Although the works of art by Agnes Denes, Lili Reynaud-Dewar, Clément Rodzielsky, and Emily Wardill demonstrate a prevalence of objectness and movement in equal turn, they are presented together in the exhibition The Body Argument. The artists take certain parts of the human body as a point of departure for creating works through means of repetition and symmetry. The fragmented body functions as an argument for manipulation (using casting, printing, framing, distortion, etc.) that is intended to emphasize corporeality and plasticity. The body is incorporated into each object and justifies all action.
Artists
Agnes Denes (US), Lili Reynaud Dewar (FR), Clément Rodzielski (FR), Emily Wardill (UK)Florence Derieux
Florence Derieux is an art historian and curator based in Reims since 2008 when she became director of the FRAC Champagne-Ardenne. She was previously Curator at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, Deputy Director of the Picasso Museum in Antibes, Curator for Contemporary Art at the Museum of Fine Arts in Lausanne and Associate Curator at Le Magasin – Centre National d’Art Contemporain. In 2007-2008 she taught Art History and History of Exhibitions at the Ecole Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Montpellier and the Ecole cantonale d’art de Lausanne. At the FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, she organized amongst other the following exhibitions: Anna + Peter, Tom Burr, Julien Carreyn, Dexter Dalwood, Latifa Echakhch, Cyprien Gaillard, Nicola Martini, Nick Mauss, Ciprian Mureșan, Lili Reynaud Dewar, Clément Rodzielski, Sterling Ruby, and Emily Wardill.
Galerie Emanuel Layr
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