Tout arrive
Florian Auer, Pauline Beaudemont, Davide Cascio, Nicolas Giraud, Nicholas Kashian, Laurent Kropf, Béla Tarr
curated by Sylvain Menétrey
Exo Exo, Paris
January 16 - January 23, 2014
press release
Tout arrive, 2014
Exhibition view, Exo Exo, Paris
Tout arrive, 2014
Exhibition view, Exo Exo, Paris
Tout arrive, 2014
Exhibition view, Exo Exo, Paris
Tout arrive, 2014
Exhibition view, Exo Exo, Paris
Nicholas Kashian,
Save me a place, 2014
Monotype & collage sur papier
Nicholas Kashian,
Save me a place, 2014.
Monotype & collage sur papier
Laurent Kropf,
Hélas (after Pauline B.), detail, 2014
Résine, fusée, peinture & bois
Laurent Kropf,
Hélas (after Pauline B.), 2014
Résine, fusée, peinture & bois
Tout arrive, 2014
Exhibition view, Exo Exo, Paris
Florian Auer,
Not yet titled (dice), 2014
Impression numérique sur vinyle
Florian Auer,
Not yet titled (dice), detail, 2014
Impression numérique sur vinyle
Pauline Beaudemont, After Artemidore, 2013
Papier, encre & béton teinté
Pauline Beaudemont,
Walking Dream (Tapis Ascensionnel), 2013
Photocopie, ballons & hélium
Nicolas Giraud,
Boîte rouge, 2004
Plexiglas & impression sur papier
Nicolas Giraud,
Sans titre, 2004
Tirage argentique couleur
Davide Cascio,
Ikebana Arrangement, 2014
Carton plume, impression sur vinyle & collage
Davide Cascio,
Ikebana Arrangement, 2014
Carton plume, impression sur vinyle & collage
The exhibition TOUT ARRIVE gathers together works permeated by mysterious forces, thus seemingly eluding the control of their creators. Following the steps of the Dadaists, the Surrealists or even John Cage, the artists assume the unpredictable as a part of their work, actively seeking an engagement with chance and randomness. The works are products of specific moments characterised by the confrontation between human will and time.
The integration of chance into an artwork often delegates a part of the production process to an exterior force, through the specific methodology decided upon by the artist. In this sense, the blast caused by the explosion of a firework can give birth to a sculpture or the sound of an helicopter can guide the artist to frame a photograph.
As the notion of gambling, at that, seems to prevail in contemporary practices as a twisted game filled with echoes and references to the historical avant-garde, the refutation of a society based on the principle of meritocracy, obsessed with control and security, can be interpreted by the use of chance. Intertwined with the accidental, chance is a factor of anarchy and confusion. To play with irrational forces appears then like a fundamental liberation of art.
TOUT ARRIVE could be understood like a field of creative forces. Interactions between the works, both attractions and repulsions, influence the sensitive experience of the viewer and further provokes incidents and mysteries within the system.
– Sylvain Menétrey
