André Cadere (Andrei Cădere) was a Romanian conceptual artist known for his influential work in the world of contemporary art.

Biography

André Cadere was born on May 30, 1934, in Warsaw, Poland, where his father served as a diplomat. He moved to Paris, France, in 1967. During the same year, he exhibited his paintings influenced by Op Art at the Experimental Art Market. Cadere associated with Isidore Isou and the Lettrist movement. He quickly formed connections with Parisian artists who were exploring the boundaries of authorship, artwork identity, and the significance of signatures and objects within the realms of minimal art, Land Art, and conceptual art.^[1]

In 1969, André Cadere exhibited a relief painting made of half-colored sticks at the Salon de Mai. He also participated in "Work in Progress," an exhibition organized by Christian Boltanski and Jean Le Gac, during which he wove 750 meters of string onto the portail of the American Center.^[2]

He was most known for his Barres de bois rond (Round Wooden Bars, 1970–78), wood poles made of colored segments. He would carry these bars around with him, showing them in public and installing them in art exhibitions without invitation.^[3] Cadere died of cancer in Paris in 1978.

Exhibitions

One of André Cadere's notable exhibitions was held at the Institute for Contemporary Art, PS1, in New York, titled "André Cadere, All Walk of Life," from October 15 to December 10, 1989. Some of his artwork is exhibited in Museum of Recent Art, in Bucharest.

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