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OÙ lieu d'exposition pour l'art actuel•Aug 29, 2020 — Oct 20, 2020
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Milan Kundera wrote La vie est ailleurs in 1973 , narrating the pathetic
existence of a young poet caught between his lyrical aspirations, which the title of the novel refers to, and his irrepressible desire to dominate events and others. The exhibitions D’ailleurs, la vie ici and D’ici la vie ailleurs ( Life here, from somewhere else and From here, life elsewhere) , on the other hand, hypothesise that here can be a possible elsewhere . That here can at least agree with the idea of the elsewhere , that they are not irreconcilable. Isn’t art, precisely, this ability to bring the elsewhere to the here and now, to breathe some life into reality? The change of scenery can begin right here, right now.
The exhibitions D’ailleurs, la vie ici and D’ici la vie ailleurs exist as two sides of the same coin. D’ailleurs, la vie ici takes place in Embrun, at the contemporary art centre Les Capucins, and D’ici la vie ailleurs in Marseilles, at gallery OÙ and at the neighbouring...More
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DILVA
OÙ lieu d'exposition pour l'art actuel•Aug 29, 2020 — Oct 20, 2020
Press Release
Milan Kundera wrote La vie est ailleurs in 1973 , narrating the pathetic
existence of a young poet caught between his lyrical aspirations, which the title of the novel refers to, and his irrepressible desire to dominate events and others. The exhibitions D’ailleurs, la vie ici and D’ici la vie ailleurs ( Life here, from somewhere else and From here, life elsewhere) , on the other hand, hypothesise that here can be a possible elsewhere . That here can at least agree with the idea of the elsewhere , that they are not irreconcilable. Isn’t art, precisely, this ability to bring the elsewhere to the here and now, to breathe some life into reality? The change of scenery can begin right here, right now.
The exhibitions D’ailleurs, la vie ici and D’ici la vie ailleurs exist as two sides of the same coin. D’ailleurs, la vie ici takes place in Embrun, at the contemporary art centre Les Capucins, and D’ici la vie ailleurs in Marseilles, at gallery OÙ and at the neighbouring...More