, I re-configure found images into ambiguous narratives that often refer to the source, but mess around with the original message. Visually I respond to the operatic sparkle and complexity—the grandly narrated spectacle—that is the history of western art. I want to continue that high key drama in my work.
    My background in anthropology and art history informs how I construct these collages. I’m tethered to the possible of the story within the fragment. I play loosely with symbols and metaphors from art history, language, and religion to create new images that are strongly representational, with an attention to precise cutting and visual consistency, and a nod toward absurd, implied narrative.”

    website: http://dougstapleton.com/

  • Artwork

    Fotofever Paris, 2015

    Poseidon, 2014

    Collages, 2011-13

  • Illustrations

    Illustrations

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    Book Covers:

    2013
    Illustration of book cover : Le festin des monstres by Michel Frantz.
    2012
    Publication of box of 10 post cards of 10 collages at the musée International de la Chaussure in Romans, France.
    Illustration of book cover : La maison des sept notes et autres nouvelles by Michel Frantz.
    Illustration of book cover : Le manoir du pendu by Michel Frantz.
    Illustration of book cover : Sunday et le chien qui voulait voler by Michel Frantz.
    Illustration of book cover : Le grimoire arc-en-ciel by Michel Frantz.
    Illustration of book cover : La perruque ensorcelée by Michel Frantz.
    2011
    Publication of post card of a collage from ist s collection by the Musée Carnavalet, Paris, France.
    Illustration of book cover : L’ordinateur diabolique by Michel Frantz.
    Illustration of book cover : Le masque de Halloween by Michel Frantz.
    Illustration of book cover : On a enlevé le Père Noël ou Le cercle des sorciers disparus by Michel Frantz
    2008
    Poster for the prize Elsa Morante Ragazzi Newton hall,(Science Villa) Naples, Italy.
    2007
    Poster for the prize Prix Elsa Morante at the Parioli theatre, Rome, Italy.
    Illustration of book cover : Una primavera atroz by Juan Pedro Quiñonero, Narrativa collection,
    Publisher: Espuela de plata.
    2001
    Illustration for the invitation to the stage play Colloques des bébés by Roland Fichet. Salle Erik Satie, Vénissieux, France.

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  • Collections

    Musée Artcolle, Plémet, France.
    Musée Carnavalet, Paris, France.
    Centre d’études catalanes de Paris-Sorbonne, France.
    Centre culturel Arabe-Syrien de Paris, France.
    Entreprise des tissus et soieries Walder, Lyon, France.
    Fundacion MAPFRE Guanarteme, Gran Canaria, Spain.
    CICCA (Centro insular de cultura de la caja de ahorros de Canarias),Las Palmas, Spain.
    Fundacion Premio Coexistencia, Museo de Ceuta, Spain.
    Collection d’art moderne et contemporain de la Ville d’Aulnay-sous-Bois, France.
    Institut Cervantes de Paris, France.
    Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, Tenerife, Spain.

  • Artwork

    After Empire, 2016

    I and my Chimney, 2013

    Ephemeron, 2012

    Players, 2010

    Chair publique, 2009

    Capital Vices, 2008

    Four seasons, 2006

    From the New World, 2003

    Hippopotamus, 2000

    Cow Voyages, 1998

  • Fotofever Paris 2014

    Fotofever Paris 2014

    Chris Boïcos Fine Arts was part of the first edition of Fotofever, the new Paris photo fair, at the Espace Cardin in 2011 and also at the Brussels edition in 2012.
    For the 2014 edition of Fotofever the theme of our stand will be « Collage ».
    We will be exhibiting photographic collages by three gallery artists:
    Jorge Rodriguez de Rivera – Douglas Stapleton – Vivian van Blerk

    Place: Carrousel du Louvre – 99 rue de Rivoli – 75001 Paris
    Métro: Palais-Royal/Musée du Louvre

    Fair Hours:
    Private view by invitation only on Thursday 13 November 2014, from 5 to 10 pm
    For free invitations for Thursday and Friday, please contact Chris Boïcos at contact@boicosfinearts.com

    Friday 14 November: 10am – 8pm
    Saturday 15 November: 10am – 8pm
    Sunday 16 November: 10am – 7pm


    Collage     was first used in the art world in the early 20th century in the work of the Dada artists and the Surrealists (Ernst, Haussmann, Höch, Bayer…). Classic collage is still important in the contemporary art scene despite the advent of new digital techniques for the compilation and transformation of photographic images like Photoshop.
    One of our objectives in this exhibition is to demonstrate the ongoing importance, indeed renaissance, of mechanical and manual techniques in contemporary photography despite the advent of the digital age.

    Our artists will be presenting photographic collages in three distinctive techniques:

    Jorge Rodriguez de Rivera:
    Collage of figures, plants, animals or still lives, cut out from illustrations of art magazines and the French auction house magazine, the Gazette de Drouot, pasted on to photographs of urban landscapes taken by the artist.





    Douglas Stapleton:
    Collages of images of works of art – sculptures and paintings – cut out from old art history books and magazines, assembled and juxtaposed in strange or witty configurations against a neutral background.

    Vivian van Blerk:
    Black and white photographic prints by the artist are re-photographed in combination with found objects, sculptures and architectural models, also made by the artist, in his studio. The resulting single photographic negative of assembled and juxtaposed elements is then hand tinted in brilliant and artificial colors and printed.