Un peu plus à l'ouest
Collective show with Simon Bonneau, Frédéric Brice, Aurélien Louis and Michaël-L Quistreber
Curation: Lydia Scappini
March 27 - April 5, 2003, public opening on March 27 from 6:30PM
Galerie de la Friche, Friche la belle de mai, 13003 Marseille
For the exhibition Un peu plus à l’ouest, we invited four young artists to work around drawing and graphic techniques.
This exhibition has several layers; alongside the thematic curatorial choice, our desire was to fully construct the exhibition with the artists, taking into account their wishes or their doubts.
Work around drawing and graphic techniques is therefore only a starting point, which evolves according to the artists’ input.
The gallery becomes a hybrid place, a place of experimentation, halfway between a laboratory and a studio. The evolution of the work is visible to the public for three weeks – this is the first phase of the exhibition.
The traditional format of setting up an exhibition is disrupted, just like its place of display, which becomes a true construction site. The image of the construction site evokes everything that can be linked to openings, detours, and movements.
The subject of drawing becomes a pretext for confrontations and discussions, all the more so because for the selected artists, drawing is not a preferred medium:
For Simon Bonneau, drawing allows him to take a step back from the rest of his production; drawing acts as an element of resistance. For Frédéric Brice, drawing becomes coloring and the filling-in of ideas. For Aurélien Louis, drawing reveals the entire genesis of his work. As for Michael L. Quistreber, he admitted to us that he did not like drawing… but that was only a passing thought.
The presence of drawing is ultimately always offset in the works of these artists, and our proposal to work around drawing and graphic techniques is received as a kind of rule of the game.
