1991 - January

Arman creates an edition of serigraph to commemorate the 700th anniversary of the Swiss Confederate States.

1991 - Feb.

He travels to Venezuela for the opening of his exhibition at Galleria Freites.

1991 - Spring

He travels to Italy for an opening, exhibition of his new paintings, Brush Strokes at Fondazione Mudima and at B.& S. Gallery.
He works on a commissioned series of portraits of great composers to be exhibited in Japan.
He designs a crown for the event "Love Ball", a benefit for AIDS research sponsored by DIFFA.
A poster for the festival celebrating the anniversary of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Salzburg, Austria, is made by Arman.

 

1991 - Summer

New paintings are made, bicycle on canvas.

1991 - Fall

He participates to the first Lyon Biennale d'Art Contemporain where he exhibits new works from Atlantis series: « Traction Avant - Traction Apres » and “Philemon and Baucis”. The French Consulate commemorates his 30 years in New York. He designs the Symphony of Love jewelry for Movado. The Atlantis sculpture series is exhibited for the first time in the United States at Marisa del Re Gallery, New York. A retrospective exhibition of his works from 1954 to 1991 also opens at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas.

1991 - Dec.

He travels to Rome and begins to work on the series of sculptures.Accumulation Fondamentale - Nouvelle Accumulation.

ACCUMULATION DE COLLECTION

[akymylasjɔ̃ də kɔlɛksjɔ̃] n.f. An accumulation of collectible objects.

 

STRADAVARIUS

[stʁadavaʁjys] n.m. An acrylic paint skin cut into the shape of a musical string instrument in a Plexiglas box.

1992 - January

Arman creates an edition of lithographs for the Olympic Continental project, Barcelona, Spain.

1992 - Feb.

A retrospective exhibition opens at The Brooklyn Museum.
He continues to work on the new series of New Accumulation - Fundamental Accumulation, first exhibited in April at the Sonnabend Gallery (in collaboration with Marisa del Re Gallery).
He travels to Martinique where a large-scale sculpture entitled “Larmes de Fonte” is scheduled to be installed.

1992 - May

A exhibition begins in Rome before traveling throughout Italy.
The retrospective exhibition in United States continues onto the Detroit Institute of Arts.
Arman designs a trophy, “Le Trophée Des Arts”, commissioned by the French Institute / Alliance Francaise (New York) to be awarded to a French or an American artist for his or her exceptional contribution to French-American relations.

1992 - June

He participates in the International Biennial on Art, Poetry and Ecology, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

1992 - June 27th

His father dies in Vence.

1992 - Sept.

Lectures at Sotheby's, Geneva, Switzerland.

1992 - Oct.

A large scale sculpture, entitled “Les Gourmandes” is installed at Roânne, France.
A special edition of lithographs and plates are created to celebrate this installation.

POUBELLE DE BRONZE

[pubɛl də bʁɔ̃z] n.f. Patinated bronze leftovers (sculpture, unused item of a musical instrument, etc.) assembled together.

STARRY NIGHT

[stˈɑrˌiː nˈaɪt] n.m. Brush Strokes organized to mimic Vincent Van Gogh's painting  "Starry Night".

1993 - May

He participates in the contemporary art program at Conferences Nimes, France.

1993 - July

The series New Accumulations is exhibited at the new Galerie Beaubourg, Vence, France.
 

1993 - August

Pierre Cabane publishes a monograph accompanied of an essay about Arman at the Editions La Différence.