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Often regarded as an outsider, Pierre Molinier is nonetheless a major figure recognized both in France and abroad. This monographic exhibition explores the sources of inspiration and movements with which the artist engaged—Surrealism, fetishism, and Tantrism—as well as those he anticipated, such as the queer movement; unpublished archives and testimonies; contemporary connections (Cindy Sherman, Luciano Castelli, Bruno Pelassy, Betony Vernon…) and more historical ones (Clovis Trouille, Claude Cahun, and Hans Bellmer).
To accompany this major exhibition, this book brings together contributions from Marie Canet, art critic and curator, who introduces the exhibition in the form of a foreword, and Claire Jacquet, art critic, curator, and director of Frac Nouvelle-Aquitaine MÉCA since 2007, who offers an essay on the artist’s legacy within the field of contemporary art. The author, journalist, and co-curator of the exhibition, Emmanuelle Debur, revisits the artist’s fascinating history. The philosopher, author, and art critic Géraldine Gourbe offers a reinterpretation of Molinier’s work by drawing parallels with the figures of Fantômas and Irma Vep, before connecting it to certain works in the Frac Nouvelle-Aquitaine MÉCA collection through the theme of the portrait—so central to the works of the master of exhibitionism—and its evolution over time.
The book also includes several picture sections and a section listing all the titles in the Molinier library.
Published by Éditions Dilecta, 2023
16 cm 24 cm, 120 pages, in very good condition
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Often regarded as an outsider, Pierre Molinier is nonetheless a major figure recognized both in France and abroad. This monographic exhibition explores the sources of inspiration and movements with which the artist engaged—Surrealism, fetishism, and Tantrism—as well as those he anticipated, such as the queer movement; unpublished archives and testimonies; contemporary connections (Cindy Sherman, Luciano Castelli, Bruno Pelassy, Betony Vernon…) and more historical ones (Clovis Trouille, Claude Cahun, and Hans Bellmer).
To accompany this major exhibition, this book brings together contributions from Marie Canet, art critic and curator, who introduces the exhibition in the form of a foreword, and Claire Jacquet, art critic, curator, and director of Frac Nouvelle-Aquitaine MÉCA since 2007, who offers an essay on the artist’s legacy within the field of contemporary art. The author, journalist, and co-curator of the exhibition, Emmanuelle Debur, revisits the artist’s fascinating history. The philosopher, author, and art critic Géraldine Gourbe offers a reinterpretation of Molinier’s work by drawing parallels with the figures of Fantômas and Irma Vep, before connecting it to certain works in the Frac Nouvelle-Aquitaine MÉCA collection through the theme of the portrait—so central to the works of the master of exhibitionism—and its evolution over time.
The book also includes several picture sections and a section listing all the titles in the Molinier library.
Published by Éditions Dilecta, 2023
16 cm 24 cm, 120 pages, in very good condition
ISBN
