MIN JUNG – YEON MIRAGE
“What is painting? It plunges the divine into perceptibility, it is eye—it sees time, it is abstract thought and makes us conceive of worlds and inter-worlds.” Markus Lüpertz. Two years ago, in the rotunda of the Guimet Museum (National Museum of Asian Art Guimet, Paris), Min Jung-Yeon led us into […]
FOCUS / A WORK FROM THE LOUIS VUITTON FOUNDATION COLLECTION: ANIMITAS (WHITE) BY CHRISTIAN BOLTANSKI (2017)
Three hundred Japanese bells suspended from long stems in the immaculate whiteness of a remote landscape (Île d'Orléans in Quebec) make their gentle tinkling sound "the music of the stars and the voices of floating souls" (Christian Boltanski, sic). Filmed in a long take, from dawn to dusk, they lull us, they […]
DAVID SPRIGGS AUGMENTS REALITY
Space is a visual theater that the Vancouver-based artist explores by layering it, creating immaterial landscapes that invite us to look beyond forms. It's all a matter of perception. Shaped by juxtaposing several parallel layers of transparent shapes or colors that he suspends, his works provide the illusion of a third dimension, the alternation […]
CAROLEE SCHNEEMANN, PIONEER OF PERFORMANCE ART
The Barbican Centre in London is presenting another major exhibition, "Carolee Schneemann: Body Politics," which brings to light the work of the pioneering American feminist artist and performance artist. With a deep-rooted commitment to activism, women's freedom was always her central theme. Carolee Schneemann (1939-2019) had no […]
TIM BREUER IN FREE FALL
From the watery depths seem to emerge impalpable, indistinct forms; floating, transparent bodies, sometimes evoking human plasticity, sometimes that of algae or jellyfish, or some translucent and luminescent creatures of the abyss… A strange, bottomless, and shallow world indeed, that of the young Berlin painter Tim Breuer, who was a student of […]
BAO VUONG BEYOND THE DARK
“The confrontation with the two infinities [sky and sea] humbles us and brings us back to a dialogue with ourselves.” In the late 1970s, barely a year old, Bao Vuong, nestled in his parents’ arms, made the long crossing on a makeshift boat, like thousands of other boat people […]
"PLASTIC MONUMENT", THE PLASTIC MONOLITH THAT REMINDS US TO RETURN TO ORDERS
The architecture firm VATRAA has created a unique work, once again sounding the alarm and highlighting our insane consumption of plastic. This curious monument was erected in the Lombard city. The concept? A monolithic form reminiscent of the megaliths of Stonehenge, inspired by the built heritage inherited from our ancestors […]
P17A1, THE NEW AERODYNAMIC CARAVAN FROM POLYDROPS
Kyunghyun Lew and Jieun Cha, two graduates in architecture and engineering, are passionate about road trips and obsessed with insulation and energy efficiency. In 2017, they decided to found Polydrops to design energy-efficient caravans that can withstand long distances and harsh weather conditions. After the P19 model, they are introducing […]