La Coopérative des Malassis: [Cueco, Fleury, Latil, Parré, Tisserand : exposition, 3 mai-20 juin 1977, Centre des expositions de la ville de Montreuil (L'Art prend la parole)
Born in 1946, Jean-Louis Pradel is an historian, critic and art columnist who has been teaching humanities and contemporary art history at the École nationale supérieure des Arts Decoratifs since 1976. He has also been hosting “Encounters Discussion Groups” every week since this date, where he invites cultural newsmakers to the school in an open forum to talk about their work. He is a contributor to various journals and reviews such as “La Quinzaine Litteraire” and “Opus International”, of which he is the editor; from 1984 to 2000 he wrote for “L’Événement du Jeudi” and has been an “arts” columnist for various audio-visual programmes such as “Le Cercle de Minuit” on Antenne 2. Jean-Louis Pradel has published over twenty books including “La Cooperative des Malassis” (1977), “Art 82”, “Art 83-84“, “Jean-Michel Wimotte” (1988) “La Figuration Narrative” (2000 and 2008), “Picabia” (2002), “L’Art Contemporain” (2004) and “Proweller” (2007). He has also been exhibition commissioner for numerous exhibitions in France and abroad such as “Mythologies Quotidiennes 2”, (MAM 1977), “Le Style et le Chaos” ( Luxembourg Museum 1985), “Estruandos”, (Tamayo Museum Mexico 1987), “Julio Le Parc” (Espace Electra 1996), “Yann Kersale” (Tokyo 1998), “Voyages d’Artistes” (Espace Electra 2003) and “L’Amour de l’Art” (Agen 2007).