The Columbia University Alumni Association of France is proud to announce a program series of monthly afterwork art gallery private visits.

The March visit will be the French and Israeli artists

COLETTE BRUNSCHWIG

YAËL BURSTEIN

Wednesday, 12th March, 19h - 20h

Chez Hélène Lamarque, Gallerist
Private residence in Paris 7th

M° Sèvres - Babylone
Address will be communicated with confirmation
a week before the visit.

• Guided Visit by the artist
• Wine
• Q&A / Conversation

Limited to 10 dues paying CAAF members only.

You are a dues paying member if you have paid your dues since November 2023. Want to join the visit but not yet a dues-paying member?

[ Renew or Become a dues paying member here ]

Be sure to Register for this visit on this page after you paid your dues.

Due to the popularity of the visits, reservations will be honored on a first come first serve basis. You will receive a second email a week before the visit to confirm your place or state if you are on the waiting list.

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ABOUT THE ARTIST

Colette Brunschwig (b 1927, Le Havre)

Brunschwig belongs to a generation of female painters active in the Parisian art scene after the Second World War. Like Pierette Bloch, she studied with the Cubist painter AndréLhote in the late 40s. It was also around then that she met the philosopher Emmanuel Levinas, with whom she kept up a frequent correspondence. In 1952, she exhibited for the first time at the legendary Galerie Colette Allendy. As a representative of metaphysical abstraction, her work feeds off French existentialism in a post-war context marked by such philosophical tendencies alongside the sweeping movement of abstraction in painting. Chinese ‘literati’ painting is a central reference in Brunschwig’s historic paintings and drawings, which developed around notions of a ‘third dimension’ between writing and images. With the use of ink she seeks to transcend the paper, both physically and philosophically speaking.

Yaël Burstein (b 1974, Israel)

Burstein’s artistic practice focuses on the relation between mental and physical spaces. She collects ready-made images of empty interiors, natural landscapes, and ethnic and tribal masks in order to re-appropriate them into photo-collages, two dimensional sculptures, and site-specific wallpapers fitted to merge with the walls of the exhibition space. Through these various techniques she challenges the borders between the different media in which she operates and diverts the viewer’s attention from the artifact as such to the space it occupies and the one it creates. In this she calls for a blurring of the fundamental distinctions between the object and the spatial context in which it resides.

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ABOUT THE SERIES

Many art enthusiasts among our alumni have expressed a desire to explore contemporary art and understand the process of building an art collection, often wondering, “Where do I even begin?”

This series was created to address these questions and more. Each visit includes a guided tour led by an artist or curator, followed by an engaging discussion at a Paris art gallery. It provides a unique opportunity for alumni and galleries to connect, fostering meaningful relationships around the world of contemporary art.

Visits are free and exclusive to 10 dues-paying CAAF members per visit. It offers an intimate opportunity to engage with contemporary art and ask your pressing questions.

Previous Visits have included:
Terence Gower @ Andréhn-Schiptjenko
Francis Picabia @ Hauser & Wirth
On Kawara @ David Zwirner
Jacqueline de Jong @ Galerie Allen
Alex Katz @ Thaddaeus Ropac

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QUESTIONS

Any questions concerning this visit or the series contact:

Victor Wong ‘91 GSAPP
CAA France Board Member
email

Columbia University Club of France
https://france.alumni.columbia.edu/