Galerie Jean-François Cazeau

For its ninth participation in BRAFA, the gallery is presenting a display that highlights the post-war School of Paris, while remaining true to the eclecticism that defines it.
Works by Pierre Soulages, Zao Wou-Ki, Gérard Schneider, and André Lanskoy will be featured. The presentation will bring together two major movements of the post-war School of Paris: lyrical abstraction, which dominated the 1950s and 60s, and figuration, represented by the groups of the New Realists and the artists of Narrative Figuration.

Works by Pierre Soulages and Zao Wou-Ki will echo current museum exhibitions. Paintings by Gérard Schneider, André Lanskoy, Serge Charchoune, Eugène Leroy, and Chu Teh-Chun will complete this panorama of post-war French abstraction.

The New Realism movement has benefited from genuine institutional reevaluation in recent years. The gallery is pleased to present at BRAFA 2026 a selection of works by the group, ranging from César’s welded iron pieces from 1955 (unique works) to Niki de Saint Phalle’s exuberantly colored Nanas from the 2000s, including a 1964 painting-relief by Martial Raysse, sculptures by Yves Klein from 1962, and a 1968 resin relief by César - a quadruple self-portrait of the artist.

Works by Eduardo Arroyo, Jean Hélion, and Alain Jacquet will round out the presentation, offering a broader vision of French figuration infused with a pop art spirit.