The reexamination or the redeployment of forms and devices drawn from
Minimal art by numerous contemporary artists.
Taking into account their present adoption by the cultural and design industries, these artists update the inherent contradiction of the neo-avant-gardes of the 1960s—between an aspiration for the autonomy of art, and the heteronomy of the means to achieve this. Looking back on the aporias of such an historical heritage, the practices discussed here start afresh, initiate a new game, which privileges accident rather than essence, “non-formalism” rather than formal resolution, and disfunctionality rather than efficient rationality.
Also available in
English edition.
Published on the occasion of the eponymous exhibition at the Villa Arson national art center, Nice, France, in 2007, curated by
Vincent Pécoil,
Lili Reynaud-Dewar and
Elisabeth Wetterwald, coordinated by Eric Mangion.
Works by
Boris Achour,
Saâdane Afif,
John Armleder,
Martin Boyce,
Ceal Floyer,
Delphine Coindet,
Martin Creed,
François Curlet,
Stéphane Dafflon,
Philippe Decrauzat,
Vidya Gastaldon,
Wade Guyton,
Jeppe Hein,
Lothar Hempel,
Mathieu Mercier,
Jonathan Monk,
Olivier Mosset,
Olaf Nicolai,
Steven Parrino,
Bruno Peinado,
Mai-Thu Perret,
Raymond Pettibon,
Pascal Pinaud,
Eva Rothschild,
Michael Scott,
Blair Thurman,
John Tremblay,
Daan van Golden,
Dan Walsh,
Pae White...
