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Artist Benoît Maire’s “Quelques Sphinx” project is currently on display at the VNH Gallery in Paris through July 31.
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Robin Cameron, Joseph Cornell, Laeh Glenn, Dario Guccio, David Korty, Dana Lok, George Henry Longly, Benoît Maire, Julia Wachtel, B. Wurtz.
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After Dark” is the response by Frac Île-de-France (the Île-de-France Regional Contemporary Art Fund) to an invitation to display its collection here at Mamco.
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Benoît Maire is the first artist invited by Vincent Honoré to inaugurate a cycle of exhibitions at la Kunsthalle Mulhouse.
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Parisians fail to grasp that their city is no longer the arts capital of the world and that the new stars of the market are American, British or German.
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“Catastrophe” is a term that refers to the climax of a theatrical work. It is also the title Samuel Beckett gave to one of his last theater pieces
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Contemporary art in Paris seems without a single centre. A diversity of groups exist alongside one another, in various niches, with no single institute
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A participant in the "Dynasty" show at the Palais de Tokyo and the Museum of Modern Art, both in Paris, Benoît Maire is one of a cadre of young
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The title of the show should be understood as a pun: forbidden fruit, but also fruit that needs defending. It’s a nod towards the recent opening
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Born in 1978 in Pessac, France, Benoît Maire lives and works in Paris. While Maire’s work takes various forms including videos, performances, texts and sculptures, his underlying medium is theory. Informed by extensive studies in art and philosophy, his practice engages with the notions of perception and reception. Relying on affect in order to circumvent formalization, his enigmatic works might be described as constellations of signs and references that point towards a possible goal but with no resolution in sight. Writing is an important part of Maire’s practice. In a self-published interview with Falke Pisano, Maire described his theoretical writings as possessing an aesthetic on account of their incompleteness. His practice also engages in the act of reading; Maire has realized a number of pieces that constitute visual interpretations of theoretical texts, including published works by Arthur C Danto and Alain Badiou.
Benoit Maire has forthcoming solo shows at Frac Aquitaine, Bordeaux (2010) and De Vleeshal, Middelberg (2010). He has recently presented solo exhibitions at Croy Nielsen, Berlin (2009), Graz Kunstverein (with Falke Pisano), Graz (2009), Galerie Cortex Athletico, Bordeaux (2008) and Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2008). His work has also been shown as part of “For the blind man in the dark room looking for the black cat that isn’t there” at Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, USA, Sept 2009 – traveling exhibition (ICA, London in Dec., MOCAD Detroit in Jan. 2010, De Appel, Amsterdam in Feb 2010, Culturgest, Lisbon in May 2010), “Un Nouveau Festival” at Centre Pompidou, Paris (2009), “Paper Exhibition” at Artists Space, New York (2009), “Object, the undeniable success of operations” at Stedelijk museum bureau, Amsterdam (2008), “Les Feuilles” at Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2008), “The artist is a mysterious entertainer” at De Appel, Amsterdam (2008), the 9th Lyon Biennale (2007) and “Proposition de Colloque” at Kadist Fondation, Paris (2007).
For additional information about this artist, visit Mutual Art
