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Christophe Verfaille

Exhibition curated by Yve-Alain Bois

26 October 2023 -
6 January 2024

Opening Thursday, 26 October

6-8 pm

Christophe Verfaille

 

Exhibition curated by Yve-Alain Bois

 

26 October 2023 - 6 January 2024

 

 

Christophe Verfaille (1953-2011) attended the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Amiens and Paris in 1970-1972 and pursued his artistic formation as a pupil of the print-maker François Leyriz in Paris (1972-76), with whom he also collaborated for radio and TV broadcasts. From 1976 until his death, he gave art classes in various hospitals and non-profit organizations. From 1978 to 1985, he also taught drawing and semiology of art in a Paris high school. Christophe Verfaille was a solitary character, and his technique very slow - each of his paintings on wood, made of innumerable layers of paint that were periodically sanded down, took him years to complete.

 

Yve-Alain Bois is Professor Emeritus in the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. He has written extensively on 20th century art, from Matisse, Picasso, and Mondrian to post-war European and American art. He has curated or co-curated several exhibitions, notably of the artists just mentioned as well as “L’informe, mode d’emploi” with Rosalind Krauss at the Centre Pompidou and “Ellsworth Kelly: Early Drawings” at the Fogg Art Museum. He is one of the editors of the journal October and a contributing editor of Artforum. Among other projects, he is currently working on the catalogue raisonné of Ellsworth Kelly’s paintings and sculpture.

 

This is Galerie Buchholz’ second exhibition of Christophe Verfaille. On the occasion of the first gallery exhibition in Cologne, we produced the catalogue, “Yve-Alain Bois: Christophe Verfaille” (Cologne 2014). Yve-Alain Bois republished his essay from this catalogue in his recent book, “An Oblique Autobiography” (No Place Press, New York/San Francisco 2022).

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Christophe Verfaille

Untitled, August 1995

2 parts, acrylic on wood

each 10 x 10 x 0.3 cm

 

installation view

Galerie Buchholz, New York 2023

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Christophe Verfaille

Untitled, August 1995

2 parts, acrylic on wood

each 10 x 10 x 0.3 cm

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Christophe Verfaille

Exhibition curated by Yve-Alain Bois

installation view

Galerie Buchholz, New York 2023

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Christophe Verfaille

Untitled, September 1995 - September 2002

acrylic on wood

60 x 17 x 1.5 cm

 

Untitled, July 1995 - June 1999

acrylic on wood

17 x 17 x 1 cm

 

Untitled, October 1993 - November 1996

acrylic on wood

88 x 98 x 1 cm

 

installation view

Galerie Buchholz, New York 2023

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Christophe Verfaille

Untitled, September 1995 - September 2002

acrylic on wood

60 x 17 x 1.5 cm

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Christophe Verfaille

Untitled, July 1995 - June 1999

acrylic on wood

17 x 17 x 1 cm

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Christophe Verfaille

Untitled, October 1993 - November 1996

acrylic on wood

88 x 98 x 1 cm

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Christophe Verfaille

Untitled, September 1995 - September 1998

acrylic on wood

20 x 15 x 1 cm

 

Untitled, September 1995 - September 1998

acrylic on wood

20 x 15 x 1 cm

 

Untitled, October 1995 - (month illegible) 2001

acrylic on wood

64.5 x 59 cm

 

installation view

Galerie Buchholz, New York 2023

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Christophe Verfaille

Untitled, September 1995 - September 1998

acrylic on wood

20 x 15 x 1 cm

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Christophe Verfaille

Untitled, September 1995 - September 1998

acrylic on wood

20 x 15 x 1 cm

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Christophe Verfaille

Untitled, October 1995 - (month illegible) 2001

acrylic on wood

64.5 x 59 cm

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Christophe Verfaille

Untitled, September 1997 - November 2001

acrylic on wood

35 x 5 cm

 

installation view

Galerie Buchholz, New York 2023

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Christophe Verfaille

Untitled, September 1997 - November 2001

acrylic on wood

35 x 5 cm

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Christophe Verfaille

Untitled, April 1994 - January 1993

acrylic on wood

15 x 15 x 1 cm

 

