Louis Cane

Cane was born on 13 December 1943 in Beaulieu sur Mer, France. He attended the National School of Decorative Arts in Nice then the Superior School of Decorative Arts in Paris in 1961, obtaining a diploma in Interior Architecture. Cane died in Paris on 3 November 2024, aged 80. == Work ==

Cane focused on the concept of deconstruction of the canvas. For his series, Louis Cane artiste peintre français, he continuously stamped his name on a sheet, exploring the idea of personal branding. By 1970, Cane transitioned into a series of cut-out paintings, the toiles découpées, which he worked with for several years. He participated in the second and third exhibition of the Supports/Surfaces group at the Théâtre de la Cité Internationale in Paris. In 1971, Cane had his first solo exhibition in Paris at the Daniel Templon Gallery, followed by the Yvon Lambert Gallery in 1972. Cane was also a furniture designer, which is an important part of his artistic creation. == Selected exhibitions ==

Solo exhibitions • 1971 - Galerie Templon, Paris, France • 1995 - Museum of contemporary Art, Cambrai, France • 2019 - Unfurled: Supports/ Surfaces 1966-1976, curated by Wallace Whitney, MOCAD, Detroit, USA == Public Collections ==

• Centre national des arts plastiques, Paris, France • Musée national d’art moderne - centre Pompidou, Paris, France • Musée d’Art moderne et d’Art contemporain de Nice, France • Carré d’Art, Nîmes, France • Musée d’art moderne de la ville de Paris, France • Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France • Frac Picardie, Amiens, France • Musée d’art moderne et contemporain, Saint-Etienne, France • Frac Alsace, Sélestat, France • Frac Normandie, Caen, France • Collection Institut d’art contemporain, Rhône-Alpes, Villeurbanne, France • Musée d’art de Nantes, France • Musée d’art contemporain du Val-de-Marne, Vitry-sur-Seine, France == References ==