Purple Magazine
— F/W 2006 issue 6
A View On The French Art Scene
DUSTY PINK
curated by OLIVIER ZAHM in La Force de l’art, Grand Palais, Paris, Spring 2006
photographed by PIERRE EVEN
When I was asked to participate in a show devoted to French art at the Grand Palais, I said to Bernard Blistène, who brillantly piloted this mega-show at the Grand Palais : “I no longer want to curate artshows in an institutionnal context.” But he conviced me, because of his open and modern vision of what France can bring to the artworld. I decided to show how the French Art scene is coupled to the fashion world. My participation in the « Force de l’Art » has been knocked by the French media, and largely misunderstood by so-called art critics. This is why I use the pages of this magazine to present to an international public some images from the installations and art-works combined in the show.
It’s not…
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The RICK OWENS room, at the intersection between male and female, where appearances appear, cross and disappear. With Georges Tony Stoll, Jean-Luc Verna, Eugène van Lamsweerde, Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin.
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The HAIDER ACKERMANN room, a zone of tactility, materiality and subtlety which puts beauty on another plane. With Jean-Marc Bustamante, Bernard Frize, Ange Leccia, Michel Verjux and Bernar Venet.
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The MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA room, wherein the political aspects of the representations – their authority and artificiality are trapped and reconstructed. With Stefan Balkenhol, Christophe Brunnquell, Alain Declercq and Claude Rutault.
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The YVES SAINT LAURENT room, an erotic scene or procession, with secret rituals, paying homage to ultra-femininity. With Olivier Assayas, Christophe Brunnquell, Pierre Klossowski, Jean-Michel Othoniel and Juergen Teller.