Neotu Gallery

Néotù was a contemporary furniture gallery founded in 1984 in Paris.

Gérard Dalmon (b. 1945), a computer consultant at Cap Gemini, and Pierre Staudenmeyer (1952—2007), a marketing consultant, established the Galerie Néotù in 1984 in Paris, France, on the rue de Verneuil, then in 1985 on the rue du Renard. Galerie Néotù sold contemporary furniture and other items by primarily French designers, artists, and architects. The items were produced in limited editions, some unique. The gallery assisted with production and was instrumental in establishing some of the young, essentially unknown French designers of the 1980s and 1990s, who have since become members of the current who's who of French and international design.

The enterprise pursued an approach to design, which was in the trend of the time, and focused on designers whose work was known as art furniture. Dalmon and Staudenmeyer's effort can be favorably compared to others active from the mid-1980s, such as Rick Kaufman’s Art et Industrie gallery and Michael Steinberg’s Furniture of the Twentieth Century gallery, both in New York City.

In 1990, a branch was established in New York City, and, in 1992, the Galerie Néotù began representing VIA (the French furniture association) in the U.S.

Néotù closed in 2001.

Designers

Galerie Néotù has shown and sometimes manufactured works by furniture designers, architects, and artists.

Exhibitions

Exhibitions at Galerie Néotù, Paris

• 1985 March - "Collection PI' - Martin Szekely
• 1985 April June - "Onze Lampes" - Emmanuelle Colboc, Sylvain Dubuisson, Gérard Dalmon, Olivier Gagnère, Elizabeth Garouste & Mattia Bonetti, Kevin Gray, Philippe Nogen, Pucci de Rossi, Martin Szekely, Jérome Thermopyles, Olivier Thomé - Catalogue "Onze Lampes" - Publisher Galerie Neotu
• 1985 November December - "La Conversation" - Chairs by François Bauchet, Bécheau-Bourgeois, Gérard Dalmon, Epinard bleu, Olivier Gagnère, Elizabeth Garouste & Mattia Bonetti, Augustin Granet, Mary Little, Pucci de Rossi, Martin Szekely
• 1986 September November - "English Eccentrics" - Ron Arad, André Dubreuil, Tom Dixon, Sue Golden, Jasper Morrisson, John Webb
• 1987 September October - "Ceramics from 1955 to 1959" - Franco Meneguzzo
• 1992 April May - "April in Paris" - Constantin Boym, David Capogna, Lyn Godley & Lloyd Schwan, Douglas Fitch, Paul Ludick, Ali Tayar
• 1992 October November - "Colour Comedies ceramics" - Garouste & bonetti, Michael Graves, Zaha Hadid, Atsushi Kitagawara, Jo Laubner, Ettore Sottsass - made by the Waechtersbacher Keramik Workshop
• 1992 November December - "Les fleurs du mal" - William Sawaya
• 1999 November December - "Inside Out" - Christian Ghion
• 2000 January February - "BYOB: Bring Your Own Book" - Eric Benqué, Christian Biecher, Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, Matali Crasset, Christian Ghion, Christophe Pillet
• 2000 June July - "GeoBio" - Elizabeth Garouste & Mattia Bonetti

Exhibitions at Neotu Gallery, New York

• 1990 September October - "Opening Exhibition" - Elisabeth Garouste & Matia Bonetti
• 1991 January February - "A Warriors Collection" - Ravage: Arnold van Geuns & Clemens Rameckers
• 1991 June July - "Green Pieces" - Dan Friedman
• 1991 September November - "Initials and other pieces" - Martin Szekely
• 1992 September November - "Mobile Furniture Collection" - Jean-Paul Gaultier
• 1992 November January - "Colour Comedies ceramics" - Elisabeth Garouste & Matia Bonetti, Michael Graves, Zaha Hadid, Atsushi Kitagawara, Jo Laubner, Ettore Sottsass - produites par Waechtersbacher Keramik Workshop
• 1993 March April - "A new furniture collection" - Elisabeth Garouste & Matia Bonetti
• 1993 April May - "Drawings, Objects & Furniture" - Sylvain Dubuisson
• 1993 May June - "A new furniture collection" - Lyn Godley & Lloyd Schawn

