Jean-Marc Lelouch: "Ceramics Are Underpriced"

What kind of gallerist are you? I'm a dealer who started out by scouring flea markets and second-hand shops for bargains. As time went by, I turned into a gallerist, in the sense that today I work more with living artists. The shift came naturally: when we started out in the 1980s, creations by Jean Royère, Alexandre Noll and Jean Prouvé were still affordable. Their prices hadn't yet reached the impossible levels they have today. Ceramics have always been present, especially since I discovered Georges Jouve 30 years ago. I bought many works; dealers were interested in them and we sold them to each other. Things gelled immediately, like with Noll and Royère. This dynamic has carried me all these years, with beautiful moments, like when gallerist Yves Gastou held his Francesca Guerrier show in 2001. I fell in love with pieces that I'm happy to have kept! Where do you want the gallery's identity to go? I focus…