Château de Linardié is the name for a once active cultural center located in the South West area of France

France

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 seven kilometres from Gaillac

Gaillac

Gaillac is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.-Geography of Gaillac:Gaillac is a town situated between Toulouse, Albi and Monatauban. It has gained a large amount of recognition due to the wines that bear the towns name. The Tarn river runs along the border of the town by the...

 in the Tarn, France. It operated for 10 years, from 1996 to 2006.

History

Château de Linardié functioned with the financial support from the town of Gaillac (led by its dynamic Mayor Charles Pistre), from the Department of the Tarn, and from the Midi-Pyrénées

Midi-Pyrénées

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 region. The project entailed the physical restoration of the Château itself and the establishment of an Association to run its activities. Founder David Marshall began work on the Château on the 8th of January 1996 and the Association Culturelle du Château de Linardié was officially declared on the 6th of November 1996.

Château de Linardié employed secretarial and administrative personnel and appointed as Artistic Director, Danielle Delouche, a graduate from the University of Sorbonne

Sorbonne

The Sorbonne is an edifice of the Latin Quarter, in Paris, France, which has been the historical house of the former University of Paris...

 VIII, Paris

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, and a specialist in Art History

Art history

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, who has been a contributor to numerous art and design

Design

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 periodicals. The Association collaborated with the University of Toulouse le Mirail, where the Director of the Department of Fine Arts and Applied Arts, Xavier Lambert, as well as the Maître des Conférences, Carole Hoffman, were responsible for seminars, colloquia, and conferences. They were especially helpful in helping Linardié develop its artistic policy. Another key person was Francis Pratt, a former research fellow at the University of Stirling

University of Stirling

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 in Scotland where he was a founder member of the Vision Group.

Due to legal difficulties encountered by the town of Gaillac, which owned the château, Château de Linardié is no longer available for use by the Association.

Artists exhibited at Château de Linardié

• Jacky BORZYCKI / painting 5 to 25 May 1997 France
• Isabelle MAUREAU / painting 6 to 14 May 1998 France
• Linda SHEPARD / glasswork 4 to 28 June 1998 U.S.A.
• Thérèse BRANDEAU / sculpture 6 to 30 Aug 1998 France
• Hilary McMICHAEL / painting 17 Sep to 18 Oct 1998 UK.
• Anne McMICHAEL / ceramics 17 Sep to 18 Oct 1998 UK.
• Vi N’GUYEN / painted sculpture 22 Oct to 15 Nov 1998 Vietnam
• Paul REY / painting 1 to 25 April 1999 France
• Marianne CATROUX / relief 10 June to 4 July 1999 France
• Katherine BOUCHARD / installation 15 July to 22 Aug 1999 Canada
• Francis PRATT / painting 15 July to 22 Aug 1999 UK.
• Roger BRACE / painting 15 July to 22 Aug 1999 UK.
• Jill LANE / painting 15 July to 22 Aug 1999 UK.
• Frank TOURREL / painting 2 to 26 Sept 1999 France
• Patrick COHN / multi media 7 to 31 Oct 1999 France
• CATERINA / painting 16 March to 9 April 2000 France
• Jacky BORZYCKI / painting 11 May to 3 June 2000 France
• Françoise BERTHELOT / sculpture 8 July to 31 Aug 2000 France
• Joe BIGBIG / sculpture 8 July to 31 Aug 2000 Ghana
• Patrick COHN / installation 8 July to 31 Aug 2000 France
• Nacéra DÉSIGAUD / sculpture 8 July to 31 Aug 2000 Algeria
• Patrick DIAZ sculpture 8 July to 31 Aug 2000 France
• Thierry FRUMIN / installation 8 July to 31 Aug 2000 France
• Jean-Baptiste GAUDIN / installation 8 July to 31 Aug 2000 France
• Ernst GOTTSCHALK / sculpture 8 July to 31 Aug 2000 UK.
• Xavier KREBS / painting 8 July to 31 Aug 2000 France
• Stephen MARSDEN / painting 8 July to 31 Aug 2000 UK.
• David MARSHALL / ceramics 8 July to 31 Aug 2000 UK.
• Francis MASCLES / sculpture 8 July to 31 Aug 2000 France
• Véronique MATTEUDI / sculpture 8 July to 31 Aug 2000 France
• Abel REIS / sculpture 8 July to 31 Aug 2000 Brazil
• Linda SHEPARD / glasswork 8 July to 31 Aug 2000 U.S.A.
• Laure TETAR / multi media 12 Oct to 12 Nov 2000 France
• Vincent GIOUSE / drawing 5 April to 20 May 2001 France
• David RIBAS / painting 25 May to 1 July 2001 France
• Anne FLEURY / painting 25 May to 1 July 2001 France
• Marianne CATROUX / relief 8 July to 2 Sep 2001 French
• Linda SHEPARD / glasswork 8 July to 2 Sep 2001 U.S.A.
• Tidjane SEKOU TRAORÉ / sculpture 8 July to 2 Sep 2001 Burkina-Faso
• Andrée OMNES-PLAT / drawing 7 Sep to 7 Oct 2001 France
• Philippe ASSALIT / photography 21 Oct to 5 Nov 2001 France
• Élisabeth POIRET / painting 28 March to 28 April 2002 France
• Paul VILLAIN / poetry 28 March to 28 April 2002 France
• Marika PERROS / painting 5 May to 23 June 2002 France
• Jean-Philippe BAERT / installation 4 July to 25 Aug 2002 France
• Patrick COHN / installation 4 July to 25 Aug 2002 France
• Marie MAQUAIRE / video 4 July to 25 Aug 2002 France
• Monsieur CLUB & the Jim Caddy’s Assistants / video - multi media 4 July to 25 Aug 2002 Germany France
• Rémi PAPILLAULT / architect - installation 4 July to 25 Aug 2002 France
• Alain JOSSEAU / multi media - installation 5 Sep to 20 Oct 2002 France
• Agnès CHARBONNEL / photography 27 Oct to 24 Nov 2002 France
• Sylvie FONTAYNE / photography 27 Oct to 24 Nov 2002 France
• Anne MONTAUT / photography 27 Oct to 24 Nov 2002 France
• Christine MORAZIN / photography 27 Oct to 24 Nov 2002 France
• Fabrice DESAMIS / painting - collage 3 April to 18 May 2003 France
• Eric ANDRÉATTA / installation - video 7 July to 31 Aug 2003 France
• Claude FAURE / installation 7 July to 31 Aug 2003 France
• Jakob GAUTEL / installation 7 July to 31 Aug 2003 Germany
• Jason KARAÏNDROS / installation 7 July to 31 Aug 2003 France
• Xavier LAMBERT / multi media 7 July to 31 Aug 2003 France
• Miller LEVY / video 7 July to 31 Aug 2003 France
• Pol PEREZ / installation 7 July to 31 Aug 2003 France
• Les REQUINS MARTEAUX / installation 7 July to 31 Aug 2003 France
• Pierrick SORIN / video 7 July to 31 Aug 2003 France
• Véronique BARTHE / photography 7 Sep to 19 Oct 2003 France
• Mireille LOUP / multi media - video 7 Sep to 19 Oct 2003 France
• Mable ODESSEY / photography 26 Oct to 23 Nov 2003 U.S.A.
• Carole AUBERT / painting - installation 23 May to 27 June 2004 France
• Didier CROS / painting 23 May to 27 June 2004 France
• Chu-Yin CHEN / video – multi media 4 July to 29 Aug 2004 Korea
• LAWICKMÜLLER / digital photography 4 July to 29 Aug 2004 Germany
• Stéphane MASSON / installation 4 July to 29 Aug 2004 France
• Orlan
  Orlan
  ORLAN is a French artist, born May 30, 1947 in Saint-Étienne, Loire. She lives and works in Los Angeles, New York, and Paris. She was invited to be a scholar in residence at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles, for the 2006-2007 academic year...
  
