Alexandre Singh / Marnie Weber
dal 21/4/2011 al 18/6/2011
Segnalato da
21/4/2011
Alexandre Singh / Marnie Weber
Palais de Tokyo, Paris
La Critique de l'Ecole des objets. Alexandre Singh examines the intellectual phenomena and commercial products of our consumer society through the lens of an ironic archaeology. His works consist of a blend of such diverse narratives genres as collage, the university lecture and Shakespearian drama. On the occasion of this second round of exhibitions, the hall of the Palais de Tokyo welcomes The Autumn Bear, a wooden sculpture of Marnie Weber. Her work unfolds through different mediums as diverse as collage, sculpture, music, video and performance.
Alexandre Singh
La Critique de l’École des objets
Alexandre Singh examines the intellectual phenomena and commercial products of our consumer society through the lens of an ironic archaeology. His works consist of a blend of such diverse narratives genres as collage, the university lecture and Shakespearian drama.
The School for objects Criticized; Alexandre Singh’s first solo presentation in a French institution; is an installation that takes the form of a theatrical play in which the role of artwork and spectator are inverted: the objects on display (a toaster, a bottle of bleach, two tape players, a sculpture, a slinky toy and taxidermic skunk) speculating about the world of human beings.
The pompous declarations of these characters/ objects invite us to question our own discussions about art and culture. The underlying text of this piece draws its inspiration from the self-referential theatre of Molière, the 2nd century Ad satirist Lucian of Samasota’s parodies of socratic dialogue, and even Woody Allen himself.
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Session 2
Marnie Weber - The Autumn Bear
On the occasion of this second round of exhibitions, the hall of the Palais de Tokyo welcomes The Autumn Bear, a wooden sculpture of Marnie Weber. The work of this California artist unfolds through different mediums as diverse as collage, sculpture, music, video and performance: it thus manages to create a world both dreamlike and disturbing characters and creatures that anthropomorphic come to live. Thus, the clown, the life-size wax doll or bear appear, among others, repeatedly in the lexicon of Marnie Weber, whose practice is heavily influenced by punk music. She herself has recorded two solo albums and collages were used to illustrate the album cover of Sonic Youth in 1998.
Opening 22 April 2011
Palais de Tokyo
13, avenue du President Wilson - Paris
Opening hours
Every day except Monday, noon – midnight
Admission fee
Full rate €6.00 — Concessions €4,5
Free for children and disabled people