
The obstacle is tautology is the title of an exhibition that will inaugurate on Thursday at Studio D1 cité des arts montmartre, in Paris. The show, conceived by Benoît Maire, will include Philippe Fernandez’ cinematographic adaptation of the myth of the Plato’s cave, a portait of Jiri Kovanda remembering his first joy and sculpture of a flower without a why by Boris Achour, a mesmerizing sculpture by Alex Cechetti, an electric lamp which casts light on its socket by Etienne Chambaud, a newspaper collage by Jesse Ash, an instruction for a collage made from motorbike magazine by Liam Gillick, several paintings of a new kind by Valentina Liernur, a photograph made by Bruno Serralongue one day after the event which motivated the decision to make the picture. There is also a sculpture open to transformation by Reto Pulfer and a plate by Gintaras Didiapetris which changes when it is rotated. Finally, a site-specific painting by Amir Mogharabi. If this description was not enough, more info after the jump.
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