1996

Two exhibitions: Les Angéliques at the Cloître des Pénitents in Rouen, where he created a performance with his brother Gene Clarksville; recent works at the Françoise Palluel gallery, Paris.

Denis Godefroy shared with Jean-Pierre Bourquin and Guy Chaplin, a studio located on the banks of the Robec, route de Darnétal in Rouen. In April 1995, a letter announced that the premises had to be vacated of goods and people by 30 April at the latest. "My anger is the beauty of the site and the absurdity of the situation," exclaims Godefroy, who refuses to leave the premises.

Denis Godefroy shared with Jean-Pierre Bourquin and Guy Chaplin, a studio located on the banks of the Robec, route de Darnétal in Rouen. In April 1995, a letter announced that the premises had to be vacated of goods and people by 30 April at the latest. "My anger is the beauty of the site and the absurdity of the situation," exclaims Godefroy, who refuses to leave the premises.

« I have a lot of students and if this place disappears, that's it for them. I am also involved in therapeutic and psychiatric work with support painting. I also take on children... If this place collapses I won't be the first victim. These workshops are the memory of a vanished industrial civilisation. » D.G.