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After Brasilia and Chandigarh, Louidgi Beltrame continues his personal and poetic mapping of modern architecture on the territory of the former USSR.
After Brasilia and Chandigarh, Louidgi Beltrame continues his personal and poetic mapping of modern architecture on the territory of the former USSR.
Exhibition for the 12th Prize Fondation d’entreprise Ricard.
The Fondation d’entreprise Ricard is exhibiting 10 years of cneai = production, organizing an exceptional auction at the conclusion of the week. Fifty artists are represented through their editions and publications: multiples, engravings, videos, artist’s books…
The claude glass, an optical instrument developed during the Renaissance and made by applying a black sheet at the back of plate glass, was used by painters to compose a painting, among other things. The mirror reflects a landscape or an object a painter wishes to represent, but the reflection reduces color and depth, which makes composition easier.
Built on reminiscences of prehistory with tools usually associated with spectacle, « Paléorama » is a paleontological exhibition of sorts structured around video installations.
« Arts holds a knowledge about us that exceeds any other, and this knowledge takes the form of drawings, not a language.»
Jean Luc Nancy, Le plaisir au dessin, Editions Galilée, p 63
« I brought together six young artists whom I met during these three last years in a group work around an exhibition project. This group is formed of Gabriel Abrantes, Bertille Bak, Benjamin Crotty, Bertrand Dezoteux, Sarah Lis, Florian Pugnaire, Tamara de Wehr and I. »
Christophe Kihm
Autumn 2009