Machines and the Living: Group Exhibition at La Réserve
From October 7, 2007, to January 12, 2008, La Réserve in Pacy-sur-Eure, France, hosted the exhibition 'Du machinique et du vivant,' curated by Régis Durand. This showcase featured around forty artists and delved into the relationship between the mechanical and the organic, drawing inspiration from Éric Duyckaerts' video lecture and Offroy de la Mettrie's 1742 work 'L'Homme-machine.' Notable pieces included Didier Faustino's 'Love me Tender,' Ultralab's stealth drone, Wyn Geleynse's video, Gilles Barbier's 'Cockpit,' and a painting by Fabian Marcaccio. Musical installations comprised Takis's 1973 creation and Céleste Boursier-Mougenot's 'Piscine.' The exhibition was set in a 1,000-square-meter warehouse inaugurated by Renos Xippas in 2005, located approximately seventy kilometers from Paris.
Key facts
- Exhibition 'Du machinique et du vivant' ran from October 7, 2007 to January 12, 2008 at La Réserve, Pacy-sur-Eure, France.
- Curated by Régis Durand, former director of the Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume.
- Featured works by about forty artists from various Parisian galleries.
- Theme explored the mechanical and the living, inspired by Offroy de la Mettrie's 'L'Homme-machine' (1742) and Éric Duyckaerts's video.
- Didier Faustino's 'Love me Tender' chair was stabbed into the wall.
- Ultralab's stealth drone was suspended in the space.
- Gilles Barbier's 'Cockpit' depicted the artist's personality as a trinity.
- Céleste Boursier-Mougenot's 'Piscine' produced aleatory music from floating bowls.
Entities
Artists
- Régis Durand
- Offroy de la Mettrie
- Éric Duyckaerts
- Didier Faustino
- Ultralab
- Wyn Geleynse
- Gilles Barbier
- Fabian Marcaccio
- Takis
- Céleste Boursier-Mougenot
- Renos Xippas
- Vik Muniz
- Yves Belorgey
- Richard Leydier
Institutions
- La Réserve
- Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume
- galerie Emmanuel Perrotin
- galerie Gabrielle Maubrie
- galerie Magda Danysz
- galerie Anton Weller
- galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois
- galerie Thaddaeus Ropac
- galerie Xippas
Locations
- Pacy-sur-Eure
- France
- Paris
Sources
- artpress —