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