"Booth E01"
Raymond Saunders
Andrew Kreps Gallery
22 Cortlandt Alley New York, NY 10013
TEL 212 741 8849 FAX 212 741 8163 e-mail:
Paris+ par Art Basel
Grand Palais Éphémère 2 place Joffre 75007, Paris+33 6 38 98 62 49 e-mail:
October 20 > 23, 2022
Booth E01
For the inaugural edition of Paris+ Par Art Basel, Andrew Kreps Gallery presents significant historical works by Raymond Saunders, including works made by Saunders at his Paris studio, which he maintained for over 30 years.
Since the 1960s, Raymond Saunders has developed a singular practice defined by an improvisational approach, as he culls eclectic ephemera, signage, detritus, and other materials from his daily life which reflect his living environment. A cult-like figure in the Bay Area art scene, Saunders’ paintings and installation-based works are loaded with rich swaths of paint, interwoven with found materials and his own notational marks, and white-pencil drawings. Blackboard surfaces, left visible through a heavy accumulation of marks and material, tie Saunders’ works inextricably to his role as an educator, as he handwrites simple equations, lettering, and childlike notes onto the work’s surface. Like Jazz, dissonant at first, Saunders’ works cohere upon closer view, employing diverse elements to address the dualities present within life - plight and renewal, lack and abundance, innocence, and despair, as well as the individual and the community.
Interweaving his own personal experience and anecdotes, Saunders aims to teach the full reality of the modern environment, the losses and victories, as well as the splendor that exists within the everyday.
Beginning in the 1980s, Saunders would travel to Paris each summer, eventually establishing a studio in the city. Here, he single-handedly maintained an ad hoc residency program, which was open to his students from the California College of Arts and Craft to broaden their horizons and expose them to a greater art world as his teachers had done for him. In 1992, Saunders curated the exhibition Paris Connections, which included the work of Ed Clark, Robert Colescott and others, documenting the rich history of African American artists in Paris. Additionally, in 1994 he organized “A Visual Arts Encounter: African Americans & Europe,” a groundbreaking conference at the Palais du Luxembourg in Paris to explore the diverse experiences of African American expatriates in France.
Saunders' work is currently on view in the exhibition, Just Above Midtown: Changing Spaces at MoMA, New York. His work was additionally included in the traveling exhibition Soul of a Nation: Art in The Age of Black Power, 1963 – 1983, organized by London’s Tate Modern. He was also included in the traveling exhibition Now Dig This!: Art and Black Los Angeles, 1960 – 1980, organized by the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles.
Saunders works are included in the permanent collections of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, Museum Brandhorst, Munich, Howard University in Washington, DC, Walker Art Museum in Minneapolis, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles, Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, SFMOMA in San Francisco, Oakland Museum of California in Oakland, and the Berkeley Art Museum in Berkeley, among others.
Wednesday, October 19
VIP First Choice Opening, 10am – 2pm (upon invitation)
VIP Preview Opening, 2 – 7pm (upon invitation)
For the inaugural edition of Paris+ Par Art Basel, Andrew Kreps Gallery presents significant historical works by Raymond Saunders, including works made by Saunders at his Paris studio, which he maintained for over 30 years.
Since the 1960s, Raymond Saunders has developed a singular practice defined by an improvisational approach, as he culls eclectic ephemera, signage, detritus, and other materials from his daily life which reflect his living environment. A cult-like figure in the Bay Area art scene, Saunders’ paintings and installation-based works are loaded with rich swaths of paint, interwoven with found materials and his own notational marks, and white-pencil drawings. Blackboard surfaces, left visible through a heavy accumulation of marks and material, tie Saunders’ works inextricably to his role as an educator, as he handwrites simple equations, lettering, and childlike notes onto the work’s surface. Like Jazz, dissonant at first, Saunders’ works cohere upon closer view, employing diverse elements to address the dualities present within life - plight and renewal, lack and abundance, innocence, and despair, as well as the individual and the community.
Interweaving his own personal experience and anecdotes, Saunders aims to teach the full reality of the modern environment, the losses and victories, as well as the splendor that exists within the everyday.
