Miroir, Ô mon miroir: A Fairytale Exhibition at Pavillon Carré de Baudouin

The group exhibition 'Miroir, ô mon miroir' at Pavillon Carré de Baudouin in Paris, curated by the laboratory L'Extension, transforms the gallery into a living fairytale. Rather than a conventional display, the show invites visitors on an initiatory journey where artworks function as magical agents. Works by Bertille Bak, Virginie Barré, Chloé Dugit-Gros, Laurent Pernot, Pilvi Takala, Caroline Delieutraz, and Giulia Andreani employ strategies of disorientation and magical auxiliaries to critique contemporary absurdities. Pilvi Takala's video 'Real Snow White' features the artist dressed as Snow White being ejected from Disneyland, confronting capitalist ideology. Caroline Delieutraz examines the erotic and sexist potential of the Snow White costume through consumer products. Giulia Andreani's 'Daddy' series, in a painterly style reminiscent of Gerhard Richter, exposes the monsters behind idyllic family scenes used in Nazi propaganda. The exhibition draws on Marcel Mauss and Henri Hubert's theory of magic, aiming to restore the magical efficacy of contemporary art beyond mere spectacle.