MANIFESTO

#62

NEW MODERN REALISM

CHARLES RAY

2022.02.16

by MUSE team

From February 16th to June 6th 2022, Charles Ray’s complete oeuvre of works will be presented at the Centre Pompidou and the Bourse de Commerce, two of the most institutional and innovative museum venues in the french capital.

Conceived in 2018, the project represents a co-narrative designed in different yet complementary ways. With these two events taking place at the same time, the artist will present the concept of duality through a broad range of sculptures whose features are echoed in both displays. Charles Ray is an American sculptor who began to gain notoriety in the early 1970s thanks to his unrivalled work, which stands out for its unique creativity and endless questioning of the meaning of “art”. The exhibitions of the artist, who has become known for his satirical spirit, includes works combining several artistic styles from different periods, from the ancient Greek world to the Italian Risorgimento – be them of pop or minimalist inspiration, thus evoking the eternal passing of time that unveils the evolution of sculpture.

Sleeping woman, 2012.

Potentially, a sculpture is an essay about our lived world written in four dimensions, that is the three dimensions of space and that of time.

– Charles Ray

Burger, 2021.

In other words, the visitor’s experience is perpetually in the making, with personal or historical echoes being everlasting.

After a long period of maturation, the Centre Pompidou hosts a diverse range of works dating from the early 2000s, during what we can define as the artist’s experimental phase – a phase that has its foundations in the elimination of any prejudices and that questions the true meaning of sculpture. This is an unusual and unprecedented proposal that allows visitors to explore the variety of Ray’s career, also thanks to the collaboration between the two exhibition venues, and an oeuvre of works that is representative of all facets of the way of thinking of their author.

FONDAZIONE PRADA

PARAVENTI

2023.10.25

FOLDING SCREENS FROM THE 17TH TO 21ST CENTURIES

 

The extensive exhibition set up in the spaces of Fondazione Prada, and curated by Nicholas Cullinan, investigates the history and interprets the meanings of folding screens.

EXHIBITION

SARAH LUCAS

2023.09.24

London’s Tate Britain presents HAPPY GAS, Sarah Lucas’ solo exhibition exploring the British artist’s forty years of work.

CINEMA

ASTEROID CITY BY WES ANDERSON

2023.09.22

Anderson’s new film is about a desert town where a group of young geniuses gather for an invention contest. It is a dreamlike place, à la Anderson, where the universe, the meaning of life and the meaning of death are contemplated. Like any place of the director, it is unexplored and unknown…

PHOTOGRAPHY

LUIGI & IANGO. UNVEILED

2023.09.21

A visionary creative expression characterized by breaking roles and codes, the invention and construction of characters that create a unique visual narrative, but above all reveal a truth that only Luigi & Iango know how to capture.

SPRÜTH MAGERS

NORA TURATO

2023.09.15

Playing with a direct, fast-paced wording and an instant, common lexicon, Nora Turato creates new recounting and convincing connections. Her work involves the comment and adaptation of existing material, slightly processing their forms and meanings.