Marcel Alocco's Retrospective at Château de Carros

Marcel Alocco's exhibition at Château de Carros (May 4–June 30, 2002) surveys his career from Fluxus beginnings to his obsessive patchwork period. Alocco's practice centers on meticulous transformation of materials—tearing, sewing, unweaving, knotting, knitting—avoiding destruction and improvisation. Unlike Fontana's cuts or Duchamp's readymades, his work is a slow, ritualistic engagement with the body and waste. From 1973, patchwork became a method: he tears painted canvas to create waste, then reuses threads in new works, culminating in vitrines of studio debris. By December 1, 1999, Alocco declared his creative work complete, viewing his procedures as a metaphorical defense against loss. The exhibition includes works from all periods, emphasizing the body's presence and the economy of recovery. A related show, 'TexStyles et autres,' runs October 1–30, 2002 at Galerie À l'enseigne des Oudin, Paris.