Jacques Calonne
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Born | Mons, Belgium | August 10, 1930
Died | February 7, 2022 Brussels, Belgium | (aged 91)
Genres | Classical |
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Jacques Calonne (10 August 1930 – 7 February 2022) was a Belgian artist, composer, singer, actor, logogramist, and writer.
Life
Born in
In 1954 he made his first visit to the
In 1971, he created the first of his ink-on-music-paper works and published sixteen lithographs, with the title "Muettes", in the Daily Bul. In the following year, he resumed painting in oils on paper and fabric, and exhibited at the Venice Biennale. Perpetuating the spirit of Cobra, he employed the principle of nonspecialization, cherished by the group, creating logograms together with Dotremont. In 1981, he painted on assemblages of match boxes. Though he exhibited in 1949 as a member of Cobra, his first one-man show was mounted only in 1970 at the Dierickx gallery in Brussels. Subsequently, he exhibited many times in this city, where he lived in the working-class neighbourhood of Marolles. He frequently participated in collective exhibitions in Belgium and abroad. His graphic and pictorial work is in the tradition of the plastic practice of writing which developed in Belgium. The rhythm of the elements, the musicality of their distribution in the appropriation of space, and extreme scriptuary fluidity of the symbols reveal the very personal contribution of this musician who painted and drew visual scores.[2]
In 1995 he played the rôle of the Representative of the Ministry of Culture in the 1996 film Camping Cosmos.
Calonne died in Brussels on 7 February 2022, at the age of 91.[6]
Compositions (selective list)
- Quadrangles, for piano (1959)
- Un autre monde, film score (Vandercam & Dotremont 1959)
- Album, for string quartet (6 vols., 1960s)
- Tome, for 2 pianos and 3 percussionists (1962)
- Scolies, for chamber ensemble (ca. 1964)
- Orbes for orchestra (1965)
- Le Pavillon des passions humaines, film score (Claude François, 1988)
- Emergence des avant-gardes en Belgique francophone, film score (1990)
Writings
- 1968. "Aspects d'un resume (Apropos d' Orbes pour orchestre)". Revue d'Esthetique 21, nos. 2–4 ("Musiques nouvelles"): 59–103.
- 1991. Facéties et compagnie de Christian Dotremont. Préface de Pierre Alechinsky, mise en page de Michel Olyff. Brussels: Quadri Gallery.
Discography
- Calonne, Jacques. 1988. Tenor Mondain. Recorded in 1983. Notes by Jean-Pierre Van Tieghem. Igloo IGL 071 (LP)
References
- ^ a b Coninck 2007.
- ^ a b c Minne n.d.
- ^ Anon. 1997.
- ^ Deplus & [1999], [8].
- ^ Stockhausen 1971, 198.
- ^ Anon. 2022.
Sources
- Anon. 1997. "Quadri Gallery" (September). INFOSURR: Actualités du surréalisme et de ses alentours: La bibliothèque d'Infosurr (Accessed 11 January 2010).
- Anon. (8 February 2022). "Décès de l'artiste montois Jacques Calonne, plus jeune membre de CoBrA" (in French). RTBF.
- Coninck, François de. 2007. "Calonne! Jacques Calonne!" In exhibition invitation, Jacques Calonne: Aquarelles, acryliques et encres de Chine (1961–2007). le mardi 17 avril 2007 de 18 à 21h. Exposition du 20 avril au 19 mai 2007. Brussels: Galerie Didier Devillez.
- Deplus, Jean-Claude (ed.) [1999]. "Christian Dotremont: Guide du visiteur". Exhibition catalog. Mons: Jean-Claude Deplus.
- Minne, Michèle (ed.). n.d. "Jacques Calonne". BALAT (Belgian Art Links and Tools): Dictionnaire des Peintres belges (Accessed 11 January 2010).
- ISBN 3-7701-0493-5.
Further reading
- Arlan, Claude. 1997. "Surréalisme et avatars". Infosurr, no. 12 (April).
- Bertot, Colette. 2007. "Rythmes légers d'un musicien des signes", L'Echo (4 May). Reprinted in exhibition invitation, Jacques Calonne: Aquarelles, acryliques et encres de Chine (1961–2007). le mardi 17 avril 2007 de 18 à 21h. Exposition du 20 avril au 19 mai 2007. Brussels: Galerie Didier Devillez.
- Calonne, Jacques. 1991. Facéties et compagnie de Christian Dotremont, préface de Pierre Alechinsky. Brussels: Galerie Quadri.
- Doutreligne, Michel, and Christian Dotremont. 1990. Jacques Calonne: par coups détachés. Brussels: Galerie Quadri (19 April – 5 May).
- Voiturier, Michel. 1993. "Visible, invisible, peinture, écriture." In Montrer l'invisible : figuration et invention du réel dans la peinture 146–149. Dijon: Éditions universitaires de Dijon.