Exploring the political, social and feminist implications of craft, the Parisian spring art event introduces a new curatorial topic, showing works by historical and contemporary artists whose approach borrows from the world of applied arts.
Opening VIP and Press Preview: April 3, 2024 | 11 AM – 9 PMOn view: April 4 – 7, 2024
The regional and cosmopolitan art fair Art Paris 2024 will unveil its 26th edition at the Grand Palais Éphémère from April 4 – 7, 2024, bringing together the best modern and contemporary artistic creation, re-establishing its presence as a major spring art event. Following a consistent focus on discovery and innovation since its founding in 1999, the fair will be welcoming a strong international presence in 2024, encompassing 136 modern and contemporary art galleries from 25 countries. This edition will explore two themes: Fragile Utopias. A Focus on the French Scene and Art & Craft, led respectively by guest curators Éric de Chassey and Nicolas Trembley.
Taking the name from the pioneering movement that saw the light of day in Great Britain at the end of the 19th century, Art & Craft curated by art critic and independent exhibition curator Nicolas Trembley, will explore the political, social and feminist implications of craft and ways to challenge or undermine the dominate narrative of power in the art world. The theme will address how modern and contemporary artists have taken – and continue to take - the world of crafts (ceramics, glass, tapestry, etc.) and make it their own, combining in so doing, thought and gesture. This follows the Arts and Crafts legacy of pursuit of a universal art form accessible to the masses, taking into account social and anthropological questions. The common thread seen in the artists presented within this theme is the result of a global vision of art, the integration of the practices of minorities and the recognition of women artists, who had all too often been left on the sidelines of the history of art and whose work was relegated to the status of domestic activities.
By reassessing a heritage that brings together the arts, popular traditions and folklore, the theme adopts an international perspective to underline the cultural diversity of these practices, and presents different generations of artists, attesting to the continuity between the pioneers and the artists of today, including Sheila Hicks, Jane Yand-d’Haene, Thomas Bayrle and Jeanne Vicerial among others (full list below).
As Nicolas Trembley explains: ‘Although it is true that the visual arts at the beginning of the 20th century incorporated practices more often associated with the applied arts, the emergence of a more conceptual form of contemporary art put an end to this historical way of doing things. Since the beginning of the 21st Century and the development of a globalized art market that pushes minority practices and groups to the fore, we are witnessing the emergence of artworks whose techniques are traditionally related to artisanship. Furthermore, we are rediscovering works by historical and contemporary artists whose approach borrows from the world of craft.’
Selected Artists: Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930-2017) - Richard Saltoun / Joël Andrianomearisoa (1977) - Almine Rech / Jean-Marie Appriou (1986) - Perrotin / Thomas Bayrle (1937) - Galerie East / Karina Bisch (1974) - Lahumière / Saloua Raouda Choucair (1916-2017) - Saleh Barakat / Michele Ciacciofera (1969) - Galerie Michel Rein / Daniel Dewar and Grégory Gicquel et Gicquel (B. in 1976 and in 1975) - Loevenbruck / Elizabeth Garouste (1946) - Galerie Ketabi Bourdet / Ge Ba - Galerie Françoise Livinec / Josep Grau-Garriga (1929-2011) - Galerie Claude Bernard / Sheila Hicks (1934) - Galerie Claude Bernard / Jérôme Hirson (1984) - Galerie Le sentiment des choses / Patrick Kim-Gustafson (1986) - Marguo / Jacqueline Lerat (1920-1992) and Jean Lerat (1913 -1992) - Capazza / Barbara Levittoux-Świderska (1933-2019) - Richard Saltoun / Oceania - Anonymous sculpture made in 1920 - Galerie Jeanne Bucher Jaeger / Shiro Tsujimura (1947) - Galerie Le sentiment des choses / Jeanne Vicerial (1991) - Templon / Jane Yang-d’Haene (1968) – Bienvenu Steinberg & J
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