Franck Scurti
Biography
Born in 1965 in Lyon (France). Lives and works in Paris (France).
If we could find him a fatherhood, Franck Scurti would claim to follow conceptual art as well as Fluxus's poetry, which taught him « to watch objects, to analyse them, to lose them in themselves, and then to reappraise them ». His work, inspired by everyday reality and international news, makes good use of the shapes produced by the consumption and urban civilization world.
Disconcerting by its diversity as well as by a seemingly lack of stylistic unity (from scribbles to customized vehicle via knocked-up objects and video, Scurti explores almost all of art media), his work is a self-placing into situation between reality and its representations, relating to aesthetical, historical or economical stakes, but also to things and events. So many world elements that determine individuals daily life, at the same time as they offer the possibility to imagine one's life as an artwork (if only, for example, by crossing the aleatory inherited from Dada or Fluxus with productivity rules or the modernist grid) : a liberating perspective of improvisation that does not ignore the various models that reference it and give it a cultural basis.
Franck Scurti's work has been exhibited at Centre Pompidou (Paris),Fondation Zimei (Montesilvano), CCCOD (Tours), Musée d'art Contemporain (Moscow), Centre Pompidou Malaga, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia (Madrid), Palais de Tokyo (Paris), CA2M - Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo (Madrid), SMAK - Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (Gent), Power station of art (PSA) collection de la Fondation Cartier (Shanghai), MAMCO - Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain (Geneva), Queen Elizabeth Hall Riverside Terrace (London), Musée d'Art Contemporain de Strasbourg, Musée Picasso (Valauris), Magasin-CNAC (Grenoble), Vitrines Hermes (Tokyo), Centre National de la Photographie (Paris), MAC/VAL (Vitry-sur-Seine), BPS22 (Charleroi), IAC - Institut d'Art Contemporain (Villeurbanne), Kunsthaus Baselland (Muttenz), Bloomberg Space (London), MAN - Museo d'Arte Provincia di Nuoro, Museum of Contemporary Art (Bucharest).
His work is a part of prestigious collections such as Centre Georges-Pompidou (Paris), FNAC - Fonds National d'Art Contemporain (Paris), Collection départementale d'art contemporain de la Seine-Saint-Denis, Collection Guerlain, Collection Agnes B, IAC - Institut d'Art Contemporain (Villeurbanne), MAC - Musée d'Art Contemporain (Marseilles), MAC/VAL (Vitry-sur-Seine), CNAP (Paris), BPS22 (Charleroi), FRAC (Alsace, Sélestat ; Nouvelle-Aquitaine MÉCA, Bordeaux ; Corse, Corte ; Artothèque Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Limoges ; Occitanie Montpellier ; Normandie, Caen ; Pays-de-la-Loire, Carquefou ; Poitou-Charentes, Angoulême).
Selected works
Franck Scurti
I Love you = UNO , 2023
painted artificial flowers, terracotta vase
94 x 75 cm (37.01 x 29.53 in)
unique artwork
N° Inv. SCUR23375
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Franck Scurti
Still Life (A natural History of Destruction) (24) , 2022
metal, naturalized butterfly, under plexiglas cover
90 x 60 cm (35.43 x 23.62 in)
unique artwork
N° Inv. SCUR22372
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Franck Scurti
Still Life (A natural History of Destruction) (23) , 2022
wire fence, gilding, naturalized butterfly, under plexiglas cover
59 x 48 x 13 cm (23.23 x 18.9 x 5.12 in)
unique artwork
N° Inv. SCUR22371
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Franck Scurti
Paysage économique , 2022
ink on wood (poplar), acrylic paint, oak frame
65 x 55 x 4 cm (25.59 x 21.65 x 1.57 in)
unique artwork
N° Inv. SCUR22352
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Franck Scurti
