Jakob Gautel

Catalogue

Jakob Gautel — 2026-03-22T08:18:17Z

Socles peu commun - Uncommon Bases
Pre-layout of the catalogue of the exhibition at Galerie Fernand Léger, Ivry-sur-Seine, in 2025.

The exhibition catalogue is in the making.
With a text by Leonor Nuridsany, an introduction by the mayor Philippe Bouyssou and a conclusion by Hedi Saidi, director of the gallery. The graphic design is by Delphine Rocher, Zaoum.

Memento mori

Jakob Gautel — 2026-03-20T05:56:00Z

Life and death. An eternal theme.

Some of the works were created with the complicity of Jason Karaïndros.
See also the video performance Breath and the chapter Covid & Co.
The Nest and Breath have been shown in 2021 at the exhibition MIRACLE at Immanence, Paris, co-curators Caroline Perrée and Cannelle Tanc, and Hourglass in 2025 at the exhibition Du miel aux cendres, De Bouwput, Amsterdam, curator Jean-Philippe Paumier.

Standing in Line

Assemblage, March 2026, ancient cutlery box, model-making figurines

Death Mask or Vanity
Mask and child skull, June 2024

Pregnancy

This photo from August 2020 takes up the pose of the actress Demi Moore nude and pregnant, photographed by Annie Leibovitz in 1991.
The photo has been published in the collective artist book Almanach - Ides of March, Paris 2021, at the date of 08/21/20.

The Nest

Ancient human skull in a bird's nest, Karlsruhe, September 2020

The Nest and Breath at the exhibition MIRACLE, Immanence, Paris 2021

In the foregroud Jason Karaïndros' work The Salutation, Immanence, Paris 2021

Hourglass

Performance photograph, November 2020
Life is running out.

The Servant

Assemblage, March 2021
“Eager to serve you.”

Epitaphs

2026-03-12T10:57:00Z

Funerary Stele
Project for a projection in a museum, 2026
The funerary stele of Democleides, son of Demetrios, ΔΗΜΟΚΛΕΙΔΗΣ:ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟ, probably killed in the Battle of Nemea in 394 BC, at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens.
In the space below the deceased, originally painted blue to suggest the sea, an empty migrant boat apears.
The Mediterranean Sea, an open-air graveyard…
→ Text by the art historian Marina Lambraki Plaka

On the funerary stele of Democleides from the National Archaeological Museum of Athens, appears a migrant boat.

Nada
Postcards and an engraved polished black granite tablet, kept in its original packaging, 2025, a tribute to Goya's famous etching of the Disasters of War.
The work has been shown at the exhibition Postcards and Mail Art, at the art space Immanence, Paris, in November-December 2025.
This work could very well represent “the artist's final piece”.

Nada. Ello dirá. - Nothing. The event will tell. (in the sense of All that for nothing…)
The Disasters of War, pl. No. 69, Francisco de Goya, 1810-1815, Prado, Madrid

Nada, postcard, 2025

Nada, epitaph plaque, 2025

Postcards and Mail Art, Immanence, Paris, 2025

The postcard editions Entre!, Point of View, Roma 2000 and Nada, among many others, on the wall at Immanence

Everything must go
The famous slogan announcing clearance sales, “Everything must go” becomes, when engraved on black polished granite, a philosophical memento mori not just of any individual destiny, but also an epitaph of our hyper-consumerist way of life…

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In French…

…and in German

The work was part of the exhibition Uncommon Bases at Galerie Fernand Léger, the Ivry-sur-Seine municipal gallery of contemporary art, in 2025.

Tout doit disparaître in the exhibition Uncommon Bases, Galerie Fernand Léger, Ivry-sur-Seine, 2025

Fatal Error
A computer screen capture with a “fatal error” message engraved on a black polished granite plaque: The unfathomable mystery of life and death finds its reflection in the code of computer programming.
Translation into computer code: Peter Hanappe

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Socles peu communs - Uncommon Bases

Jakob Gautel — 2026-03-10T07:33:49Z

The catalogue for the exhibition Socles peu communs - Uncommon Bases, which took place in 2025 at the Galerie Fernand Léger — the contemporary art gallery of Ivry-sur-Seine with a strong committment to public art — is currently in preparation.
With a text by Leonor Nuridsany, an introduction by the mayor Philippe Bouyssou and a conclusion by Hedi Saidi, director of the gallery. The graphic design is by Delphine Rocher, Zaoum.

Socles peu commun - Uncommon Bases
Pre-layout of the catalogue of the exhibition at Galerie Fernand Léger, Ivry-sur-Seine, in 2025.

