La planète des signes at Plateau/Frac Île-de-France
The Plateau (Frac Île-de-France) launched a four-part exhibition series titled 'Érudition concrète' curated by Guillaume Désanges. The first installment, 'La planète des signes,' explores the theme of the sign as a graphic, symbolic, and communicative form. Désanges notes that artists often act as 'knowledge brokers' creating their own cognitive systems outside academic norms. The exhibition features works by Harry Smith, Cy Twombly, Thomas Hirschhorn, Matt Mullican, and others, examining how signs—from religious symbols to abstract geometries—function as autonomous matrices of meaning. The series runs from September 10 to November 15, 2009.
Key facts
- Exhibition 'La planète des signes' is first of four-part series 'Érudition concrète'
- Curated by Guillaume Désanges
- Venue: Le Plateau (Frac Île-de-France)
- Dates: September 10 – November 15, 2009
- Theme: the sign as graphic, symbolic, and communicative form
- Artists include Harry Smith, Cy Twombly, Thomas Hirschhorn, Matt Mullican, Corey McCorkle, Lotty Rosenberg, Raphaël Zarka, Jean-Luc Moulène, Suzanne Treister, Irene Kopelman
- Désanges describes artists as 'knowledge brokers' creating non-academic cognitive systems
- Exhibition published a journal recommended by Paul Ardenne
Entities
Artists
- Guillaume Désanges
- Harry Smith
- Cy Twombly
- Thomas Hirschhorn
- Matt Mullican
- Corey McCorkle
- Lotty Rosenberg
- Raphaël Zarka
- Jean-Luc Moulène
- Suzanne Treister
- Irene Kopelman
- Charles Bliss
- Paul Ardenne
Institutions
- Le Plateau
- Frac Île-de-France
Locations
- Paris
- France
Sources
- artpress —