Lux-vision #3 , 2021-2022
stained glass window in Murano glass, lead, painted steel
40 x 50 x 3 cm (15.75 x 19.69 x 1.18 in)
Edition of 3 + 1 EA
N° Inv. SCUR22347
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Franck Scurti
Au paradis (mais pas seulement) , 2020
replica in plaster molded from a prototype of Praxiteles: Diane de Gabis circa 346-345 BC) mounted on blue-backed advertising posters
120 x 63 x 15 cm (47.24 x 24.8 x 5.91 in)
unique artwork
Private collection, Paris
N° Inv. SCUR20320
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Franck Scurti
Oiseaux malins 6 , 2020
birdcage, painted wood, cellulose fiber paste, blue-backed advertising posters, wood, aluminum
142 x 65 x 31 cm (55.91 x 25.59 x 12.2 in)
unique artwork
N° Inv. SCUR20319
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Franck Scurti
Fumetto , 2020
plaster casting of a detail of the "Statue of Seated Voltaire" by Jean Antoine Houdon (1781), cellulose fiber paste, concrete
50 x 15 x 15 cm (19.69 x 5.91 x 5.91 in)
unique artwork
N° Inv. SCUR20307
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Franck Scurti
Sunset Stories #5 , 2018
wood, carboard, acrylic paint
84 x 45 x 3,5 cm (33.07 x 17.72 x 1.18 in)
unique artwork
N° Inv. SCUR18253
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Franck Scurti
Sunset Stories #2 , 2018
wood, carboard, plastic, acrylic paint
80 x 54 x 3,5 cm (31.5 x 21.26 x 1.18 in)
unique artwork
N° Inv. SCUR18250
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Franck Scurti
The Potato Eaters #2 , 2018
copper-plated aluminium, net, gilt, modelled earth, varnished acrylic-painted
180 x 25 x 25 cm (70.87 x 9.84 x 9.84 in)
unique artwork
N° Inv. SCUR18246
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Franck Scurti
The Potato Eaters #1 , 2018
copper-plated brass table, net, gilt, varnished acrylic-painted wood, modelled earth
72 x 71 x 67 cm (28.35 x 27.95 x 26.38 in)
unique artwork
N° Inv. SCUR18245
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Franck Scurti
Cloud Merchant #7 , 2017
acrylic paint on poster, lead pencil, wooden frame
unique artwork
N° Inv. SCUR17239
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Franck Scurti
Cloud Merchant #3 , 2017
acrylic paint on poster, lead pencil, wooden frame
unique artwork
N° Inv. SCUR17235
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Franck Scurti
The Sun is OK (Hotel) , 2017
plasterboard, honeycomb panel, paint, wooden frame
unique artwork
N° Inv. SCUR17230
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Franck Scurti
Still Life (A natural History of Destruction) (19) , 2016
cardboard, acrylic, yellow butterfly, under plexiglas cover
76 x 47 x 9,5 cm (29.92 x 18.5 x 3.54 in)
unique artwork
N° Inv. SCUR16227
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Franck Scurti
Scurti's Weather Forecasting Stone (stone is dry: not raining) , 2016
metal, wood, acrylic paint, string, rock
grid: 61 x 50 x 5 cm, rock: 13 x10 x 6 cm
unique artwork
N° Inv. SCUR16201
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Franck Scurti
Salaire Solaire (Sunset) , 2015
copper - artwork in two parts
Disc: 70 cm diameter, Spirit level: 7 x 70 x 4 cm
Edition of 3 + 2 EA
Collection : MAC/VAL, France
N° Inv. SCUR15181
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Franck Scurti
Blockhead (1) , 2015
red brick, plaster, steel, wood
17.72 x 17.72 x 23.62 in
unique artwork
N° Inv. SCUR15174
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Franck Scurti
Off the Grid , 2013
welded steel bar gilded in fine gold 27gr., boa skin
70 x 67,5 cm (27.56 x 26.38 in)
unique artwork
N° Inv. SCUR12124
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Franck Scurti
Apparition , 2012
Penciled chair seat, fabric, wood frame
50,5 x 52 cm (19.69 x 20.47 in.)