Troy Pavillon, 2nd Malta Biennale

Jakob Gautel — 2026-02-26T09:14:00Z

11 March to 29 May 2026
Old Armory of the Knights, Il-Birgu, Malta
https://www.instagram.com/p/DV0l_TlCCSG/
https://maltabiennale.art/
https://www.arttv.com.tr/yazi/canakkale-bienalinin-troya-pavyonu-malta-bienalinde-izleyiciyle-bulusuyor
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/troys-layered-heritage-showcased-at-2nd-malta-biennale-in-malta-3216278

Organised by the Çanakkale Biennale, the Troy Pavilion is presented as part of the official program of the 2^nd Malta Biennale CLEAN | CLEAR | CUT, artistic direction Rosa Martinez.
Artists: David Blandy, Georgios Katsagelos, Jakob Gautel, Katrin Korfmann & Jens Pfeifer, Pınar Yolaçan, Seyhan Boztepe
Curator: Deniz Erbaş

The exhibition presents a selection of contemporary works that reinterpret the narratives, knowledge, and images associated with Troy as a multilayered Mediterranean cultural heritage shaped by mythology and archaeology, foregrounding its ongoing relationship with the present.
Supported by Dr. Gökhan Gündoğdu Museum and Kurukahveci Mehmet Efendi.
In collaboration with Çanakkale Provincial Directorate of Culture and Tourism (Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Türkiye), Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University-Faculty of Fine Arts, and the Troy Excavations.

My video work War in Troy? is shown there.

War in Troy? Breaking news presented by Tolga Özdeniz, Çanakkale, 2018

War in Troy? at the Troy Pavilion, 2^nd Malta Biennale 2026

2^nd Malta Biennale 2026, Troy Pavillon

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Fondation Quartier

Jakob Gautel — 2026-02-23T16:53:04Z

The Delaunay-Klimowski Foundation and Pan Café are joining forces and inviting you to become part of their permanent collection. It will be presented for the first time during the Fondation Quartier event at Pan Café in seven neighbourhood display cases, similar to those commonly found in front of schools or administrative buildings.
I show in form of a flyer Peace Council.
24, 25 and 26 April 2026, Pan Café, 9 Place de la Libération, 93450 L'Île-Saint-Denis
https://www.pancafe.fr/

Peace Council

Jakob Gautel — 2026-01-26T18:09:00Z

26 January 2026
I have decided to found my own PEACE COUNCIL.
You are welcome to join, for a small contribution of one billion.
Cash only.

ME, MYSELF and I, the official portrait appropriately framed

The work is shown in April 2026 at the exhibitition Fondation Quartier, at the invitation of Delaunay-Klimowski Foundation and Pan Café, L'Île-Saint-Denis.

Kings and Queens
Théâtre de la Tempête, group photo taken during the ENSAPLV scenography project on Shakespeare's EDWARD III, January 24, 2026, with director Cédric Gourmelon on the left.

Kings and Queens, Théâtre de la Tempête, 1/24/2026, with Cédric Gourmelon on the left

Die Kronenklauer - The Crown Thieves
by F.K. Waechter and Bernd Eilert, Diogenes, first published in 1972, several reeditions

I thought of this book from my childhood, deeply anarchic and with a strong idea of community, power sharing and democracy, which is very relevant today.
Die Kronenklauer is a wonderful children's book by F.K. Waechter and Bernd Eilert, recounting with great imagination the adventures of three youngsters in an imaginary land under the despotic rule of the pig king, König Schwarte. Very unhappy with this king's government, the children decide to steal his crown and give it to an old trusted friend, the wise owl Dr Johannes Loy. After a while, they realise that they don't approve some of the new king's decisions either. So they steal the crown a second time, melt it down and make lots of little crowns, one for each of them!

Die Kronenklauer by F.K. Waechter and Bernd Eilert, Diogenes

Die Kronenklauer by F.K. Waechter and Bernd Eilert

In the group portrait at the end of the story, everyone is wearing their own little crown.

The stolen crown

The crown of Empress Eugénie, which was damaged when the thieves at the Louvre dropped it on October 19, 2025.
Photo: Thomas Clot, Louvre Museum

Edward III

Jakob Gautel — 2026-01-12T18:51:06Z

Educational partnership between Théâtre de la Tempête and the architecture school ENSA Paris-La Villette, based on an unknown play by Shakespeare, directed by Cédric Gourmelon.

Exhibition of scenography projects by students in the Master's programme in Scenography and Architecture - De l'œuvre au lieu from 22 January to 22 February 2026.
Opening and presentation of the projects by each team in the presence of Cédric Gourmelon and the team from La Tempête on Saturday 24 January 2026 from 2.30 pm.

The students were guided by Mahtab Mazlouman, Marco Dessardo and Jakob Gautel, and the exhibition project was supervised by Alexandra Sá. Throughout their research, they benefited from discussions and meetings with the La Tempête team.

