Caroline Gaudriault

Caroline Gaudriault (born in Paris) is a French author. She has also created art installations for museums based on her literary texts. Over the last 20 years she has worked closely with French photographer Gérard Rancinan.

Biography

Caroline Gaudriault is a French author of artistic works and essays, translated into several languages. She creates works that give shape to her personal writing, both poetic and political. Her work puts in perspective a thought which implies an artistic approach.

Work Her philosophical texts and essays inspire Rancinan's photographs. Her editorial works and his photographs influence each other reciprocally and, as an artistic couple, they exhibit their works together. Gaudriault generally curates the exhibitions and is in charge of the editorial outlines. She has created calligraphy installations to give form to her texts.

One early collaboration project with Rancinan was a historical review of the survivors of the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945. The project Paroles d'hibakusha presents the survivors, the so called hibakusha, and gives them a voice through interviews.

A crucial project in her work is the book A Small Man in a Big World, published in 2014 and later translated into English and Chinese. She conducted an interview with American political scientist and senior fellow professor at Stanford University, Francis Fukuyama. Their thoughts about political systems, relationship with modernity, cultural heritage, and social contradictions became central points of the interview.

Books

Le Déluge , livre plasticien de Caroline Gaudriault, reliure à la main, 2024 Voyage Immoblile, Paradox, 2021 Soulages, les reflets, Paradox édition, (on the painter Pierre Soulages), 2019 A democratic murder, Paradox édition, 2019 Another day on Earth, Paradox, 2015 A Small Man in a Big World, Editions Paradox, 2014 - conversation with Francis Fukuyama Wonderful World, Trilogy of the Moderns Part III, Editions Paradox, 2012 Hypothèses, Trilogy of the Moderns Part II, Edition Paradox, 2011 Métamorphoses, conversations & natures mortes, Trilogy of the Moderns Part I, Biro & Cohen editors, 2009 The Photographer, Edition Abrams, New York, 2008 Le Temps des rencontres, By Us, 2007 Rancinan Exploit, Edition Federico Motta, Milan, 2004 Urban Jungle, Edition de La Martinière, 1999

Art exhibitions

Le Dôme de Lord Norman Foster, chai, St Emilion, France, "L’Absolu, variations" 2023 Centre d’art Polaris, Istres, France, "Héritage ou l’autre monde" 2023 La Fondation Le Corbusier, Maison la Roche, Paris "L’Absolu et 45 pièces de fer" 2022 Le Prieuré de Vivoin, Le Mans, "Le Destin des Hommes" 2022 Villa Tamaris, La Seyne sur Mer, France, "Voyage en démocratie!" 2022 Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rabat, Morocco, «From rage and desire, the human heart beating» 2022 Foundation Dassault, Paris, France “The motionless journey”, 2021 Castle St Maur cru classé, domaine de Saint-Tropez, France, 2020 Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum, Bratislava, Slovaquie, "DEMOCRATIA", 2019 Institut Bernard Magrez, Bordeaux, France, "Festins", 2019 Musée de la Mer, Bordeaux, France, exhibition "Raft of Illusions", 2019 See + Gallery, Pékin, Chine, « Small Man », 2018 Chapelle Sainte Anne, La Baule, France, « The Moderns », 2017 Collégiale Saint-André, Chartres, France, « Destiny of men », 2017 La Base sous-marine de Bordeaux, France, « The Probability of Miracle », 2016 Centre d’art Urban Spree, Berlin, Allemagne, «Destiny of men», 2016 Jardin Rouge de la Fondation Montresso de Marrakech, Morocco, 2016 L’Académie des Beaux-Arts de Florence, Italie, « Destiny of men», 2016 Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, France, collective exhibition « Joie de vivre », 2016 Commissaire d’exposition : Bruno Girveau Couvent des Cordeliers de Paris, France, « Destiny of men», 2015 Curator : Paul Ardenne National Portrait Gallery, Londres, Grande-Bretagne, permanent collection « Barry McGuigan », 2015 Musée Océanographique de Monaco, France, « An other day on earth », 2015 Musée d’art contemporain Himalayas de Shanghai, Chine, « The Trilogy of the Moderns », 2014 Centre d’art Sinan Mansions, Shanghai, Chine, « A Small Man in a Big World », 2014 Musée du Louvre Lens, Lens, France, « Liberty unveiled », 2013-2018 Quai d’Orsay, Ministère des Affaires Étrangères, Paris, France, «Batman Family », 2013-2015 Fondation Pinault et la ville de Dinard, France, collective exhibition « Festin de l’Art », 2014 Commissaire d’exposition : Jean-Jacques Aillagon Museo Oscar Niemeyer, Curitiba, Brésil, « A Wonderful World », 2014 Musée d'Art Contemporain (MAC), Lyon, France, collective exhibition « Moto Poétique », 2014 Curator : Paul Ardenne Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris, France, « Fiest of Barbarians », 2013 Musée d'Art Contemporain Danubiana, Bratislava, Slovaquie, « Trilogy of the Moderns», 2013 Curator : Vincent Polakovic Musée d’Art Contemporain - Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France, exposition collective «L’Histoire est à moi ! », 2012 Curator : Paul Ardenne Londonewcastle Project Space, Shoreditch, Londres, Grande-Bretagne, « Wonderful World», 2012 Curator : Ed Bartlett Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italie, « Trilogy of the Moderns », 2012 Curator : Claudio De Albertis Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, LaHaye, Pays-Bas, collective exhibition « Reflex Miniature Museum », 2011 Chapelle Saint-Sauveur, Paris/Issy les Moulineaux, France, « Hypothèses », 2011 Musée des Arts Décoratifs de Prague, Prague, République Tchèque, collective exhibition «Decadence Now », 2010 Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France, "Métamorphoses", 2009 Curator : Marc-Olivier Wahler Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France, "Le Photographe", 2008 Mécène : Baume&Mercier

Films

The Trip, a short film by Gérard Rancinan and Caroline Gaudriault, 8 minutes, 2020 The Immortals, a film by Gérard Rancinan and Caroline Gaudriault, 35 minutes, 2019 The probability of Miracle, a film by Gérard Rancinan and Caroline Gaudriault, 48 minutes, 2015