installation view

Galerie Buchholz, New York 2023

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Christophe Verfaille

Untitled, April 1994 - January 1993

acrylic on wood

15 x 15 x 1 cm

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Christophe Verfaille

Exhibition curated by Yve-Alain Bois

installation view

Galerie Buchholz, New York 2023

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Christophe Verfaille

Untitled, January 1990 - December 1990

acrylic on wood

150 x 90 x 1 cm

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Christophe Verfaille

Untitled, April 1990 - October 1990

acrylic on wood

100 x 40 x 1.8 cm

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Christophe Verfaille

Untitled, August 1990 - November 1990

acrylic on wood

69.5 x 39.5 x 0.3 cm

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Christophe Verfaille

Untitled, April 1991 - July 1991

acrylic on wood

95 x 95 x 1.8 cm

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Christophe Verfaille

Exhibition curated by Yve-Alain Bois

installation view

Galerie Buchholz, New York 2023

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Christophe Verfaille

Untitled, January 1993 - October 1997

acrylic on wood

35 x 35 x 1.5 cm

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Christophe Verfaille

Untitled, January 1992 - May 1996

acrylic on wood

90 x 100 x 1.8 cm

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Christophe Verfaille

Untitled, December 1992 - January 1993 - July 1994

acrylic on wood

49 x 11.5 x 1 cm

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Christophe Verfaille

Untitled, July 1995 - September 1995

acrylic on wood

127 x 122 x 1 cm

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Christophe Verfaille

Untitled, September 1994 - May 1998

acrylic on wood

49.5 x 39 x 0.3 cm

 

Untitled, November 1994 - December 1996

acrylic on wood

29.5 x 20.5 x 0.3 cm

 

Untitled, July 1995 - September 1996

acrylic on wood

197 x 97 x 1 cm

 

installation view

Galerie Buchholz, New York 2023

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Christophe Verfaille

Untitled, September 1994 - May 1998

acrylic on wood

49.5 x 39 x 0.3 cm

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Christophe Verfaille

Untitled, November 1994 - December 1996

acrylic on wood

29.5 x 20.5 x 0.3 cm

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Christophe Verfaille

Untitled, July 1995 - September 1996

acrylic on wood

197 x 97 x 1 cm

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Christophe Verfaille

Exhibition curated by Yve-Alain Bois

installation view

Galerie Buchholz, New York 2023

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Christophe Verfaille

Untitled, July 1992 - May 1993

acrylic on wood

50 x 51.5 cm

 

Untitled, December 1992 - January 1994

acrylic on wood

15 x 15 x 0.9 cm

 

installation view

Galerie Buchholz, New York 2023

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Christophe Verfaille

Untitled, July 1992 - May 1993

acrylic on wood

50 x 51.5 cm

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Christophe Verfaille

Untitled, December 1992 - January 1994

acrylic on wood

15 x 15 x 0.9 cm

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Christophe Verfaille

Exhibition curated by Yve-Alain Bois

installation view

Galerie Buchholz, New York 2023

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Christophe Verfaille

Untitled, September 1999 - November 2001

acrylic on wood

34 x 25.6 x 0.4 cm

 

Untitled, July 1995 - September 1995

acrylic on wood

94 x 97 x 1 cm

 

Untitled, September 1995 - September 2002

acrylic on wood

42 x 34 x 0.9 cm

 

installation view

Galerie Buchholz, New York 2023

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Christophe Verfaille

Untitled, September 1999 - November 2001

acrylic on wood

34 x 25.6 x 0.4 cm

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Christophe Verfaille

Untitled, July 1995 - September 1995

acrylic on wood

94 x 97 x 1 cm

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Christophe Verfaille

Untitled, September 1995 - September 2002

acrylic on wood

42 x 34 x 0.9 cm

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Christophe Verfaille

Untitled, April 1990 - August 1990

acrylic on wood

23 x 12.5 x 1 cm

 

Untitled, October 1995 - September 2002

acrylic on wood

70 x 60 x 1 cm

 

installation view

Galerie Buchholz, New York 2023

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Christophe Verfaille

Untitled, April 1990 - August 1990

acrylic on wood

23 x 12.5 x 1 cm

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Christophe Verfaille

Untitled, October 1995 - September 2002

acrylic on wood

70 x 60 x 1 cm

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Christophe Verfaille

Untitled, August 1995 - November 1997

acrylic on wood

35 x 37 x 1.9 cm

 

Untitled, August 1990 - April 1992

acrylic on wood

110 x 105 x 1.8 cm

 

installation view

Galerie Buchholz, New York 2023

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Christophe Verfaille

Untitled, August 1995 - November 1997

acrylic on wood

35 x 37 x 1.9 cm

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Christophe Verfaille

Untitled, August 1990 - April 1992

acrylic on wood

110 x 105 x 1.8 cm

 

installation view

Galerie Buchholz, New York 2023

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Christophe Verfaille

Untitled, August 1990 - April 1992

acrylic on wood

110 x 105 x 1.8 cm

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Christophe Verfaille

Untitled, August 1990 - September 1994

acrylic on wood

60.5 x 60 cm

 

installation view

Galerie Buchholz, New York 2023

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Christophe Verfaille

Untitled, August 1990 - September 1994

acrylic on wood

60.5 x 60 cm

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Christophe Verfaille

Untitled, December 1992 - January 1993 - April 1994

acrylic on wood

87 x 16 x 0.3 cm

 

installation view

Galerie Buchholz, New York 2023

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Christophe Verfaille

Untitled, December 1992 - January 1993 - April 1994

acrylic on wood

87 x 16 x 0.3 cm