Phillips
Paris and VO Curations Present
Perfume of Thorns
23 May – 21 June 2019, Paris
PARIS – 20 MAY 2019 - Phillips
Paris and London-based curatorial platform VO Curations present Perfume of Thorns, an exhibition taking
place in the Paris galleries of 46 rue du bac, from 23 May to 21 June 2019. Perfume of Thorns is a unique reading of
the 19th Century French poet Charles Baudelaire’s Les Fleurs du Mal through the spectrum of nine acclaimed and
emerging contemporary artists. Launching alongside the Parcours Saint Germain’s
2019 fair which is themed La Fleur de
l’Art, VO Curations will be organising a unique show that will emphasize
the ongoing impact of Baudelaire’s work.
Perfume of Thorns plays upon
Baudelaire’s fascination with duality and the cohesion of polar opposites. The
atmosphere in 1850s Paris which Baudelaire was immersed in, one of elegance and
sophistication, but also of misery and despair. The city was in the midst of
Hausmannian change, and from this emerged the volume Les Fleurs du Mal, culled from the morbid and the sublime, the
sacred and the profane, by perfumes and thorns, fundamental axioms of his
literary universe.
Included in
the Perfume of Thorns exhibition is
the work of Victor Man, whose childlike figures eerily remind Baudelaire’s Muse Malade, the idealised figure turned
nightmarish and unresponsive. French artist on the rise Jean-Marie Appriou,
whose work has previously exhibited in solo shows at Palais de Tokyo and
Fondation Louis Vuitton, is represented with his mystical aluminium bats and
serpents that seem to defy their tenebrous and Biblical symbolism and emulate
the grace of the contorting dancer from Le
Serpent qui danse. Other artists include Centre Pompidou exhibitee Claude Bellegarde,
Latvia’s representative for the 2019 Venice Biennale Daiga Grantina, and former
Venice Biennale participant Oda Jaune, represented by Daniel Templon Gallery,
as well as Robert Brambora, Pedro Wirz, Muriel Abadie, and Sonya Derviz.
PHILLIPS PARIS
Exhibition: 23
May – 21 June 2019
Opening times: Monday-Friday 10am-6pm, Saturdays by appointment only
Location: 46 Rue du Bac, Paris 75007
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ABOUT
VO CURATIONS
VO
Curations is a curatorial label based between London and Paris, founded in 2018
by Zina Vieille and Nnamdi Obiekwe on the premise of artistic repurposing of
traditional and incongruous spaces, in the scope of formulating more versatile
and innovative exhibiting processes. Their role as mediators between artist and
institution is illustrated by their culture spaces across Central London: from
exhibition sites to artist studios or publishing hubs, the essence being to
create spaces for cultural exchange towards urban revitalization. Sacrificing
the static nature of the singular gallery venue, VO Curations missions to
promote emerging art on a plethora of artistic platforms, whilst residing in
David Chipperfield’s former studio as a base. The 5000sq ft space nestled in
Waterloo welcomes young international artists to collaborate towards four
themed exhibitions per year.
See Vocurations.com
for more information.
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