THE IRRESOLUTE

Indeterminacy has been defined by many artists and theorists as the vibrant heart of the “poetic act,” the stumbling block to “illumination.”  “Nothing is more hostile to the concept of beauty than the desire to give the mind a determined form,” wrote Friedrich Schiller in the 18th century, while in the middle of the 19th […]

PERSONA

“All the world is a theatre, and all men and women are but actors in it.” To this famous line by William Shakespeare,1 we are tempted to add an existential question that many philosophers and artists have taken up: who are we beyond the role we play and beyond our appearance? The complexity of this […]

KATARZYNA WIESIOLEK

Intimate space Beyond their breathtaking virtuosity, Katarzyna Wiesiolek’s drawings have a disturbing, almost tactile presence. One might be afraid of cutting oneself by grabbing one of her broken glasses or of getting dirty by sitting on her moldy plastic garden chair; one might want to pull on the cord of the blind with its misaligned […]

THE COLOUR JOURNAL

Artistic exploration  The Colour Journal is a collection of six volumes. The starting point of each is a colour: blue, red, yellow, green, white, and black. Benjamin Grillon, artistic director, who has collaborated with brands such as Gucci, Hermès, and Louis Vuitton, wanted to bring to light forgotten archives, hidden or simply ignored stories, and […]

MULTI-SENSORIAL WORKS WHEN THE OLFACTORY ENTERS THE SCENE 

Over the past century, the sense of smell has been used in art on several occasions, from Marcel Duchamp’s L’Air de Paris in 1919 to Michel Blazy’s Mur de poils de carotte in 2000, via Rachel Lachowicz’s Lipstick Urinals in 1992. The last decade has seen a number of multidisciplinary collaborations around olfaction flourish on […]

YUNI YOSHIDA, IN WONDERLAND

Her universe virtuously intertwines pop culture and surrealism in a palette of bright colors that leave room for all sorts of details, inviting the viewer to look closely. Even closer. Artist, photographer, and art director Yuni Yoshida has been creating visual works for over fifteen years in a wide range of fields, such as cosmetic […]

How to open an ephemeral art gallery in the Marais in Paris?

The Marais is one of the most popular districts in Paris, offering an ideal setting for ephemeral art galleries. It is a place of constant artistic emulation since it concentrates a great number of galleries, museums and cultural centers. If you are passionate about art and are looking to start your own ephemeral art gallery, […]

JAMES TURRELL AND LALIQUE : LIGHT AS MATERIAL

Seeking to create “an architecture of space” with light, James Turrell conducts his explorations on a large scale. For the first time, he has taken up the game of small dimensions by collaborating with the crystal factory founded by René Lalique, “the sculptor of light.” In homage to the landscapes of the American West, where […]

THE SURREALIST IMAGERY OF MICHAL ZAHORNACKY

The Slovakian photographer explores the multiple possibilities of portraiture and architecture in pictures where conceptual art and surrealism impose themselves between colour and black and white. Michal Zahornacky places his work between reality and fiction. The eclecticism of his images invites us into highly imaginative visual narratives. Originally from Povazska Bystrica in Slovakia, this lifelong […]

PAUL STRAND, THE PURE LINE

What do the poignant face of Blind Woman photographed on a New York street in 1916 have in common with the tightly framed round of bowls taken from above to compose Abstraction in the same year? Between the verticality of the lines traced by the monumental façades and the tiny silhouettes of Wall Street emerging […]