Bernard Lamarche-Vadel, born July 16, 1949 and died May 2, 2000 at The Croixille in Mayenne, is a writer, poet, art critic, novelist, and French collector. Poet and short story writer, he composed a considerable body of work and noted art critic in the 1970s. He killed himself in 2000 at age 50 in his castle of La Rongère, leaving behind four children, including Rebecca Lamarche-Vadel (president of the association “Art Effect”). BLV is also that, in 1981, contraceptive prevalence of minimal and conceptual art in France in organizing the exhibition “Beauty Finish with” revealing the artists Figuration Libre. Through its support for artists and his work brought strong criticism, has contributed to the recognition of the medium of photography in the years eighty.

 

Les actes du colloque “Bernard Lamarche-vadel, en marche”, dont Tristan Trémeau a assuré la direction scientifique en novembre 2010 pour l’école des beaux-arts de Quimper, sont désormais consultables et téléchargeables (PDF) sur un site spécifique :

www.colloque-lamarche-vadel.frAvec des conférences de Michel Enrici, Dominique Marchès, Patrice Joly, Gaël Charbau, Sylvie Mokhtari, Danièle Robert-Guédon, Romain Mathieu, Cédric Loire, Xavier Boissel, Cécile Marie-Castanet et Tristan Trémeau.

Isabelle Tessier

Director of the Vitré Art library, Isabelle Tessier curates exhibitions in charge of a public collection of contemporary art and has written many texts for monographic catalogues and books, in particular on contemporary photography.