Beautés désordonnées
Monday, 30 June 2025
On the occasion of FAB Paris 2025, an unprecedented collaboration between five galleries will give birth to “Beautés désordonnées” (Disordered Beauties) a collective exhibition curated by Jean-Hubert Martin that disrupts the traditional codes of artistic presentation.
Five galleries come together at FAB Paris
for an exhibition curated by Jean-Hubert Martin
The galleries 1900-2000, Brimo de Laroussilhe, Clavreuil, Didier Claes and Georges Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, operating in different artistic fields, have entrusted Jean-Hubert Martin – former director of the National Museum of Modern Art at the Centre Pompidou – with the mission of selecting 140 works from their respective collections to create a decompartmentalized exhibition on a large shared stand : “Beautés désordonnées”.
This is probably the first time that a group of galleries has approached a museum curator for such a project.
From left to right : Nathalie Vallois, Stéphane Clavreuil, Jean-Hubert Martin,
Georges-Philippe Vallois, Marie-Amélie Carlier, David Fleiss, Marianne Le Metayer, Didier Claes
Photo: Olivier Marty
“When we had the idea for this exhibition bringing together our very different fields, we first thought about hosting it in our galleries before deciding to set it up at FAB Paris.
It is currently the only fair in France capable of accommodating our respective specialties while offering genuine quality potential.”
Georges-Philippe Vallois
A liberated approach to art and the art of collecting
The exhibition Carambolages created by Jean-Hubert Martin at the Grand Palais in 2016 demonstrated that a sensitive approach to art could coexist with the conventional categories of art history.
Placing the emphasis more on sensuality than knowledge, he intends to favor a more emotional and direct access to the works.
“This liberated approach to art corresponds, moreover, to the uninhibited attitude of many collectors who do not hesitate to mix origins and periods. Some even go so far as to build their collection based on personal memories, thus justifying the term ‘private collection’.
There is no need to be well-versed in art history to experience emotion when faced with a work of art.”
Jean-Hubert Martin
Jean-Hubert Martin
former director of the National Museum of Modern Art at the Centre Pompidou
Photo: Olivier Marty
Beautés désordonnées, vue d’une séquence
Photo : Olivier Marty
“The exhibition “Beautés désordonnées” renounces the usual linear and evolutionist paradigm to remind us that each era seeks justifications for its creation in the past. Culture exists only in the present, and any work touched by our eye is contemporary to us.
This presentation thus intends to connect with art lovers by suggesting associations between heterogeneous works that art history would have still banned in recent times in the name of their direct lack of contact. Yet artists have long since, disregarding all hierarchy, drawn their inspiration from the most varied domains, extending even to popular art, whose definition remains to be clarified as it is so indebted to our culture. We know how much artists have been inspired by so-called primitive arts, to the point of becoming collectors themselves, such as the N’kisi (“nail fetish”) from Congo that belonged to Arman. One need only remember the cut-out images and postcards of the most varied works that virtually all artists pin to the walls of their studios to serve as references.
It is this creative, open, and generous perspective that this exhibition intends to restore, giving free rein to each person’s interpretation to stimulate the pleasures of imagination.”
Jean-Hubert Martin
René Magritte
Untitled (l’Évidence éternelle)
Ca 1937
Gouache on paper
50 x 36 cm
Courtesy Galerie 1900 – 2000
Photo: Olivier Marty
Follower of Rogier van der Weyden
Saint Helena and Saint Veronica
Netherlands, late 15th century,
Oil on oak panel.
Each panel: H. 61.5 cm; W. 19.5 cm
Courtesy Galerie Brimo de Larrousilhe
Photo: Olivier Marty
Lobi Bateba statue
Burkina Faso
Presumed period: Late 19th – Early 20th century
Wood, pigments – H. 61 cm
Courtesy Galerie Didier Claes
Photo: Olivier Marty
Master Calligrapher’s Book
Italy, 1500
In-4 (204 x 134 mm)
Courtesy Librairie Clavreuil
Photo: Olivier Marty
John DeAndrea
Standing Brunette
2011
Bronze polychrome, acrylic hair and body hair
172,5 x 51 x 61 cm
Unique piece
Courtesy Galerie GP & N Vallois
Photo: Olivier Marty
This unique proposition will be accompanied by a richly illustrated bilingual publication gathering all the proposed works.
Five different artistic worlds,
five leading galleries
Galerie 1900-2000
Founded in 1972 on the advice of Man Ray by Marcel Fleiss, Fred Fisher and Philippe Klein, the Galerie des Quatre Mouvements exhibited Dada, Surrealist, Pop and Hyperrealist works. Two years later, it participated in its first Basel fair.
In 1981, Marcel Fleiss launched Galerie 1900-2000 on his own, which succeeded Quatre Mouvements by expanding the artistic field to other avant-garde movements (Lettrism, Fluxus…) and to some contemporary artists (Pol Bury, George Condo, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and even Keith Haring’s last exhibition before his death).
In 1991, Marcel Fleiss was joined by his son David who developed connections with contemporary artists to organize exhibitions and handle some of the Gallery’s booths at art fairs. He also developed the photography department.
David Fleiss
Galerie 1900-2000
Brimo de Laroussihle
Brimo de Laroussilhe is a historic gallery founded in Paris in 1908.
It specializes in Medieval and Renaissance Art.
Directed since 2010 by Marie-Amélie Carlier, the gallery counts among its clients the world’s most important museums.
Marie-Amélie Carlier
Galerie Brimo de Laroussihle
Didier Claes
Founded in 2002, the Didier Claes gallery specializes in classical art from Black Africa.
Born in Kinshasa, Didier Claes is a renowned Belgian gallerist, specialized in classical African art, particularly works from Central Africa. Hee was immersed from an early age in African cultures, notably through his numerous trips to Congo.
These experiences nurtured his passion and expertise, leading him to become a key figure in the primitive art market.
Didier Claes
Clavreuil
From father to son, to grandson and even great-grandson, the Clavreuil family has continuously practiced the profession of booksellers and experts in antique books since the end of the 19th century.
Charles Clavreuil was the first, creating his bookstore in 1901 on rue de Rennes and then, from 1910, at 19 rue de Tournon. Then it was Raymond’s turn, his son, who after training with the bookseller Magraff, gave impetus to the bookstore on rue Saint-André-des-Arts before his second son, Bernard, returned to the source to work at 19 rue de Tournon, where he has kept shop for nearly 50 years.
Finally, Stéphane Clavreuil, the fourth generation to have fallen in love with this book vocation, also trained within the Parisian walls of rue de Tournon, with a bookseller’s canvas on his back. Stéphane has been CEO of the bookstore since 2020. Since 2013, he has also created a branch in London, Stéphane Clavreuil Rare Books Ltd, openly oriented toward the international market, with offices located at 23 Berkeley Square in the center of Mayfair.
Stéphane Clavreuil
Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois
In September 1990, Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois opened at 38 rue de Seine. In 1999, the gallery moved to 36 rue de Seine in a larger courtyard space before opening a second space on the street at number 33 of the same street. Since 1993, the gallery has participated in major international fairs.
A pioneer from its opening of a transgenerational program, the gallery has complemented its international contemporary program with a specialization in the Nouveau Réaliste movement, for which its expertise is internationally recognized.
In 2023, in association with gallery 1900-2000, the gallery inaugurated its New York space, Fleiss-Vallois.
Nathalie Vallois and Marianne Le Metayer
Georges-Philippe Vallois
Beautés désordonnées
- Galeries 1900-2000
- Brimo de Laroussilhe
- Clavreuil
- Didier Claes
- Georges Philippe & Nathalie Vallois
