Jean-Alain Corre, Dolphin Keeper After Golden Fuck Shatzy Antoinette Turning Jake Sully, 2019 © Aurélien Mole
“Future, Former, Fugitive” exhibition at Palais de Tokyo
16/10/2019
In autumn 2019, Palais de Tokyo is devoting all of its exhibition spaces to the French artistic scene.
Fabienne Adeoud © Aurélien Mole
The invited artists come from different generations, live all over France, or abroad; they do not use the same media, nor the same means of production; some have chosen to write their stories in groups, while others remain on the margins. Yet, by forming a complex image, these artists reveal contemporary art in France. They constitute a moving landscape in which connections, discreet kinships or, alternatively, singularities can be discerned.
Nathalie du Pasquier, Sans titre, 2018 © Alice Fiorilli
Anna Solal, Infusion Camomille, 2017-2018 © Aurélien Mole
Nicolas Tubéry, Maquignon – Concors, clédas amb negociacions, 2018 © Romain Darnaud
To illuminate this rich and fragmented landscape, Olivier Cadiot, one of the most singular and persistent voices in French literature, has been chosen as a source. Future, former, fugitive – the title of his novel published by P.O.L. in 1993 – tells of the very fragility of the moment, which owes as much to the constantly renewed aspirations for a world to come, as to the still-vibrant agitations of the past.