FLAG - PETER REGLI

"After the successful appropriations of Olaf Breuning and Olivier Mosset, the Swiss Institute commissioned Peter Regli to re-design its Swiss flag. Regli's work often explores the interactions between institutions and public situations. For the SI, he remixes the red and white of the Swiss flag into a two faceted design; in effect, the Swiss cross is shattered into pieces like a puzzle. While waving in the wind, this face may either grin or frown at you.
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Swiss Institute Contemporary Art New York - EXHIBITIONS - FLAG - PETER REGLI

fuori i buh

"Una cittadinanza impaurita firma e distribuisce volantini con uno slogan enigmatico, ‘Fuori i Buh dalla nostra città’. Chi sono i Buh? L’intuizione artistica precorre gli eventi di cronaca suggerendo possibili risposte all’interrogativo. E’ lo sconosciuto, sono i nostri vicini , oppure siamo noi?
Un’ istallazione interattiva indaga tra le pieghe di una realtà distorta da nevrosi da possesso e false paure, generatrici di violenza. Chi sono i Buh? Potremmo vederli riflessi in uno specchio, in curiosi ambienti interattivi abitati da maschere spaventate e senza pensiero. O anche comprendere la loro natura in una risata, capace di sciogliere l’inganno di un rischio inesistente."

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Staging Silence

"HANS OP DE BEECK - Staging Silence
17/01/2009 - 15/03/2009"

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OMBRES

"OMBRES
November 8, 2008 - January 24, 2009"

Constantin Brancusi/Francis Picabia/Georges Braque/Marcel Duchamp/Franz Roh/Florence Henri/Herbert Bayer/Eugène Leroy/Meret Oppenheim/Andy Warhol/Michelangelo Pistoletto/Hans-Peter Feldmann/Claudio Parmiggiani/Christian Boltanski/Julião Sarmento/Patrick Faigenbaum/Félix Gonzàlez-Torres/Douglas Gordon/Kara Walker/Paul Chan/UrsFischer/Jonathan Delachaux

Since February 2008 the Galerie de France has become the New Galerie de France, co-managed by Catherine Thieck and Marion Dana. Marion Dana shows young international artists that have yet never been shown in France. Catherine Thieck organizes remarkable projects, of historic importance, such as Chris Marker and “Shadows”.
Rather than a vision embracing the atmosphere of the shadow, the exhibition shows 25 significant works about the notion of projected shadow. Plastic manipulation is inherent to the creation of a shadow. Pline is talking about a young woman whose lover will soon be going to war and that sees his shadow being projected on a wall. She then traces the contours with a piece of charcoal. It is said that the first drawing comes from a shadow. This myth, along with Plato’s cave, where men only distinguish but the shadows of things, will constantly inspire Western artists and intellectuals.
The mediums on show are various: paintings, environments, sculptures, photographs, projections… Generations also, from Picabia and Brancusi to Marcel Broodthaers or Douglas Gordon to young artists such as Jonathan Delachaux or Paul Chan. It is from works and artists whose work is intrinsically linked to the shadow that “Shadows” offers a transversal vision of art.

New Galerie de France - Exhibition - OMBRES