4/10/2005
Fiac 2005
FIAC Paris, Paris
32nd edition. Some 227 galleries will exhibit; 26 countries will be represented. An intensified programme of on-site events (conferences and debates; an exhibition of the 4 candidates short-listed for the Marcel Duchamp Prize) accompanied by outside events organized in collaboration with Paris' major cultural institutions, private collectors, corporate collections and galleries.
32 nd Edition - Exhibitions, conferences, debates
The 32nd FIAC will take place from October 6th to October 10th in halls 4 and 5.1 of the Parc des Expositions, Porte de Versailles. Some 227 galleries, almost a quarter of them (47) new to FIAC, will exhibit. 26 countries will be represented by 113 foreign galleries and 99 from France.
FIAC 2005 will be marked by: the development of Perspectives (9 new galleries of which 7 are from outside France) and Future Quake (11 new galleries of which 8 are from outside France); the second edition of a high-level and extremely selective design section introduced in 2004 (10 galleries of which one is a first-time participant); a new section dedicated to film, video and new media.
FIAC 2005 will also present an intensified programme of on-site events (conferences and debates; an exhibition of the 4 candidates short-listed for the Marcel Duchamp Prize) accompanied by an impressive calendar of outside events organized in collaboration with Paris’ major cultural institutions, together with numerous private collectors, business people, corporate collections and galleries...
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Special Events
Citroën, official partner of Fiac 2005, is present at the fair celebrating the 50th anniversary of an avant-garde symbol of the 20th century…its mythic DS.
Divided up between the two halls, two exhibition spaces retrace the history of the automobile that inspired many artists; a car that has ranked Citroën for all time as the industrial pioneer of design worldwide.
For the first time, FIAC join forces with the the Marcel Duchamp Prize and feature an exhibition of the 4 artists who have been nominated for the award: Kader Attia (video, installation), Gilles Barbier (drawing, installation), Olivier Blanckart (photography, installation) and Claude Closky (multi-media and new technologies).
The winner of the 2005 Marcel Duchamp Prize will be officially announced at FIAC on Saturday October 8th.
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Conferences at Fiac 2005
The “Forum†bring together artists, intellectuals, exhibition curators, collectors and art critics in a series of debates and conferences focusing on the major evolutions of contemporary creation, together with current transformations in the art market.
The program is organized around three principal themes: an in-depth exploration of three emerging art scenes (the Balkans, India and Brazil); the relationships between the visual arts and cinema, and between the visual arts and architecture; the examination of current practices in the field of private collecting through a series of discussions with prominent international art collectors invited to FIAC.
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Program
Thursday October 6
2.30-4.00 pm: Role reversal: Exhibiting films, projecting contemporary art
Held on the occasion of Renoir/Renoir, inaugural event at the Cinémathèque française - www. Cinematheque.fr
4.30-6 pm: Collecting: private act or public?
Organized by Fiac in cooperation with Les Echos Week-End
Friday October 7
2.00-3.30 pm: Painting after
Organized by the magazine (art absolument)
4.00-5.30 pm: Other scenes: India
A discussion occasioned by the exhibition Indian Summer: Emerging Artists from India at the Paris national fine arts school (ENSBA)
Organized by the ENSBA in cooperation with Fiac
6.00-7.30 pm: Other scenes: The Balkans
Organized and produced by Fiac
Saturday October 8
1.30-2.30 pm: Multipistes
(Multi-track), a radio programme by Arnaud Laporte
3.00-4.00 pm: Culture plus: le Débat
Radio programme hosted by Arnaud Laporte, broadcast over France Culture: Monday, October 10 9.00-10.00 pm
Organized by France Culture
4.30-5.30 pm: Project Offshore, the story of a survey show of work by emerging French artists
Organized by the Espace Paul Ricard
6.00-7.30 pm: Other scenes: Brazil
Organized by Fiac
Sunday 9 October
1.30-2.30 pm: From news to history: critics and documentation
Discussion initiated and organized by the International Association of Art Critics-Criticism Today (AICA) and the Art Criticism Archives. In cooperation with the National Institute of Art History (INHA)
3.00-4.00 pm: Art & Architecture
Organized by Maison Française
4.30-5.30 pm: Is the auto an artwork?
Where does design begin and end in the conception of cars?
What are style’s openings and limits?
Are purpose-driven technology and creativity compatible?
Organized by Citroën
6.00-7.00 pm: The French art scene: myths and reality
Organized by the Journal des Arts
Monday 10 October
4.00-5.30 pm: Experiencing artworks at work: the end-users of the Municipal Contemporary Art Collection (Fmac)
Round table organized by the city of Paris and its Art in the City Department, in partnership with the Department of Knowledge and Practice of Contemporary Art at the Sorbonne
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Time
Wednesday 5 October
Trade afternoon: 3 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Opening (by invitation only): 7 p.m.-10 p.m.
Thursday 6 October
12 noon - 8 p.m.
Friday 7 October
12 noon - 8 p.m.
Saturday 8 October
Trade morning 10 a.m.-12 noon
Public 12 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Sunday 9 October
12 noon - 8 p.m.
Monday 10 October
12 noon - 6 p.m.
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Rates
Access: 17 euros
Art Student: 8 euros
Catalog during the fair: 30 euros
France Billet: www.france-billet.com
0 892 692 694 (0.34 € TTC la minute)
or in: Fnac, Carrefour, Géant, Réseau France Billet
Ticketnet: www.ticketnet.fr
0 892 390 100 (0.34 € TTC la minute)
or in: Virgin Megastore - Auchan - E-Leclerc - Galeries Lafayette - Cultura
Getting there
Metro: Line 12 – Station: "Porte de Versailles"
Line 8 – Station: "Balard"
Bus: Routes PC1, 80
Parking: Porte de Versailles
Image: Emmanuel Nguyen Ngoc
Opening: 5 october 7 p.m.-10 p.m.
FIAC
Porte de Versailles, Halls 4 and 5.1 - Paris