FIAC STORIES
FIAC OVR | Conversation Room | Petit Palais
In the rooms of the exhibition Edition limitée. Vollard, Petiet et l’estampe de maîtres that the Petit Palais dedicates to the publishing ventures of two major art dealers of the twentieth century – the visionary Ambroise Vollard and his spiritual successor, Henri Marie Petiet – Yvon Lambert presents his own background as a publisher. Just like...
FIAC OVR | Through the Eyes of | Bernard Blistène
Whether “face-to-face” or not, any choice is a commitment to an imperfect cause. So I decided, or took it upon myself – whichever you prefer – to select only fifteen artists from the French scene and, what’s more, these artists are not (yet) present in our...
FIAC OVR | Conversation Room | Petit Palais
In the rooms of the exhibition Edition limitée. Vollard, Petiet et l’estampe de maîtres that the Petit Palais dedicates to the publishing ventures of two major art dealers of the twentieth century – the visionary Ambroise Vollard and his spiritual successor, Henri Marie Petiet – Yvon Lambert presents his own background as a publisher. Just like Vollard before him, Yvon Lambert continued, after the closure of his gallery, to devote his time entirely to his passion for the publication of...
FIAC OVR | Through the Eyes of | Bernard Blistène
Whether “face-to-face” or not, any choice is a commitment to an imperfect cause. So I decided, or took it upon myself – whichever you prefer – to select only fifteen artists from the French scene and, what’s more, these artists are not (yet) present in our collections. The list will be surprising and even surprised me! So it just goes to show that the attraction of an artwork is stronger than any prejudice. Who could complain about that?Bernard BlistèneBernard Blistène has been the director of...
FIAC FOCUS | Mythology
10 artworks address and reinterpret mythology of different regions : from Ancient Greece to that of Caxinauás people.Mimmo JodiceDemetra, Opera lll, Ercolano, 1992Vistamare/Vistamarestudio Mimmo Jodice has used photography both to analyze reality and as an instrument of introspective investigation. His images document the impassioned interaction of the photographer’s eye with the world. Demetra, Opera lll, Ercolano, 1992, represents the vestals of the fascinating ancient world, testifying...
FIAC TIPS | Intérieurs 2020: Stefan Tcherepnin, “House of Horrors”
Stefan TcherepninHouse of Horrors, 2020Colour video, sound3mn A genius of Jack O'Lantern summoned to the House of Horrors guides us through a series of traumas, both real and imagined, in a freight train of terror. Stefan Tcherepnin born 1977 in Boston, USA. He lives and works in Kingston, New York, USA. Stefan Tcherepnin is a mixed media artist and composer. His work often takes the form of immersive, meta-narrative installations that integrate painting, sculpture, video and found objects. ...
FIAC FOCUS| Poetry and literature
Drawing inspiration from or alluding to poetry or literature, as well as directly using written word is what brings together the artworks presented here.Etel AdnanUntitled, 2020Lelong & CO. Etel Adnan was born in 1925 in Beirut. She lives and works in Paris.William KentridgeAnd I Alone, 2020Marian Goodman “There always needs to be a connection between the topic being addressed and the material in which one thinks about it. This may be charcoal, it may be ink, it may be the gesture of...
FIAC OVR | Conversation Room | Bourse de Commerce – Pinault Collection
Within the framework of its upcoming opening to the public, the Bourse de Commerce – Pinault Collection is organising an encounter with French artist and performer Lili Reynaud Dewar, in conversation with Caroline Bourgeois, the curator of the Pinault Collection. Together, they discuss her singular and multidisciplinary art practice, her collective projects – notably with students – as well as the environments she creates and occupies. They also talk about the subjects and figures that inspire...
FIAC TIPS | Intérieurs 2020: Marie Angeletti, “Robe à smock”
Marie ANGELETTI Robe à smock, 2020Video, colour, sound2mn 33sec From my parents' house to my new flat and workshop in Marseille, August 2020. Marie Angeletti (b.1984, FR) lives and works in New York. Her work is as much contingent on the demands of its context as it is on chance encounters. It amplifies peripheral situations, as if a compression of experience, perception, conduct, collaboration or permission. She uses photography, videos, installation, although her work varied in its forms....
FIAC TIPS | Intérieurs 2020: Clément Rodzielski, “Soda Cinéma”
Clément RODZIELSKISoda Cinéma, 2020Colour video, sound2mn 18sec Still life and revolving, three endless paintings come to life on three liquid monochromes. An example of late precinema. Participating in a “re-subjectivating” approach, Clément Rodzielski’s work reintroduces gesture, spontaneity and intention, as a mean of recomposition. His works question the original purpose of images through both circulation and reproduction techniques. With protocols relying on replication and representation...
FIAC TIPS | Intérieurs 2020: Sara Sadik, “G-LAND”
Sara Sadik G-LAND, 2020 Video, colours, sound 2mn 59 sec G-LAND is a project designed to bring young men into a virtual world, where they can carry out 'gambling sessions'. The 'brainstorming sessions' are moments during which these young men think intensely about their lives, their past, their future, their worries and anxieties. These 'gambergeurs' are tormented, neglected and forgotten young men, who have no access to escape, support or personal follow-up, leaving them alone to face...
FIAC PORTRAIT | X Zhu-Nowell
Can you present yourself? My name is X Zhu-Nowell. I’m a curator, writer, and occasionally an artist. Currently, I’m a curator at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, where I organize exhibitions and performances, lead discussions, acquire artworks and to borrow a phrase from another curator, Catherine David, I "produce, discuss, debate, and circulate to various audiences a certain number of ideas and formal articulations proposed by author(s)." Here, I understand "author" broadly. An author is...