Monday, October 22, 2012

A dive into the Parisian art world, part 4


At the moment people are queuing to Grand Palais to see a major Edward Hopper exhibition about an American illustrator who became an artist, but to me far more impressive artists are Mircea Cantor and Adel Abdessemed now showing in Centre Pompidou until January 7th 2013.
A picture from Mircea Cantor´s video Sic Transit Gloria Mundi, 2012.
Mircea Cantor, the winner of Prix Marcel Duchamp 2011, adds poetical tradition and beauty to everything he does. 

A detail of Adel Abdessemed´s Décor, 2011-12. 
Photo@Paula Hietaranta
I am innocent, says the title of Adel Abdessemed´s exhibition and means that we all are quilty. In the cruelty of our world he shows that we are the world and the history, our´s are the barbed wire of Quantanamo, the suffering Christ and the boats of illegal immigrants.







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