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16/10/2007

Pression a froid

Refectoire des Cordeliers, Paris

An exhibition of 13 artists & 13 curators

During the FIAC 2007, Sorbonne University’s Curatorial Masters program and L’Ecole National Supérieure des Beaux-Arts (National School of Fine Arts) will present the exhibition PRESSION A FROID at the Réfectoire des Cordeliers.

Upon entering the exhibition, the resonating naval sounds of maritime ports invite you to embark on a strange and intriguing itinerary through the 700m² space. Do not be discouraged. You need only to follow the bats projected in dark corners and onto the walls of this historical monument, the Réfectoire des Cordeliers.

Contemporary artworks, as diverse and heterogeneous as the members of this team, have been assembled for a voyage of illusions. The result of a collaboration between 13 young curators and 13 artists from the Beaux-Arts of Paris, the exhibition represents a reservoir of ideas “under pressure”.

PRESSION A FROID is a metaphor of double meaning. This title reflects the contradictions of our contemporary society that the curators and artists from the same generation (the majority born in the 1980s) wanted seize on the occasion of this exhibition. The first cold pressing renders an essence that is both sweet and sour. At the same time pure and exquisite, it is also a rare essence and therefore ephemeral and fragile.

This process is representative of the works in the exhibition, whose sometimes humoristic derision belies an essence that is fatally tragic. All the works reveal hybrid perceptions that disturb everyday context: a stable workout bike in the midst of the Tour de France, domestic objects stripped of their use, a banner slogan that is indecipherable.
Over the length of this one week exhibition, evening events focusing on the issues of curatorial work and exhibitions, as well as artists’ video projections and performances have been programmed. An exhibition catalogue, edited by ENSBA, partner of PRESSION A FROID, will be published on the occasion of the exhibition. Each curator is the author of a critical text about an artist being exhibited.

Artistes: Cyril Aboucaya, Thomas Deniau, Antoine Desailly, Vanessa Dziuba, Julie Fruchon, Martin Laborde, Laetitia Le Caron, jean-François Leroy, Florent Meng, Anthony Peskine, Kiama Sorli, Charles Veyron, Joana Zimmermann.

catalogue: 64 pages, ENSBA editions. Contacts: pulpart.expo@gmail.com
Fabienne Bideaud > 06 72 95 57 48
Judith Lavagna > 06 25 07 66 89

Réfectoire des Cordeliers
Collège des universités de Paris
15, rue de l’Ecole de Médecine, 75006 Paris
Métro Odéon
Everyday 11am-10pm, free entrance

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