Bernard Pagès' 'Dérives de Colonne' at Maison des Arts, Malakoff

Bernard Pagès' exhibition 'Dérives de Colonne' at Maison des Arts in Malakoff, France, from May 17 to July 13, 2003, presents fifteen works spanning from 1966 to 2003. The show explores Pagès' subversive use of the column or vertical element, often tilting, lying, or deforming it. Works include 'Colonne' (1966), a painted plaster piece evoking Brancusi; 'Pal aux tubes carrés' (2003) with white marble veneer; 'Arête disloquée' (1983), brown wood on iron mesh; 'Acrobate XII' (1999) with cade wood and burnt wood; 'Clair-Obscur II' (2000) with charred wood and Plexiglas; 'Dépenaillée' (1995) outside with green corrugated sheets and violet concrete; and 'Pal au grillage' (2001) and 'Pal aux ligatures' (2002). The series 'Pals' recalls the 'Piquets' of 1975. A book by Maryline Desbiolles, 'Nous rêvons notre vie', accompanies the exhibition, which will travel to Quimperlé, Beauvais, Soissons, and Toulon in 2004.