Art at Work - tour
in a gallery
Last Tuesday, December 12, as part of her course on visits to artists' studios and galleries, our lecturer Marie Denis and the Master’s Year 1 Exhibition Curation students had the opportunity to meet curator Fanny Robin at the Alberta Pane gallery.
Fanny Robin is artistic director of the Fondation Bullukian in Lyon. She is the instigator of demanding projects, notably within the Foundation. With great conviction, she spoke about her artistic vision and described her captivating and committed career.
The discovery of Nos Natures, in the Alberta Pane Gallery, an exhibition by Marie Denis and Vladimir Vatsev, can be seen from December 2023 to February 2024.
Conceived as an "ethnography of nature" in two chapters, the exhibition unveils prints and sculptures by Marie Denis and, in the second space, a film by Vladimir Vatsev resulting from their close cooperation.
Marie Denis invites us to dive into her world, which intensifies her explorations of materials.
The film shown alongside, directed by Vladimir Vatsev, draws us into a dark and hypnotic universe made of silhouette masks that cross and stretch time, in the depth of places like the Palais Idéal du Facteur Cheval. It takes the form of moving sculptures, anchored in a metaphysics of nature that breathe life into beings and things. This film received support from the Académie des Beaux-Arts, Institut de France.
This two-voice exhibition offers a dreamlike and unsettling dive, reminding us of the close and paradoxical bond we have with Nature.
The meeting also took place in the company of Alysée Dores, director of the Alberta Pane gallery. She presented her duties in detail:
- Selecting artworks for exhibitions.
- Organize their transport and storage.
- Evaluate and select artworks.
- Collaborate with experts on artworks.
- Develop and update the gallery’s website.
- Manage relationships with the artists.
- Negotiate with the artists.
- Prepare reports on the gallery.
- Coordinate special events for gallery exhibitions.
A meeting also took place with Vladimir Vatsev, artist and filmmaker, whose work is profound and demanding.
Thank you for the lively exchanges!
A close-up on the Alberta Pane Gallery, which specializes in contemporary art, in Paris since 2008 and in Venice since 2017.
Two luminous white cubes in the Marais at 44 and 47 rue de Montmorency in Paris, and a former 350 m² carpentry workshop in Dorsoduro (Venice).
The gallery supports the work of international artists whose practices focus on an interdisciplinary approach with particular attention to installations, volumes and the perception of space.
Each year, the gallery presents several exhibitions and takes part in international art fairs.
Moreover, she regularly collaborates with her artists in museums and cultural institutions: DOCUMENTA, Biennale di Venezia, Manifesto, Istanbul Biennial, Lyon Biennale, Guggenheim Museum New York, Centre Pompidou, Palazzo Grassi in Venice…
The constant activity of Alberta Pane Editions since 2017 is an integral part of promoting the artists' work. An essential form, on the border between the monographic magazine, the pamphlet and the artist’s book. Alberta Pane strongly values rhizomatic collaboration.
The gallery is a member of the Comité Professionnel des Galeries d’Art, of Paris Gallery Map in France and of Venice Galleries View in Italy.
