Géographies#3 Group Exhibition at Galerie Chantal Crousel
From October 31 to December 4, 2003, Galerie Chantal Crousel in Paris hosted a group exhibition titled Géographies#3, featuring five artists: Susanne Bürner (Berlin), Fikret Atay (Kurdish), the Dutch duo Jeroen de Rijke and Willem de Rooij, Jean-Luc Moulène, and Mélik Ohanian. Ohanian presented an elongated wooden sculpture that was part of a broader installation created in spring 2003. De Rijke and De Rooij's 35mm film, 'The Point of Departure,' examined patterns on a Caucasian carpet, eventually leading to a void reminiscent of '2001: A Space Odyssey.' Bürner's video portrayed intimate moments interrupted by fluttering curtains, while Moulène's photographs explored themes of disappearance, and Atay's 'Fast and Best' offered a critique of power through folk dance. Catherine Francblin reviewed the exhibition.
Key facts
- Exhibition dates: October 31 to December 4, 2003
- Venue: Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris
- Theme: geography and melancholy
- Five artists: Susanne Bürner, Fikret Atay, Jeroen de Rijke & Willem de Rooij, Jean-Luc Moulène, Mélik Ohanian
- Mélik Ohanian showed a wooden sculpture from a larger installation presented in the US in spring 2003
- De Rijke & De Rooij's film 'The Point of Departure' (26 min) based on a Caucasian carpet from the Rijksmuseum
- Susanne Bürner's video featured intimate scenes disrupted by trembling curtains
- Jean-Luc Moulène's photographs included a burned metro ticket and bones on leaves
- Fikret Atay's video 'Fast and Best' (2002) depicted folk dance as military parade
- Review by Catherine Francblin
Entities
Artists
- Susanne Bürner
- Fikret Atay
- Jeroen de Rijke
- Willem de Rooij
- Jean-Luc Moulène
- Mélik Ohanian
- Catherine Francblin
Institutions
- Galerie Chantal Crousel
- Rijksmuseum
Locations
- Paris
- France
- Berlin
- Germany
- Netherlands
- Caucasus
- United States
Sources
- artpress —