Emile Rubino on Philippe Thomas at Jan Mot for Frieze, 2022
Greene Naftali
Ilmari Kalkkinen
1995, 1995
Color photograph
19 5/8 x 23 5/8 inches (50 x 60 cm)

Edouard Merino
Insight, 1989
Cibachrome print on aluminum, title card with text: "EDOUARD MERINO Insight 1989"
Photograph: 47.24 x 70.87 inches (120 x 180 cm)
Title card: 1 7/8 x 4 3/8 inches (4.5 x 11 cm)

readymades belong to everyone®
Thinking of..., 1993
Color photograph and title card with text: "Laura Carpenter, Bruna Girodengo, Christophe Durand-Ruel (...) THINKING OF... Benoît d'Aubert, BDDP, Armand Bartos Jr. (...)"
Photograph: 50 1/4 x 62 1/4 inches (127.5 x 158 cm)
Title card: 7 7/8 x 7 7/8 x 1/8 inches (20 x 20 x .4 cm)

Philippe Thomas
Hommage à Philippe Thomas. Autoportrait en groupe, 1985
1 color photograph and title card
Photo: 60 1/4 x 78 3/4 inches (153 x 200 cm)
Title card: 1 5/8 x 3 7/8 inches (4 x 10 cm)
Claire Burrus
Sujet à discrétion (Subject to discretion), 1985
3 framed color photographs and 3 title cards with text: "ANONYME la mer en méditerranée (vue générale) multiple", "PHILIPPE THOMAS autoportrait (vue de l'esprit) multiple", "CLAIRE BURRUS autoportrait (vue de l'ésprit) pièce unique"
Photographs: 25 5/8 x 31 1/2 inches (65 x 80 cm) each
Title cards: 1 5/8 x 4 3/4 inches (4 x 12 cm) each
Yvonne Fischer ®
097130 189026, 1989
Acrylic on canvas, (white on black), title card with text: "YVONNE FISCHER ®"
Canvas: 38 1/8 x 51 1/8 inches (97 x 130 cm)
Title card: 1.77 x 4.33 inches (4.5 x 11 cm)
Céline Cazals ®
097130 298018, 1990
Acrylic on canvas (black on white), title card with text: "CELINE CAZALS ®"
Canvas: 38 1/8 x 51 1/8 inches (96.8 x 129.9 cm)
Title Card: 1 3/4 x 4 3/8 inches (4.5 x 11 cm)
Vincent Wapler ®
097130 278034, 1990
Acrylic on canvas (grey on white), title card with text: "VINCENT WAPLER ®"
Canvas: 38 1/4x 51 1/4 inches (97 x 130 cm)
Title Card: 1 3/4 x 4 3/8 inches (4.5 x 11 cm)
Jacques Salomon
Les ready-made appartiennent à tout le monde. Morceaux choisis pour une révision du droit au registre des auteurs (Piece chosen for a revision of the right reserved to authors), 1987
Shelf in grained ebony, revue "Public", n. 3, "Frage der Präsentation" and "Philippe Thomas décline son idéntité" belonging to Daniel Bosser, title card with text: "JACQUES SALOMON Morceaux choisis pour une révision du droit au registre des auteurs 1987"
Shelf: 96 x 24 x 32 inches (243.8 x 61 x 81.3 cm)
Title Card: 1 5/8 x 5 3/8 inches (3.9 x 13.9 cm)
Chiat/Day/Mojo
readymades belong to everyone, 1990
Offset print on paper (poster to be presented outside)
60 1/8 x 40 1/8 inches (152.5 x 102 cm)
Alain Clairet
Untitled, 1987
Screenprint on paper and title card
31 1/4 x 55 1/2 inches (79.4 x 141 cm)
readymades belong to everyone®
advertising, advertising, 1988
Black & white photograph, framed
61 7/8 x 48 3/8 inches (157 x 123 cm)
Eva Felten
untitled, 1992
Photograph
48 7/8 x 48 7/8 inches (124.1 x 124.1 cm)
Marc Blondeau
Paris, 1991
Color photograph
31 1/2 x 39 3/8 inches (80 x 100 cm)
Ilmari Kalkkinen
1995, 1995
Color photograph
19 5/8 x 23 5/8 inches (50 x 60 cm)

Edouard Merino
Insight, 1989
Cibachrome print on aluminum, title card with text: "EDOUARD MERINO Insight 1989"
Photograph: 47.24 x 70.87 inches (120 x 180 cm)
Title card: 1 7/8 x 4 3/8 inches (4.5 x 11 cm)

readymades belong to everyone®
Thinking of..., 1993
Color photograph and title card with text: "Laura Carpenter, Bruna Girodengo, Christophe Durand-Ruel (...) THINKING OF... Benoît d'Aubert, BDDP, Armand Bartos Jr. (...)"
Photograph: 50 1/4 x 62 1/4 inches (127.5 x 158 cm)
Title card: 7 7/8 x 7 7/8 x 1/8 inches (20 x 20 x .4 cm)