unique artwork
N° Inv. SCUR12103
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Franck Scurti
Statement # 16 , 2012
stone, newspaper, acrylic, wood, plexis hood
56 x 38,5 x 13 cm (22.05 x 14.96 x 5.12 in)
unique artwork
N° Inv. SCUR12089
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Statement # 15 , 2012
stone, newspaper, acrylic, wood, plexiglas box
unique artwork
N° Inv. SCUR12088
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Franck Scurti
La Quatrième Pomme (un hommage à Charles Fourier) Public comission, city of Paris, boulevard de Clichy , 2011
unique artwork
N° Inv. SCUR11090
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Franck Scurti
Souad Boxes 1 , 2011
boxes of henna, oil painting
72,5 x 51 cm (28.35 x 20.08 in)
unique artwork
N° Inv. SCUR11056
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Franck Scurti
I RENT THIS PLACE X , 2011
granite
ø : 100 cm ; weight : 1200 kg
unique artwork
N° Inv. SCUR11046
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Franck Scurti
Gorgone , 2011
wooden base, zipper
200 x 76 x 76 cm (78.74 x 29.92 x 29.92 in)
unique artwork
N° Inv. SCUR11037
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Franck Scurti
Snake Skin Map VI , 2010
python skin
68 x 87 cm (26.77 x 34.25 in)
unique artwork
N° Inv. SCUR10019
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Franck Scurti
Empty World , 2009
terracotta, golden leaf, black leather belt
38 x 28,5 x 26,5 cm / 14.9 x 11.2 x 10.4 in
unique artwork
Private collection, Léméré, France
N° Inv. SCUR17244
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Franck Scurti
Diamond Chair: Relativité Générale #A , 2008
chromed steel, newspaper
90 x 86 x 80 cm (35.43 x 33.86 x 31.5 in)
unique artwork
N° Inv. SCUR14139
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Franck Scurti
Bridget's Comb, #3EA , 2008
Ink on paper, comb
40 cm x 31 cm (framed)
unique artwork
N° Inv. SCUR08081
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Franck Scurti
White Memory I , 2007
thermoformed plastic mounted on aluminium
61 x 46 x 8 cm (24.02 x 18.11 x 3.15 in)
Edition of 3 + 3 EA
N° Inv. SCUR07065
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Franck Scurti
Reflet, Pharmacie (série B) , 2004
neon sign : neon, plexiglas
145 x 150 x 35 cm (57.09 x 59.06 x 13.78 in)
Edition of 1 + 1 HC
Private collections
N° Inv. SCUR16205
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Franck Scurti
Ticket de métro (série B) , 2004
neon sign: neon, plexiglass
54 x 113 x 16 cm
Edition of 3 + 2 EA
Collection MAC/VAL, Musée d'art contemporain du Val-de-Marne
N° Inv. SCUR04120
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Franck Scurti
Tabac (série B) , 2004
neon sign: neon, plexiglas
150 x 70 x 40 cm
Edition of 3 + 2 EA
Collections: Les Abattoirs, Toulouse; MAC/VAL, Musée d'Art Contemporain du Valle de Marne
N° Inv. SCUR04058_1
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Gallery exhibitions
Museum exhibitions
Boghossian Foundation, Brussels
Boghossian Foundation, Brussels
Institut National de l'Histoire de l'Art, Paris
Musée du quai Branly-Jacques Chirac, Paris
Musée du quai Branly-Jacques Chirac, Paris
Grand Palais, Paris
Grand Palais, Paris
Grand Palais, Paris
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Family Matters, Boghossian Foundation, Brussels, 2023
Flags, Boghossian Foundation, Brussels, 2022
L'enroulement du ciel, Institut National de l'Histoire de l'Art, Paris, France, 2021
Ex Africa, Musée du quai Branly-Jacques Chirac, Paris, France, 2021, ph. Léo Delafontaine.
Ex Africa, Musée du quai Branly-Jacques Chirac, Paris, France, 2021, ph. Léo Delafontaine.