Beginning in the 1980s, Saunders would travel to Paris each summer, eventually establishing a studio in the city. Here, he single-handedly maintained an ad hoc residency program, which was open to his students from the California College of Arts and Craft to broaden their horizons and expose them to a greater art world as his teachers had done for him. In 1992, Saunders curated the exhibition Paris Connections, which included the work of Ed Clark, Robert Colescott and others, documenting the rich history of African American artists in Paris. Additionally, in 1994 he organized “A Visual Arts Encounter: African Americans & Europe,” a groundbreaking conference at the Palais du Luxembourg in Paris to explore the diverse experiences of African American expatriates in France.
Saunders' work is currently on view in the exhibition, Just Above Midtown: Changing Spaces at MoMA, New York. His work was additionally included in the traveling exhibition Soul of a Nation: Art in The Age of Black Power, 1963 – 1983, organized by London’s Tate Modern. He was also included in the traveling exhibition Now Dig This!: Art and Black Los Angeles, 1960 – 1980, organized by the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles.
Saunders works are included in the permanent collections of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, Museum Brandhorst, Munich, Howard University in Washington, DC, Walker Art Museum in Minneapolis, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles, Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, SFMOMA in San Francisco, Oakland Museum of California in Oakland, and the Berkeley Art Museum in Berkeley, among others.
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Wednesday, October 19
VIP First Choice Opening, 10am – 2pm (upon invitation)
VIP Preview Opening, 2 – 7pm (upon invitation)
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Thursday, October 20
Vernissage (upon invitation), 11am – 3pm
Public Opening, 3 – 8pm
Friday, October 21 & Saturday, October 22
VIP Hour, 11 – 12 noon (upon invitation)
Public Day, 12 noon – 8pm
Sunday, October 23
VIP Hour, 11 – 12 noon (upon invitation)
Public Day, 12 noon – 7pm
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Day Ticket €40
Admission for one person on October 20, 21, 22 or 23
Reduced Day Ticket €27
Admission for one person on October 20, 21, 22 or 23
For students with a valid student ID, for individuals under the age of 26 (free of charge for under 12) or Louvre Jeunes, Louvre Professionnels or Louvre Famille card holders
Permanent Ticket €120
Admission for one person from October 20 to 23
Soirée Ticket €30
Admission for one person between 6pm to 8pm Thursday, October 20 or Friday, October 21
Combination Day Ticket and Guided Tour €70
Admission for one person on either October 20, 21, 22 or 23, combined with a guided tour of the fair
Combination Reduced Day Ticket and Guided Tour €57
Admission for one person on either October 20, 21, 22 or 23, combined with a guided tour of the fair
For students with a valid student ID, for individuals under the age of 26 (free of charge for under 12) or Louvre Jeunes, Louvre Professionnels or Louvre Famille card holders Combination Permanent Ticket and Guided Tour 150€
Admission for one person from October 20 to 23, with a guided tour on the day of their choice
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Public Days
Thursday, October 20
Vernissage (upon invitation), 11am – 3pm
Public Opening, 3 – 8pm
Friday, October 21 & Saturday, October 22
VIP Hour, 11 – 12 noon (upon invitation)
Public Day, 12 noon – 8pm
Sunday, October 23
VIP Hour, 11 – 12 noon (upon invitation)
Public Day, 12 noon – 7pm
TICKETS
Day Ticket €40
Admission for one person on October 20, 21, 22 or 23
Reduced Day Ticket €27
Admission for one person on October 20, 21, 22 or 23
For students with a valid student ID, for individuals under the age of 26 (free of charge for under 12) or Louvre Jeunes, Louvre Professionnels or Louvre Famille card holders
Permanent Ticket €120
Admission for one person from October 20 to 23
Soirée Ticket €30
Admission for one person between 6pm to 8pm Thursday, October 20 or Friday, October 21
Combination Day Ticket and Guided Tour €70
Admission for one person on either October 20, 21, 22 or 23, combined with a guided tour of the fair
Combination Reduced Day Ticket and Guided Tour €57
Admission for one person on either October 20, 21, 22 or 23, combined with a guided tour of the fair
For students with a valid student ID, for individuals under the age of 26 (free of charge for under 12) or Louvre Jeunes, Louvre Professionnels or Louvre Famille card holders Combination Permanent Ticket and Guided Tour 150€
Admission for one person from October 20 to 23, with a guided tour on the day of their choice
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