In La Critique de l’Ecole des Objets at Palais de Tokyo Alexandre Singh examines the complex relationships between the art world, humanness and objecthood in a hilarious but intriguing way.
This summer, two museums in Paris host a major retrospective of a new generation of French artists (born after 1975), who have now spread their wings around the globe. Two insiders have been asked to give their opinions of the current French art scene and the developments it is undergoing. Dorothée Dupuis takes a look at the artists, and Chris Sharp at the institutes.
This summer, two museums in Paris will host a major retrospective of a new generation of French artists (born after 1975), who have now spread their wings around the globe. Two insiders have been asked to give their opinions of the current French art scene and the developments it is undergoing. Dorothée Dupuis takes a look at the artists, and Chris Sharp at the institutes.
Museifcation is a composite process. One of its aspects is the deactivation of the living potential of an object or an event. But recently there is also another force: the petrifaction that occurs when an event, object or artwork is declared iconic.
