Rirkrit Tiravanija
dal 6/4/2012 al 6/4/2012
Segnalato da
6/4/2012
Rirkrit Tiravanija
Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris
Soup/No Soup. A formidably festive, large-scale, twelve-hour banquet composed of a single meal of Tom Ka soup
As a prelude to the opening of La Triennale 2012, Rirkrit Tiravanija has been invited to transform the main nave of Grand Palais into a formidably festive, large-scale, twelve-hour banquet composed of a single meal of Tom Ka soup. From noon until midnight, the Grand Palais will be open to the public, to share and sample a soup prepared and offered by the artist and his team. Generous yet modest, collective yet singular, Soup/No Soup convenes a summoning of all, where each and everyone will be able to enjoy an immaterial artistic experience based on encounter, and generosity. By creating and recreating micro-communities the artist draws all the artistic energy from the bonds and relationships that are formed between the participants in his projects. From being a passive spectator, the visitor becomes a player in a developing work. Based on otherness, nomadism, and the displacement of signs and contexts, the work of Rirkrit Tiravanija is more often than not composed of meeting points and points of communication and exchange. Seeking to abolish the frontier between art and life, the artist constantly challenges the expectations, status and form of the work of art. The original, protean, unclassifiable artistic output of this cosmopolitan artist has been acclaimed on the international scene for around 20 years. Free admission.