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La Force de l’Art 02
Better than last one? The failed La Force de l’Art 02.
As a triennial art event first started in 2006, proposed by Dominique de Villepin, the Prime Minister of France at that time, aiming "to put on stage contemporary French creation and the artists who bring it about, with all the diversity of their origins and aesthetic choices", La Force de l’Art 02 was held for its 2nd year at the Grand Palais.
Unlike the first event which was comprised of exhibition booths presented by 14 curators, this 2nd event was led by 3 notable curators: Jean-Louis Froment, Jean-Yves Jouannais and Didier Ottinger. Why were these 3 of different generations from different art genres selected for La Force de l’Art 02? The answer is still open to qustion after visiting the exhibition.
Mircea Cantor
In the center of the Grand Palais with its 13,500m2 area, an architect Philippe Rahm created White Geology, a white structure that reflects sunlight coming from the glass cieling. On the "White Geology", artworks by the total of 42 artists were exhibited as a category called The Residents.
White Geology
As cleared by curators themselves, the La Force de l’Art 02 was meant to be an exhibition of "The power of Art", showing with "the power of works", but you cannot discover any commonalities in terms of the selection of artists as well as artworks acutally exhibited for the triennale. Is that the reason each artist needed to make a huge piece to fill the huge area of the Grand Palais with only 42 artists? In this opportunity each artist was challenged to make a big piece. I still felt emptiness in the exhibition itself because of problems on the site or works, or a lack of concept for the triennale iteself. White Geology itself is extreamly beautiful, it resulted in creating white cubes to stick artists in their own world. The idea "all artwork is a part of "The power of Art" creating the whole exhibition" has completely disappeared, and it just gave us a feel as if you were travelling around another white-wall gallery spaces in Paris.
Didier Marcel
In such circumstance, there were some impressive works such as Didier Marcel's scutpture made with trunks and resin casts, Virginie Yassef's the claw marks by the pterosaurus, and Anita Molinero’s installation of rubbish bins in melted, colored plasticred hung from the ceiling.
Wang Du Kebab
International Kebab was a work by Wang Du, who was born in China and has been working intensely as an artist based in France. As its title suggest, the work is a kebab made skewered with hundreds of photos taken during his travels around the world. Visitors can cut a piece of the Kebab as they like and they can bring it back home. There were always many people enjoying it.
Nicolas Fenouillat
Besides The Residents, the FORCE DE L’ART 02 was comprised of: The Guests performing concerts and performances, The Visitors showcasing works by 7 internationally notable artists including Daniel Buren, Bertrand Lavier and Annette Messager, each were displayed at different tourist spots in Paris.
Compared to the first event which made its debut closely-tied with the government and drew criticism on the chaotic show, the second event gathered quite negative reviews as well, although many exclaimed that it was "better than before". In the midst of the global recession, there were big cuts in the budget from major companies for the triennale. As an internatinal triennale organized by French Ministry of Culture, held only for 40 days, deserted with no lines at the entrance at any time, unfortunately it could be said that the triennale failed as an exhibition aiming to encourage art in France.
La Force de l’Art 02
Date: April 24th - June 1st, 2009
Place: The Grand Palais
http://www.laforcedelart.fr/02/
Text and photos: Kana Sunayama
Translation: Mariko Takei
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