Stéphane Blanquet

 
Stéphane Blanquet was born in 1973. He lives and works in the Paris area. Considered today as one of the pioneer of graphic novels in France, his abounding, unsettling and provocative world does not leave anyone indifferent and goes far beyond the frame of his published work notably at Cornélius, Alain Beaulet, Albin Michel Publishings, L'Association or his own label United Dead Artists. Illegitimate son of Robert Crumb, Roland Topor, Hieronymus Bosch and surrealism, he is backed by a long past in the field of graphzines, the press and international edition. He is himself a publisher (Chacal Puant and La Monstrueuse—rewarded at the Angoulême Festival in 1996—and the more recent Muscle Carabine), and appears as one of the most inventive creators of his generation. In 2005, L'An 2 Publishings devoted to him a reference book Monographie Lacrymale. In 2007, La Vénéneuse aux Deux Eperons, a graphic novel made like a shadow theater released by Cornélius Editions and the exhibition “Blanquet s'ouvre la panse”, presented in Paris by the Arts Factory Gallery would be met by a wave of enthusiasm. A foreword to a institutional recognition that occurred in 2009 with the exhibition “Quintet” at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Lyon and an impressive solo show at the Singapor Contemporary Art Musem in 2013.

(external link : www.blanquet.com)
 
Stéphane Blanquet - Dans les têtes de Stéphane Blanquet
2020
bilingual edition (English / French)
United Dead Artists
The catalogue of Stéphane Blanquet's evolving exhibition in the whole space of the Halle Saint-Pierre, Parisian temple of art brut and outsider art: a vast retrospective in 1.9 kg of images (drawings, photographs, tapestries, sculptures), with also the works of invited artists: Keiichi Tanaami, Bruno Richard, Samplerman, Jan Švankmajer, Dr. Karayom, etc.
Stéphane Blanquet - Carnet de trains
2019
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United Dead Artists
Blanquet's new notebook of fantastic and phantasmagorical drawings, in red ink mixed with green.
Stéphane Blanquet - Par les masques écornés
2018
trilingual edition (English / French / Chinese)
Abbaye d'Auberive
The most important monograph to date on Stéphane Blanquet: designed by the artist, the publication gathers ancient works and new ones, created for his exhibition at Auberive Abbey in France. Drawings, terracotta, tapestries, lithographs, photographs… This monograph provides a broad look at Blanquet's erotic and nightmarish universe.
Stéphane Blanquet - Carnet d\'hiver 2017
2018
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United Dead Artists
A tiny notebook of fantastic and phantasmagorical drawings, in red ink mixed with blue.
Stéphane Blanquet - Rendez-vous Moi en Toi
2014
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United Dead Artists
sold out
Artist Stéphane Blanquet re-draws a collection of (mostly) vintage pornographic pictures. These disturbing diptychs constitute an essential catalog of sexual fantasies and oddities.
Stéphane Blanquet - Le Boyau Noir
2012
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United Dead Artists
Blanquet's works refer to a closed universe, a claustrophobic place with no blank space which requires a careful observation to appreciate the many sardonic & pathetic details (exhibition catalogue).


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