Au jour le jour, Grand Palais, Paris, France, 2020, ph. Maxime Chermat
Au jour le jour, Grand Palais, Paris, France, 2020, ph. Maxime Chermat
Au jour le jour, Grand Palais, Paris, France, 2020, ph. Maxime Chermat
Au jour le jour, Grand Palais, Paris, France, 2020
100 artistes dans la ville, Montpellier, France, Collection Les Abattoirs - Musée FRAC Occitanie, Toulouse, 2019, ph. Marc Domage
More is less, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France, 2019, ph. Aurélien Mole
More is less, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France, 2019, ph. Aurélien Mole
More is less, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France, 2019, ph. Aurélien Mole
Fire at full moon revisited by Franck Scurti, Université de Lyon - Jean Moulin, France, 2018
A bonne Enseigne, Galerie Raymond Hains, Saint-brieuc, France, 2018
RIDEAUX / Blinds, (w/ Urs Lüthi, Steven Parrino and Heimo Zobernig), Institut d'art contemporain, Villeurbanne/Rhône-Alpes, France, 2015, ph. Blaise Adilon
Narcissus, cur. Philippe Régnier and Christel Valayer, Fondation Francois Schneider, Wattwiller, France, 2014
Narcissus, cur. Philippe Régnier and Christel Valayer, Fondation Francois Schneider, Wattwiller, France, 2014
The Brown Concept & Nouvelles lumières de nulle part , MAMCO - Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland, 2014
The Brown Concept & Nouvelles lumières de nulle part , MAMCO - Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland, 2014
The Brown Concept & Nouvelles lumières de nulle part , MAMCO - Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland, 2014
Pièces Montrées, Frac Alsace, 30 years collecting, MAMCS - Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, France, 2013
Call of the Mall, the Enormous Speed of Change, Art in Hoog Catharijne & Utrecht Central Station, Netherlands, 2013
Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, Toronto, Canada, 2013
Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, Toronto, Canada, 2013
Prix Marcel Duchamp, FIAC, Paris, France, 2012
Prix Marcel Duchamp, FIAC, Paris, France, 2012
Neon, who's afraid of red, yellow and blue?, Maison Rouge, Paris, France, 2012
Presse (série B), 2004 neon, plexiglas, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France, 2012
On the metaphor of growth, Kunsthaus Baselland, Mutenz, Switzerland
Works of Chance, MAMCS - Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, France, 2011
Works of Chance, MAMCS - Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, France, 2011
Works of Chance, MAMCS - Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, France, 2011
Works of Chance, MAMCS - Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, France, 2011
I rent this place, Parcours Saint Germain, Paris, France, 2011
La quatrième pomme, (Un hommage à Charles Fourier), Boulevard de Clichy, Paris, France, 2009 (Public commission)
Centre Georges-Pompidou, Paris, France, 2007
What is Public Sculpture ?, Magasin CNAC, Grenoble, France, 2007
What is Public Sculpture ?, Magasin CNAC, Grenoble, France, 2007
Liverpool Jackpot, Liverpool Biennal, UK, 2007
What is Public Sculpture ?, FIAC, Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, France, 2006
La sixième pomme,D'un pas...L'autre, Jinan, Shandong, China, 2004
N.Y 06:00 A.M, Centre Georges-Pompidou collection, Paris, France, 2002
Before and After, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France, 2002
Performance view, Before and After, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France, 2002
Mobilis in Mobili, 1996, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Brétigny, France, 1996
Chairs, 1994, Aperto, Institut d'Art Contemporain, Villeurbanne, France, 1995
Videos
EXHIBITION
"Spirit of Dunois Street" with Franck Scurti I AM Art Films
EXHIBITION
Frank Scurti "Premier Soleil" at Michel Rein, Paris, 2021
Press
The Art Newspaper
News Paris+ par Art Basel
2023
L'Echo
Recette | Popcorn, selon Franck Scurti
2023
Le Monde
Sélection Galeries: Franck Scurti à la Galerie Michel Rein
2022
The Art Newspaper
Franck Scurti en liberté chez Michel Rein
2021
La République de l'Art
Franck Scurti
2021
Le Monde
Franck Scurti
2021
Le Monde
Franck Scurti
2020
Le Journal des Arts
Franck Scurti
2020
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Publications
My Creative Method
Publisher:
2012
Franck Scurti, works of chance
Publisher:
2011
Home-Street-Museum
Publisher:
2010
