Raconte-moi une histoire: la narration dans la peinture et photographie contemporain

February 22 — May 10, 1998
Magasin, Grenoble (France)

    Conceived and curated this exhibition and edited the catalogue of this survey on the increased use of narrative in most recent contemporary paintings and photography. Featuring artists: Martino Coppes, Philip Lorca diCorcia, Daniele Galliano, Eva Grubinger, Alì Hassoun, Sharon Lockart, Michel Majerus, Hans-Jorg Mayer, John Miller, Elizabeth Peyton, James Reilly, Tim Rollins + K.O.S., Jean-Jacques Rullier, Jim Shaw, Sam Taylor-Wood, Xavier Veilhan, Gert Verhoeven, Jeff Wall, Ian Wallace, and Carrie Mae Weems.

    [left] Hanging Les Haltérophiles (1997) by Xavier Veihan, Raconte moi une histoire, Magasin, Grenoble

    [right] Michel Majerus installing Sinnmaschine, his site-specific work for the exhibition
    Raconte moi une histoire, Magasin, Grenoble

    Taking a break (with Julien Fronsacq) during the installation of the Raconte- moi une histoire exhibition. In the background, some pieces of Cut-Outs No. 1-3… by Eva Grubinger.

    Philip-Lorca diCorcia
    New York, 1993
    Chromogenic color print
    65.5 x 97.5 cm
    Raconte moi une histoire, Magasin, Grenoble

    Philip-Lorca diCorcia
    New York, 1993
    Chromogenic color print
    62.6 x 95.3 cm
    Raconte moi une histoire, Magasin, Grenoble

    James Reilley
    Harmless, 1997-1998
    Oil on canvas
    183 x 152 cm
    Raconte moi une histoire, Magasin, Grenoble

    Jim Shaw
    Dream Object (An Archie horror comic painting in the style of Matta), 1996
    Oil on canvas
    91.4 x 121.9 cm
    Raconte moi une histoire, Magasin, Grenoble

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    Sam Taylor-Johnson (formerly Sam Taylor-Woods)
    Five Revolutionary Seconds VII, 1997
    C-Print
    11.63 x 78.75 in.
    Raconte moi une histoire, Magasin, Grenoble

    Five Revolutionary Seconds IX, 1997
    C-Print
    8.25 x 78.75 in.
    Raconte moi une histoire, Magasin, Grenoble