Alain Fleischer: A Multifaceted Creator in His Own Words
A new volume of interviews with Alain Fleischer, published by artpress, compiles conversations spanning his prolific career as a photographer, visual artist, filmmaker, and writer. The book highlights Fleischer's project-driven approach, where ideas dictate the appropriate medium—be it film, installation, or book. It also underscores his role as a cultural mediator, exemplified by Le Fresnoy, the art school he conceived and directed. The interviews cover diverse themes such as reality and its reverse, time, movement, love, eroticism, and utopia.
Key facts
- Alain Fleischer is a photographer, visual artist, filmmaker, and writer.
- The volume collects interviews covering several decades.
- Fleischer is described as an artist of the project, where ideas find expression in adapted techniques and forms.
- Le Fresnoy is an art school conceived and directed by Fleischer.
- The interviews show that Fleischer's creative work is inseparable from his role as a passeur (cultural mediator).
- Themes include reality and its reverse, time and movement, love and eroticism, and utopia.
- The book is published by artpress.
Entities
Artists
- Alain Fleischer
Institutions
- Le Fresnoy
- artpress
Sources
- artpress —