{"id":4941,"date":"2022-12-01T12:27:18","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T11:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/edmondmorrel.be\/?p=4941"},"modified":"2022-12-01T12:27:19","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T11:27:19","slug":"armand-simon-et-henri-mercier-chez-ben-durant-quadri-gallery-a-bruxelles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edmondmorrel.be\/?p=4941","title":{"rendered":"Armand Simon et Henri Mercier chez Ben Durant (\u00ab\u00a0Quadri Gallery\u00a0\u00bb \u00e0 Bruxelles)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ben Durant, galeriste et \u00e9diteur, \u00e9crivain et historien d&rsquo;art, a eu la bonne id\u00e9e de rassembler une trentaine de dessins d&rsquo;Armand Simon (1906-1981) et d&rsquo;en faire une double pr\u00e9sentation: aux cimaises de sa <a href=\"https:\/\/galeriequadri.com\/\"><strong>galerie Quadri<\/strong><\/a> (jusqu&rsquo;au 17 d\u00e9cembre 2022) et dans un beau livre o\u00f9 figure aussi la correspondance de l&rsquo;artiste avec Henri Mercier (1917-2005), fondateur de la l\u00e9gendaire librairie <em>La Proue<\/em> \u00e0 Bruxelles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"665\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/edmondmorrel.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Capture-decran-2022-12-01-a-11.33.40.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edmondmorrel.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Capture-decran-2022-12-01-a-11.33.40.png 665w, https:\/\/edmondmorrel.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Capture-decran-2022-12-01-a-11.33.40-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/edmondmorrel.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Capture-decran-2022-12-01-a-11.33.40-200x132.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nous avions \u00e9voqu\u00e9 ici Henri Mercier par le biais du livre <a href=\"https:\/\/edmondmorrel.be\/?p=995\"><strong><em>\u00c0 la proue <\/em>que lui consacr\u00e8rent Pierre Mertens et Muriel Claude<\/strong> <\/a> L&rsquo;occasion est belle de saluer dans son sillage l&rsquo;oeuvre d&rsquo;Armand Simon dont une tr\u00e8s belle photographie (sign\u00e9e Jean-Pol Stercq) orne le livre. Nous avons rencontr\u00e9 Ben Durant qui, dans une interview enregistr\u00e9e dans sa galerie, \u00e9voque la gen\u00e8se de celle-ci et commente quelques uns des dessins de l&rsquo;artiste surr\u00e9aliste hennuyer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On se souviendra qu&rsquo;Armand Simon faisait partie des amis du peintre \u00e9caussinnois <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henry_Lejeune\">Henri Lejeune<\/a><\/strong>, pour lequel il fut un artiste de r\u00e9f\u00e9rence auquel il vouait une intense admiration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ne manquez pas de visiter cette exposition et de vous immerger dans l&rsquo;univers si singulier d&rsquo;un des grands dessinateurs qu&rsquo;engendra le Hainaut surr\u00e9aliste et litt\u00e9raire, Armand Simon dont les dessins inspir\u00e9s des <em>Chants de Maldoror<\/em> le placent parmi les grands illustrateurs d&rsquo;oeuvres litt\u00e9raires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jean Jauniaux, le 1 d\u00e9cembre 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/S1EJXz4z714\">L&rsquo;interview de Ben Durant est en ligne sur la cha\u00eene youtube de \u00ab\u00a0L&rsquo;ivresse des livres\u00a0\u00bb. <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ben Durant \u00e9voque Armand Simon, une exposition et un livre \u00e0 la Quadri Gallery \u00e0 Bruxelles\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S1EJXz4z714?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"671\" height=\"699\" src=\"https:\/\/edmondmorrel.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Capture-decran-2022-12-01-a-11.34.26.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edmondmorrel.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Capture-decran-2022-12-01-a-11.34.26.png 671w, https:\/\/edmondmorrel.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Capture-decran-2022-12-01-a-11.34.26-288x300.png 288w, https:\/\/edmondmorrel.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Capture-decran-2022-12-01-a-11.34.26-200x208.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 671px) 100vw, 671px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Durant, galeriste et \u00e9diteur, \u00e9crivain et historien d&rsquo;art, a eu la bonne id\u00e9e de rassembler une trentaine de dessins&nbsp;[&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,8,3],"tags":[124,103,125,127,126],"class_list":["post-4941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entre-les-lignes","category-essais","category-litterature-dici","tag-armand-simon","tag-ecaussinnes","tag-hainaut","tag-henri-lejeune","tag-surrealisme","post-item clearfix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edmondmorrel.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edmondmorrel.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edmondmorrel.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmondmorrel.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmondmorrel.be\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4941"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/edmondmorrel.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4947,"href":"https:\/\/edmondmorrel.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4941\/revisions\/4947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edmondmorrel.be\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmondmorrel.be\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmondmorrel.be\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}