Watch your step at Wharf, Hérouville-Saint-Clair
The Wharf art center in Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France, presents its anniversary exhibition 'Watch your step' from October 24 to December 21, 2007. The title, a literal warning on the floor, alludes to the fragility of the venue. The show features 21 emerging painters, sculptors, and video artists, former students of Lydie Jean-dit-Pannel, David Michael Clarke, and Joël Hubaut. Works include Thomas Fontaine's oversized billiard table with painted skulls, Aurélie Briday's performance 'Rimshot' with plaster drumsticks, Rémi Tamain's parody video of a hunt, Marie Aerts's photo of a gnome-like figure, and Sandy Cloupeau's sensual drawings. The exhibition serves as a manifesto for the future of Wharf after its utopian beginnings.
Key facts
- Exhibition 'Watch your step' runs from October 24 to December 21, 2007 at Wharf, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France.
- Wharf is an art center located within a theater, part of a citadel completed in 1987.
- The title references a painted warning on the floor that causes visitors to trip.
- 21 emerging artists are featured, all former students of Lydie Jean-dit-Pannel, David Michael Clarke, and Joël Hubaut.
- Thomas Fontaine presents a billiard table with skulls as balls.
- Aurélie Briday's performance 'Rimshot' involves a musician playing drums with plaster sticks that break.
- Rémi Tamain's video parodies a hunt with a hunter on a kart.
- Marie Aerts shows a photo of herself hidden in a man's jacket.
- Sandy Cloupeau contributes drawings and watercolors of sensual bodies in vegetation.
- The exhibition is not thematic but a collection of autonomous works.
Entities
Artists
- Gilles Forest
- Lydie Jean-dit-Pannel
- David Michael Clarke
- Joël Hubaut
- Thomas Fontaine
- Aurélie Briday
- Rémi Tamain
- Marie Aerts
- Sandy Cloupeau
- Anaël Pigeat
Institutions
- Wharf
- artpress
Locations
- Hérouville-Saint-Clair
- France
- Caen
- Dijon
- Le Mans
- Manche
Sources
- artpress —