Rays of light refract whilst luminous spectral colors fill the room, the flowing movement of the water casts a spell over us through seemingly infinitely overlapping images. Suddenly it becomes clear that all these images originate from a digital source, […]
Last March, I was contacted by the editorial team of La belle revue, who asked me to write about the book Pour des écoles d’art féministes ! [In Favour of Feminist Art Schools]. I wanted to use this invitation to […]
A symphony of greed resonates in the exchange floors,where fortunes are played and settled with scores. The devil’s suit is tailor-made, a handmade design,his fork replaced by interwoven contracts.In boardrooms and behind the scenes, where secrets unveil,he negotiates deals in […]
I met Lili Reynaud Dewar in Paris— an artist who is also accustomed to interviewing people— so she could tell me about the city where she has been living and working for more than a decade now, a city that […]
In May 1970, at a time when the first warm rays of the Californian spring were beginning to be felt, Swiss artist Dieter Roth organised an exhibition at the Eugenia Butler gallery (Los Angeles) that was remarkable, to say the […]
Roland Barthes was one of the first to consider our everyday life attentively. With his Mythologies in particular, he revealed the way in which consumer objects and social practices shared en masse produce a discourse that speaks volumes about the twitches and […]
The deformed shadow of Pinocchio, the mirroring mises-en-abyme of Blade Runner and the Arnolfini Wedding,1 the grimacing face of Aphex Twin by Chris Cunningham, the hyperbolic chignon of Madeleine… all of these figures were present in the exhibition Enchanter la matière vulgaire and have recurred several […]
In the car, you cross the landscape in curves; each bend leads to a new perspective of the forest, steep cliffs and plains, alternately hidden and revealed by the fog. The trees losing their leaves, brushed by the last bronzes […]
At the Transpalette in Bourges, Jean-Luc Moulène is presenting, with “Disjunctions”, the first of his photographic series, with the same exacting approach underpinning all of the artist’s latterday work and, in particular, his photography. The “Disjunctions” are enigmatic and not […]
“The egg and the sandals”. It sounds like the title of a fable, the announcement of the protagonists – who often have nothing to do with one another before the story begins. It is an impromtu meeting, worthy of a […]
The Assaut de la Menuiserie presents “Blank”, a monographic exhibition by Juliana Borinski.When she works on photography or cinema, Juliana Borinski never uses a camera or video camera. She creates images that are generally abstract, using photosensitive paper or film […]
The Museum of Modern Art and the Opéra Théâtre de Saint-Étienne joined forces for the first time this spring, within the framework of the multidisciplinary festival Nouveau Siècle combining visual arts, dance, and music… The 2014 edition entitled “The New […]
Gabriel Kuri’s practice stems from the assembly of a small number of founding axioms, which he adapts, recontextualises and renames according to the site in which he intervenes. Among the elements that compose his plastic vocabulary, there are three major […]
Le Musée d’art moderne de Saint-Étienne présente jusqu’au 27 janvier 2013 «Fiat Flux» : la nébuleuse Fluxus 1962-1978 », une exposition anniversaire labellisée «d’intérêt national» par le ministère de la Culture et de la Communication. Or, la célébration muséale du cinquantenaire de […]
