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8/11/2012

Pour une grammaire du hasard

Fri Art - Kunsthalle Fribourg, Fribourg

For many years, painting has been equated with notions such as permanence or skill; furthermore,
it is an art form that excels in adapting to accidentality, temporariness or instability. The present
exhibition focuses on the production of pictorial work as such: the determinism of selected materials,
coincidences and temporary compositions appear to establish themselves as principles of
construction, thus challenging the authoritarian vision of the work of art.

In painting, the processes of negotiation, decision-making and resignation, the fluctuation between
control and release therefore suggest that intention is nothing more than an initial step towards the
self-empowerment of the work of art in itself.

Although the works featured in the exhibition are not necessarily paintings, the reading and the
perception that they convey directly evoke this register. A common trait shared by the artists is a
more or less ostentatious anti-heroism; for some, this quality finds its expression in a predilection
for salvaged construction materials whilst others display a consistently temporary determination.
The notion of authorship is widely invalidated – indeed, a work of art may consists of a series of
possible compositions or choices that appear to stem from corrections or a band-aid approach, or
even from experimental negotiations with the properties of the materials on display.

Fri Art - Kunsthalle Fribourg
Petites-Rames 22 - Fribourg
Wed-Fri 12-6 PM Sat-Sun 2-5 PM Thu free entry 6-8 PM Guided visits on request
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