Alexandre Singh: Narrative, Collage, and Performance
Born in 1980 in Bordeaux, Alexandre Singh is a Franco-British artist of Indian descent currently residing in New York. His artistic repertoire spans performance, sculpture, drawing, and writing, delving into themes of memory influenced by figures such as Lovecraft and Molière. Since 2008, he has been developing the Assembly Instructions series, which features collages of found images often accompanied by performances. Singh has penned plays like Critique de l'École des objets and Dialogue avec les objets, which showcase talking objects. His work has been exhibited at venues like MoMA-PS1 and Palais de Tokyo. Influenced by Diderot and Borges, his performance The Alkahest (2009) utilized an overhead projector. Upcoming are the play Les Humains and the exhibition The Pledge at Drawing Center, New York, from July 18 to September 4, 2012.
Key facts
- Alexandre Singh was born in 1980 in Bordeaux.
- He is a Franco-British artist of Indian origin living in New York.
- His practice includes performance, sculpture, drawing, and writing.
- He started the Assembly Instructions series in 2008.
- Assembly Instructions are collages of found images arranged as wall diagrams.
- His play Critique de l'École des objets is inspired by Molière.
- His work has been shown at MoMA-PS1, New Museum, White Columns, Manifesta 8, Palais de Tokyo, and Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris.
- His upcoming exhibition The Pledge is at Drawing Center, New York, from July 18 to September 4, 2012.
Entities
Artists
- Alexandre Singh
- H.P. Lovecraft
- Molière
- Michel de Montaigne
- Denis Diderot
- Jan Potocki
- Dante Alighieri
- Jorge Luis Borges
- William Shakespeare
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Terry Gilliam
- Woody Allen
- Aristophanes
- Charles Ray
- Pieter Brueghel the Elder
- Raphael
- Ovid
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Walt Disney
- Cicero
- Socrates
- Marcel Duchamp
- Jean de La Fontaine
- Adi Dassler
Institutions
- MoMA-PS1
- New Museum
- White Columns
- Manifesta 8
- Palais de Tokyo
- Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris
- Monitor (Rome)
- galerie art : concept (Paris)
- Sprüth Magers (Berlin)
- Drawing Center (New York)
Locations
- Bordeaux
- France
- New York
- United States
- Rome
- Italy
- Paris
- Basel
- Switzerland
- Berlin
- Germany
Sources
- artpress —