Philippe Thomas
Hommage à Philippe Thomas. Autoportrait en groupe, 1985
1 color photograph and title card
Photo: 60 1/4 x 78 3/4 inches (153 x 200 cm)
Title card: 1 5/8 x 3 7/8 inches (4 x 10 cm)
Claire Burrus
Sujet à discrétion (Subject to discretion), 1985
3 framed color photographs and 3 title cards with text: "ANONYME la mer en méditerranée (vue générale) multiple", "PHILIPPE THOMAS autoportrait (vue de l'esprit) multiple", "CLAIRE BURRUS autoportrait (vue de l'ésprit) pièce unique"
Photographs: 25 5/8 x 31 1/2 inches (65 x 80 cm) each
Title cards: 1 5/8 x 4 3/4 inches (4 x 12 cm) each
Yvonne Fischer ®
097130 189026, 1989
Acrylic on canvas, (white on black), title card with text: "YVONNE FISCHER ®"
Canvas: 38 1/8 x 51 1/8 inches (97 x 130 cm)
Title card: 1.77 x 4.33 inches (4.5 x 11 cm)
Céline Cazals ®
097130 298018, 1990
Acrylic on canvas (black on white), title card with text: "CELINE CAZALS ®"
Canvas: 38 1/8 x 51 1/8 inches (96.8 x 129.9 cm)
Title Card: 1 3/4 x 4 3/8 inches (4.5 x 11 cm)
Vincent Wapler ®
097130 278034, 1990
Acrylic on canvas (grey on white), title card with text: "VINCENT WAPLER ®"
Canvas: 38 1/4x 51 1/4 inches (97 x 130 cm)
Title Card: 1 3/4 x 4 3/8 inches (4.5 x 11 cm)
Jacques Salomon
Les ready-made appartiennent à tout le monde. Morceaux choisis pour une révision du droit au registre des auteurs (Piece chosen for a revision of the right reserved to authors), 1987
Shelf in grained ebony, revue "Public", n. 3, "Frage der Präsentation" and "Philippe Thomas décline son idéntité" belonging to Daniel Bosser, title card with text: "JACQUES SALOMON Morceaux choisis pour une révision du droit au registre des auteurs 1987"
Shelf: 96 x 24 x 32 inches (243.8 x 61 x 81.3 cm)
Title Card: 1 5/8 x 5 3/8 inches (3.9 x 13.9 cm)
Chiat/Day/Mojo
readymades belong to everyone, 1990
Offset print on paper (poster to be presented outside)
60 1/8 x 40 1/8 inches (152.5 x 102 cm)
Alain Clairet
Untitled, 1987
Screenprint on paper and title card
31 1/4 x 55 1/2 inches (79.4 x 141 cm)
readymades belong to everyone®
advertising, advertising, 1988
Black & white photograph, framed
61 7/8 x 48 3/8 inches (157 x 123 cm)
Eva Felten
untitled, 1992
Photograph
48 7/8 x 48 7/8 inches (124.1 x 124.1 cm)
Marc Blondeau
Paris, 1991
Color photograph
31 1/2 x 39 3/8 inches (80 x 100 cm)
Ilmari Kalkkinen
1995, 1995
Color photograph
19 5/8 x 23 5/8 inches (50 x 60 cm)
Biography
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Philippe Thomas (d. 1995) lived and worked in Paris. Select solo exhibitions include Jan Mot, Brussels (2021, 2017, 2013); Greene Naftali, New York (2017); MAMCO, Geneva (2016, 2014); mfc-michèle didier, Paris (2014); Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona (2000); and Le Magasin, Grenoble, France (2000); among others.
Recent Press
Exhibitions
THINKING OF READYMADES BELONG TO EVERYONE®
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Publications
Philippe Thomas
The Agency: Readymades Belong to Everyone
MAMCO, Geneva.

Philippe Thomas
The Name of Philippe Thomas
Sternberg Press, Berlin.

Philippe Thomas
Daniel Bosser: Philippe Thomas Declines His Own Identity
Occasional Papers, London.

Philippe Thomas
Ready-Mades Belong to Everyone
MACBA, Barcelona.

Philippe Thomas
Feux pâles: une pièce à conviction
CapcMusée d’art contemporain, Bordeaux.

Philippe Thomas
Sur un lieu commun: un entretien avec Georges Verney-Carron
Propos recueillis par Eric Duyckaerts, Saint-Etienne.

Philippe Thomas
Daniel Bosser: Philippe Thomas décline son identité
Galerie Claire Burrus, Paris; Editions Yellow Now, Paris.

Philippe Thomas
Fictionnalisme: une pièce à conviction
Galerie Claire Burrus, Paris.

Philippe Thomas
Frage der Präsentation
Museum für Kultur, Berlin.

Philippe Thomas
Un manuscrit trouvé

Philippe Thomas
Sans titre
Artalect, Paris.

Philippe Thomas
Spenserm
Katia Pissarro.
