Rita Ackermann
Karina Bisch
Karla Black
Ulla von Brandenburg
Nicolas Chardon
Tomàs Espina (Argentina)
Lydia Gifford
David Hominal
Sergej Jensen
Jacob Kassay
Benoit Maire
David Noonan
Reto Pulfer
Lili Reynaud-Dewar
Pietro Roccasalva
David Schutter
Oscar Tuazon
Lesley Vance
Jessica Warboys
Vincent Honore'
Yves Aupetitallot
27/5/2011
Tableau
Magasin, Grenoble
The exhibition brings together twenty one artists who propose strong and unique positions. 'Tableau' refers to its literal sense of 'a work in paint' executed on all kinds of support media. In its figurative sense, it refers to the idea of a flaw 'in the beauty of a work.' The opening of the exhibition will feature a program of performances featuring artists included in the exhibition.
Curated by Yves Aupetitallot and Vincent Honore'
Our first idea was to look into the very generic question of
contemporary practices connected to painting, those
observable mainly in the production of the generation of
emerging artists in their thirties.
More than the issue of painting, too general and too far from
the reality of these practices, we retained the notion of the
"tableau," which became the title of the exhibition. This
exhibition will mainly propose to shift the focus regarding
painting from the stretcher to the gesture - to the performative
aspects of painting.
The exhibition will bring together twenty one artists who we
think propose strong and unique positions.
"Tableau" refers to its literal sense of "a work in paint" executed
on all kinds of support media. In its figurative sense, it refers to
the idea of a flaw "in the beauty of a work." When it is said to
be "vivant", or "living," it is the representation of a scene
painted or interpreted by participants remaining immobile or
"posed." The "tableau" is also an ensemble of objects, a natural
representation that strikes the eye and the mind. It can make
reference to an elaborate space-time or even a scene taken in
by a brief glimpse.
The exhibition brings together artists working with these
notions. Using as point of departure issues like re-covering
painting's support media, the figures and objects of its
representation and the space of its presentation will stage them
and bring them into the order of fictional activities. These either
generate the work by producing it materially or performing it.
Existing works and many new works will be presented.
Curators of the exhibition: Yves Aupetitallot, director of
Magasin and Vincent Honoré, head of collections and curator
of the David Roberts Foundation in London.
The exhibition will be accompanied by a book featuring
interviews with the artists.
The opening of the exhibition will feature a program of
performances featuring artists included in the exhibition.
Artists: Rita Ackermann (Hongrie), Karina
Bisch (France), Karla Black (Ecosse),
Ulla von Brandenburg (Allemagne),
Nicolas Chardon (France), Aaron
Curry (USA), Tomàs Espina
(Argentine), Lydia Gifford
(Angleterre), David Hominal
(Suisse), Sergej Jensen (Danemark),
Jacob Kassay (USA), Benoît Maire
(France), David Noonan (Australie),
Spandau Parks (USA), Reto Pulfer
(Suisse), Lili Reynaud-Dewar
(France), Pietro Roccasalva (Italie),
David Schutter (USA), Oscar
Tuazon (USA), Lesley Vance (USA),
Jessica Warboys (Angleterre).
PRESS CONTACTS MAGASIN
Laure Chataigner l.chataigner@magasin-cnac.org
Catherine Giraud c.giraud@magasin-cnac.org
Tél. : 0033 (0)4 76216526
AGENCE CLAUDINE COLIN COMMUNICATION
Valentine Dolla valentine@claudinecolin.com Tel.: 0033 (0)1 42726001
Opening, Saturday 28 May, at 6pm
The opening of the exhibition will feature a program of performances
featuring artists included in the exhibition.
MAGASIN – Centre National d'Art Contemporain
Site Bouchayer-Viallet, 155 Cours Berriat 38000 Grenoble