Pierre Pradié

Mr. Pierre Pradié started collecting contemporary art, principally paintings, in 1995. His first acquisition: a Marc Desgrandchamp. It was the need of a meditative object that impelled him to go back home with nothing but a Desgrandchamp painting which has “marvelously accomplished its mission”. Such need later took shape as an irresistible passion for art, and the meditative object on the wall kicked off the gathering of one of Paris’ most beautiful collections on contemporary painting. In 2006, Mr. Pradié showed his collection in the Cultural Centre of Cesson- Sévigné. A documentary film on his collection was made by Joel Cano under the title “Figures & Co.”. Some the abstracts are included in the interview.  

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