   / multi media - photography 4 July to 29 Aug 2004 France
• Nicole TRAN BA VANG / digital photography 4 July to 29 Aug 2004 Vietnam
• Zhou XIAOHU / video installation 4 July to 29 Aug 2004 China
• Ghizlane ABBADI / video 5 Sep to 17 Oct 2004 Morocco
• Frédéric BELLI / painting - installation 5 Sep to 17 Oct 2004 France
• Shadi GHADIRIAN / photography 5 Sep to 17 Oct 2004 Iran
• Claude JEANMART / digital photography 5 Sep to 17 Oct 2004 France
• Ginette LAFON / photography - installation 5 Sep to 17 Oct 2004 France
• Véronique SAPIN / Video 5 Sep to 17 Oct 2004 France
• Alice ODILON / photography 24 Sep to 28 Nov 2004 France
• Thanos CHRYSAKIS / sound installation 3 April to 8 May 2005 Greece
• Pascal Dombis
  Pascal Dombis
  Pascal Dombis is a digital artist who uses computers and algorithms to produce excessive repetition of simple processes.-Life and work:Dombis lives and works in Paris. He earned an engineering degree from the Insa University in Lyon...
  
   / multi media installation 3 April to 8 May 2005 France
• Francis PRATT / painting - Science 3 April to 8 May 2005 UK.
• Rachel HENRIOT / multi media - video 15 May to 26 June 2005 France
• Louis BEC / multi media installation - Science 3 July to 28 Aug 2005 France
• Michel BRET / multi media 3 July to 28 Aug 2005 France
• Edmond Couchot
  Edmond Couchot
  -Life and work:Couchot is a Doctor of aesthetics in the visual arts. From 1982-2000 he headed the department of Arts and Technologies of the Image at the University Paris VIII. He continues to take part in speculative and hands-on study of digital imagery and virtual reality at University Paris...
  
   / multi media 3 July to 28 Aug 2005 France
• Carmen MARISCAL / photography installation 3 July to 28 Aug 2005 Mexico
• Karl Sims
  Karl Sims
  Karl Sims is a computer graphics artist and researcher, who is best known for using particle systems and artificial life in computer animation....
  
   / video 3 July to 28 Aug 2005 U.S.A.
• Marie-Hélène TRAMUS / multi media 3 July to 28 Aug 2005 France
• Joseph Nechvatal
  Joseph Nechvatal
  Joseph Nechvatal is a post-conceptual art digital artist and art theoretician who creates computer-assisted paintings and computer animations, often using custom-created computer viruses.-Life and work:Joseph Nechvatal was born in Chicago...
  
  / painting - Science 4 Sep to 16 Oct 2005 U.S.A.
• Laurence DEMAISON / photography 30 Oct to 27 Nov 2005 France
• Hans BOUMAN / video 11 March to 7 May 2006 Holland
• Andrea FORTINA / painting 11 March to 7 May 2006 Italy
• Gilles GHEZ / modelage installation 11 March to 7 May 2006 France
• Anne GOROUBEN / drawing - painting 11 March to 7 May 2006 France
• Claude JEANMART / video multi media 11 March to 7 May 2006 France
• Paloma NAVARES / photography 11 March to 7 May 2006 Spain
• Vladimir SKODA / sculpture 11 March to 7 May 2006 Czech Rep.
• Jack VANARSKY / installation 11 March to 7 May 2006 Argentina
• Paloma NAVARES / photography - installation 3 June to 20 Aug 2006 Spain