LA GAD IS A PRIVATE GALLERY WITHOUT SUBSIDIES OR SPONSORS. THE GALLERY MOVES AROUND ITS CENTER IN MARSEILLES IN A DYNAMIC, ANARCHIC, AND ORIGINAL TRAJECTORY.

LA GAD IS AN ART LABORATORY EXPERIMENT LOCATED IN ARNAUD DESCHIN’S APARTMENT IN MARSEILLE. THE ARCHITECT-DESIGNED SPACE HOSTS EXHIBITIONS AND DEVELOPS THEM IN A WAY SIMILAR TO AN ARTIST IN HIS STUDIO. BEYOND THE COMMERCIAL ASPECT THE GALLERIST IS ALSO PRESENT IN A STRONG CURATORIAL ROLE. AFTER GRADUATING FROM MARSEILLE ART SCHOOL ARNAUD DESCHIN HAS COLLABORATED WITH OVER 120 EMERGING AND ESTABLISHED ARTISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. LA GAD HAS CURATED OVER 50 EXHIBITIONS IN MARSEILLES AND OTHER LOCATIONS, AND IS PRESENT AT INTERNATIONAL ART FAIRS.

THE AIM OF THE GALLERY IS TO EXHIBIT AND PROMOTE EMERGING ARTISTS IN GROUP AND SOLO EXHIBITIONS. LA GAD WISHES TO SURPRISE ITS AUDIENCE IN ORDER TO CREATE NEW ENCOUNTERS AND CIRCULATE ARTISTS THROUGH NEW NETWORKS.

THE CONTEMPORARY ARTISTIC LANDSCAPE OF LA GAD, MAINLY ORIENTED TOWARDS CONCEPTUAL ART, MATERIAL WORKS, ARTISTS’ STORIES, OR THE HISTORY OF THE ‘WHITE CUBE’, IS NOW AFFIRMED BY A NEWFOUND SUPPORT TO FIGURATIVE PAINTING.

2016 IS AN IMPORTANT TURNING POINT FOR THE GALLERY AS LA GAD OPENS A NEW SPACE DESIGNED BY ARTIST FRED PRADEAU WHOSE WORK QUESTIONS STANDARDIZED SPACES. ARNAUD DESCHIN HAS OFFERED HIS NEW SPACE AS THE CREATION FOR A MAJOR AND TOTAL ART PIECE THAT WILL HOST A WHOLE NEW TEAM IN MARSEILLE. THE CURRENT SPACE WILL BE OFFERED FOR RENT AS A SPECIAL ACCOMMODATION: SPENDING A NIGHT OR TWO IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ART EXHIBITION, WITHIN HUNDREDS OF ART PIECES. WELCOME TO THE LAB!

Rave, may 2014, Group show @LA GAD MARSEILLE