Editorial
Jean-Philippe Bretin, Vanessa Dziuba, Julien Kedryna, Marine Le Saout, Sammy Stein, Antoine Stevenot
(p. 2)
More than ever, the subtitle of the book—“about contemporary
drawing” is stretched to its limit as Collection explores the world
of and around contemporary drawing. For many of the articles
herein, drawing was the impetus for us to meet the artist, without
however remaining the primary subject of the interview. Some
of these interviews, conducted via email in the previous issues,
have allowed us to recognize the importance of a real meeting with
the artists, which favors more spontaneous responses as well
as the possibility to discuss with greater ease other aspects of
the artist's work or daily life.
This year, we've invited two new editors to join our team.
FibreTigre, an expert in interactive fictions, interviews American
Lord Jon Ray and, through his detailed knowledge of the Heroic
Fantasy world, provides precious clues to the neophyte reader.
By happy accident, we met Bill Kartalopoulos, a specialist
in American comic books, and entrusted him with the Benjamin
Marra interview, without knowing they were already friends.
These new contributor-friends have been asked to work with
us for their respective expertise, but are also the result of
propitious introductions during the creation of this review.
The table of contents highlights our desire to open up the field
of drawing to new avenues: from the prolific, teeming drawings
of Shoboshobo to Lætitia Gendre's installations, with a stop
along the way at Fabio Viscogliosi's narrative work, which is
imbued with writing and music—many of the artists interviewed
herein explore with ease other artistic disciplines outside
of drawing. The uniqueness of form that each interview takes
is something we continue to hold very dear. A collaborative
project between Thomas Mailaender and Dominique Théâte
achieves finality in our review.
After having organized twenty-some exhibitions and events
relating to the world of drawing, at both Kiosque/images and at
the bookstore-cum-gallery le Monte-en-l'Air in Paris, our work
has led us to accept the invitation of the Center for Contemporary
Art in Lacoux, located in the Bugey region between Lyon and
Geneva. It will be an opportunity to unite, in a physical space,
a selection of pieces from the artists included in the first three
issues of Collection, using the principles established in the books.
To find connections, to carve out paths, to propose links
between artistic disciplines and practices that would normally
be complete opposites, if it weren't for what unites them:
drawing as the starting point.
