Title: La suite
Description: An exhibition composed of a selection of works and artists belonging to the collections FRAC (Fonds Regional d'Art Contemporain - Regional Funds of Contemporary Art of France), curated by artists Sigismond de Vajay and Juan Sorrentino. The term "suite" that gives its name to the exhibition refers to varied and multiple meanings. In the current context where the world is waiting for a supposed "normality", the French expression"comment vient la suite" ("what's going to happen"), expresses uncertainty about the future, about the new future. Also, The Suite is a piece of music with a structure composed of brief movements. Both meanings are present in the curatorship by proposing a set of sound works and installations that create multiple narratives, altering the boundaries between the exterior and interior of the Proa Foundation. The project began to be designed in 2019, adapting curatorially and conceptually to the new reality of cultural spaces. Starting from the languages of contemporary artistic practice, which allow the edition of new versions of the site-specific, the remote execution and the adaptation of the work to each exhibition space, La Suite was made up of a group of pieces that put in dialogue distant artists both in space and time. The selection of works includes photographs, performances, installations, sculptures, videos, painting, sound art and site-specific pieces and thematic current issues such as the authorship of the work, the original and the copy, and the use of everyday materials as substance, among others. The sound installations mark a score that expands the sensory dimensions of the viewer. Artists include: Michel Blazy (France, 1966), Patxi Bergé (France, 1988), Monica Bonvicini (Italy, 1965), Céleste Boursier-Mougenot (France, 1961), Geta Br?tescu (Romania, 1926-2018), Elina Brotherus (Finland, 1972), Tom Burr (United States, 1963), Clément Cogitore (France, 1983), Sebastián Díaz Morales (Argentina, 1975), Jennifer Douzenel (France, 1984), Maurizio Cattelan (Italy, 1960) / Philippe Parreno (Algeria, 1964), Michel François (Bélgica, 1956), Víctor Florido (Argentina, 1976), Pauline Fondevila (France, 1972), Vincent Ganivet (France, 1976), Shilpa Gupta (India, 1976), Séverine Hubard (France, 1977), Juan Jonas (United States, 1936), Peter Kogler (Austria, 1959), Vincent Lamouroux (France, 1974), Christian Marclay (Estados Unidos, 1963), Gordon Matta-Clark (United States, 1943-1978), Arno Rafael Minkkinen (Finland, 1945), Carsten Nicolai (Germany, 1965), Gabriel Orozco (Mexico, 1962), Laurent Perbos (France, 1971), Lotty Rosenfeld (Chile, 1943-2020), Denis Savary (Switzerland, 1981), Roman Signer (Switzerland, 1938), and Joel-Peter Witkin (United States, 1939).
Subjects: Exhibitions, Art, Private collections, History, Artists, Fonds régional d'art contemporain (France)
Places: France
Time periods: 21st century