Starting December 27, come and discover the exhibition "Equilibres" at the Guillaume gallery, 32 rue de Penthièvre! This is the end-of-studies project (PGR) of one of our students who is now employed by the gallery. Anastasiia is the exhibition curator for this event.
THE EXHIBITION
The initial idea of this project was inspired by an exhibition currently on at the Galerie Guillaume in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, bringing together two sculptors, Béatrice Arthus-Bertrand and Marie-Noëlle de la Poype. The work of these two artists offers an opportunity to reflect on the theme of balance. The sculptures will thus enter into dialogue with Vincent Fillon’s three series of photographs, with the Italian film "Equilibri nel tempo" (Balances in Time), and with a performance by the Italian artist who is the protagonist of this audiovisual work.
BALANCE AND FREEDOM
The diversity of expressive forms presented will invite questioning of the complexity of the subject. Visitors are invited to reflect on the history of humanity, on the problems of globalization, on inhabited space, on human influence on the environment, and on freedom. How do we find agreement in life while remaining free in our choices, decisions, and thoughts? Can we reach a balance with ourselves, in society, and with nature? To what extent do we manage to live in the impasse that sets nature against society, against the human desire for structure and mastery?
THE WORKS
Works that look very different at first glance will be placed in relation to one another so that viewers can find unexpected resemblances and parallels. The verticality and purity of Béatrice Arthus-Bertrand’s sculptures are echoed in Vincent Fillon’s photographs depicting the skyscrapers of a new district of Hong Kong. The archaic strength of Marie-Noëlle de la Poype’s sculptures recalls the images of Fabrizio Lecce’s documentary film "Equilibri nel tempo" (Balances in Time). The opposition between materials and techniques, the natural and the urban, architecture and nature creates a glimpse of the contrasts present in the contemporary world. The image of man, which is at the center of the exhibition, paradoxically remains absent from the works presented. The appearance of the artist Simone Franco, who will perform a piece on stone balancing (Stone Balance), will embody the interaction between man and nature. The harmony of stones from both the rural world and urban construction sites is the perfect image of the balance that human beings can achieve with nature, art, and themselves. The performance will be accompanied by piano improvisation.
THE ARTISTS
Béatrice Arthus-Bertrand, Marie-Noëlle de la Poype, Vincent Fillon, Fabrizio Lecce, Simone Franco.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Opening on December 27, 2016 from 19h to 23h
From December 27 to 30, 2016 at the Galerie Guillaume
GALERIE GUILLAUME 32, rue de Penthièvre, Paris 8th
Film screening at 20h15
Performance at 20h30
Open Tuesday to Saturday from 14h to 19h