With Nathan Allioux, Paola Bermejo Roman, Elena Brun, Caroline Chauvat, Camille Chenal-Mitterand, Andrea David Ponce, Lola Gasnier, Jaime Gimeno, Otmane Guessous, Alaya Hamada, Camila Yurie Itoda, Juliette Jorand, Lara Kadiš, Alexandre Klein, Adam Lebeau, Corto Leynaert, Victor López Moreno, Manon Luchel, Teresa Merchiers, Alice Mesnard, Kaouthar Mhalla, Doriane Morin, William Mourichoux, Paloma Olson, Johanne Pook, Caterina Porceddu, Gabrielle Riguet, Soledad Rivognac, Jaime Selgas, Louise Trano and Yasaman Yarshir

Théâtre de la Tempête
Cartoucherie, bois de Vincennes, route du Champ de Manœuvre, 75012 Paris, tel. 01 43 28 36 36
https://www.la-tempete.fr/saison/spectacles/edouard-iii
https://paris-lavillette.archi.fr/en/evenement/set-design-project-with-theatre-de-la-tempete/

Edward III's Planning, Caroline Chauvat, Adam Lebeau, Teresa Merchiers

The Station at War, Alaya Hamada, Paola Bermejo Roman, Lola Gasnier

One-Way Mirror, Lara Kadiš, Soledad Rivognac, Yasaman Yarshir

Headquarters Under Tension, Gabrielle Riguet, Victor López Moreno, Jaime Selgas

Port War, Alice Mesnard, Paloma Olson, Johanne Pook

Ecocide in Times of War, Nathan Allioux, Jaime Gimeno, Doriane Morin

The Oil Rig, Otmane Guessous, Corto Leynaert, Caterina Porceddu

Behind the Scenes of Diplomacy, Elena Brun, Camille Chenal-Mitterand, Andrea David Ponce, Kaouthar Mhalla

In the War Tent, Camila Yurie Itoda, Manon Luchel, Louise Trano

We who refuse to remain silent, Juliette Jorand, Alexandre Klein, William Mourichaux

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Doriane Morin plays Purcell and Bach.

Lisette Pouvreau from La Tempête and Mahtab Mazlouman from ENSAPLV present the exhibition.

And Cédric Gourmelon talks with students.

Kings and Queens, Théâtre de la Tempête, 1/24/2026, with Cédric Gourmelon on the left

Die Kronenklauer - The Crown Thieves
by F.K. Waechter and Bernd Eilert, Diogenes, first published in 1972, several reeditions

Die Kronenklauer by F.K. Waechter and Bernd Eilert

In the group portrait at the end of the story, everyone is wearing their own little crown.

The crown of Empress Eugénie, which was damaged when the thieves at the Louvre dropped it on October 19, 2025.
Photo: Thomas Clot, Louvre Museum

Uncommon Bases — Artist talk Leonor Nuridsany

Jakob Gautel — 2025-11-19T14:51:12Z

Artist talk with Leonor Nuridsany, exhibition curator and art critic, author of the catalogue text, May 17, 2025 at Galerie Fernand Léger, the contemporary art gallery of Ivry-sur-Seine.

Postcards and Mail Art

Jakob Gautel — 2025-11-19T12:01:00Z

Evolving group show
At the invitation of Cannelle Tanc and Frédéric Vincent
c/o Immanence, 21 av. du Maine, 75015 Paris, M° Montparnasse
November 22 to December 19, 2025, from Thursday to Saturday from 2pm to 6pm and on appointment:
+33 (0) 1 42 22 05 68, espaceimmanence@gmail.com
http://www.art-immanence.org/CARTES-POSTALES-et-MAIL-ART

https://www.leparisien.fr/etudiant/sortir/paris/eve-mail-art-et-cartes-postales-dartistes/
https://blogs.taz.de/meta/cartes-postales-et-mail-art/
https://crosses.net/postcards-mail-art-immanence/
https://www.art-critique.com/2025/12/correspondances-immanence-mail-art/

I show the postcard editions Entre!, Point of View and Roma 2000 and my latest piece Nada, a postcard and an epitaph plaque as a tribute to Goya.

Nada. Ello dirá. - Nothing. The event will tell. (in the sense of All that for nothing…)
The Disasters of War, pl. No. 69, Francisco de Goya, 1810-1815, Prado, Madrid

Nada, postcard, 2025

Nada, epitaph plaque, 2025

Postcards and Mail Art, Immanence, Paris, 2025, photo: Frédéric Vincent

The art collector Michel Tabanou with Frédéric Vincent from Immanence

An entire horizon of mail art

Hans Braumüller in the TAZ, 12/2/2025

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