Bibliography

Brochures

• 1985 - "Onze Lampes" - Publisher Galerie Néotù - Paris - 1985 See the brochure

References

• 1986 - "Le style des années 80" - Sophie Anargyros - Publisher Rivages/Style - Paris - 1986 - ISBN 2-86930-032-8
• 1987 - "The New Furniture: Trends + Traditions" - Peter Dormer - Publisher Thames and Hudson - New York - 1987 - ISBN 0-500-23492-2
• 1987 - "International Design Yearkbook 3" - Philippe Starck - Publisher Abbeville Press - New York - 1987 - ISBN 0-89659-765-2
• 1998 - "Design aujourd'hui" - Christine Colin - Publisher Flammarion - Paris - 1988 - ISBN 2-08-012097-2
• 1988 - "MDF des créateurs pour un matériau : Exposition, Jouy-en-Josas, 24 avril-22 mai 1988" - Publisher Fondation Cartier - Paris - 1988 - ISBN 2-86925-019-3
• 1988 - "Berlin: les avant-gardes du mobilier : 6 Septembre-3 Octobre 1988, Galerie des Breves du CCI, Centre G. Pompidou, Galerie VIA, Galerie Néotù, Paris" - Angela Schönberger, Centre de création industrielle - Publisher Centre Pompidou - Paris - 1988
• 1990 - "Union des Arts Français" - New Art Fair '90 in Chicago - Publisher UAF - Paris/New York - 1990
• 1990 - "New Italian Design" - Nally Bellati - Publisher Rizzoli - New York - 1990 - ISBN 0-8478-1258-8
• 1991 - "Chicago International New Art Form" - Catalogue - Publisher Lakeside Group Inc. - Chicago - 1991
• 1992 - "International Design Yearbook 7' - Andrée Putman - Publisher Abbeville Press - New York - 1992 - ISBN 1-55859-285-7
• 1992 - "Sylvain Dubuisson" - Publisher AFAA - Paris - 1992 - ISBN 2-86545-094-5
• 1992 - "Colour Comedies" - Publisher Nieswand Verlag - Kiel - 1992 - ISBN 3-926048-90-5
• 1992 - "La France à l'Exposition universelle, Séville 1992: facettes d'une nation" - Régis Debray - Publisher Flammarion - Paris - 1992 - ISBN 2-08-035202-4
• 1993 - "International Design Yearbook 8' - Bořek Šípek - Publisher Abbeville Press - New York - 1993 - ISBN 1-55859-428-0
• 1994 - "International Design Yearbook 9' - Ron Arad - Publisher Abbeville Press - New York - 1994 - ISBN 1-55859-831-6
• 1994 - "The Design Encyclopedia" - Mel Byars - Publisher John Wiley & Sons - New York - 1994 - ISBN 0-471-02455-4
• 1995 - "Martin Szekely meublier-designer" - Brigitte Fitoussi, Didier Krzenowski, Pierre Staudenmeyer, Christian Schlatter - Publisher Hazan - Paris - 1995 - ISBN 2-86545-139-9
• 1995 - "Les années 80" - Anne Bony - Publisher Les Editions du Regard - Paris - 1995 - ISBN 2-84105-038-6
• 1996 - "International Design Yearbook 11' - Alexandro Mendini - Publisher Abbeville Press - New York - 1996 - ISBN 0-7892-0209-3
• 1998 - "Le Mobilier Francais: 1960-1998" - Yvonne Brunhammer & Marie-Laure Perrin - Publisher Charles Massin - Paris - 1998 - ISBN 2-7072-0338-6
• 1999 - "Inside Out" - Catalogue published for the exhibition of Christian Ghion at Neotu Gallery - Paris
• 2004 - "The Design Encyclopedia" - Mel Byars - Publisher Laurence King Publishing & The Museum of Modern Art - London & New York - 2004 - ISBN 0-87070-012-X
• 2007 - "Pierre Staudenmeyer et la Galerie Néotù" - AZIMUTS#29 - Constance Rubini - Publisher AZIMUTS, Cité du Design - Saint-Etienne - 2007 - ISBN 978-2-912808-07-3

Magazines

• 1984 - City Magazine International #3 - Société de Presse et d'Éditions - Genève - 1984
• 1993 - "Design Museum Map" - Axis #47 World Design Journal - Tokyo - 1993
• 2000 - "Salon du Meuble de Paris/Off event" - Axis #34 Design with a name - Tokyo - 2000

External links

• Neotu Gallery
• Pompidou Center - Paris - Exhibition: "Carrefour de la création - Un éditeur de design : la galerie Neotu"
• Musee des Arts Decoratifs - Paris - Collections
• MUDE "Museu do Design e da Moda" - Lisbon
• Fond National d'Art Contemporain - Paris - Collections
• Fond National d'Art Contemporain - Paris - Exhibition: "Design en stock"
• Encyclopedia Universalis