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12.29.2017 Orion

Plusieurs nébuleuses dans Orion, M42, Tête de Cheval et la Flamme.
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The constellation of Orion rounds off memento’s starry cycle and reveals the luminous nebulae of blessings that we wish to shower upon you all for the coming new year!

12.25.2017 Praises of pliages

Simon Hantaï, 1980 (collection Jean-François et Marie-Aline Prat, Christie's Paris, © Christie's images, 2017)
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“Hantaï’s paintings, where pliage (folding) is utilised as a genuine method, found an echo with Didi-Huberman.” (Soko Phay)

12.22.2017 The antic sky of Cy Twombly

Cy Twombly - Plafond de la salle des bronzes (détail), Musée du Louvre, Paris
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“Cy Twombly’s work feeds on historical references, literature and art.” (Etienne Sallon)

12.18.2017 Space: obscure clarity

Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) - Melencolia (gravure, 1514)
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“The first blackness is that of night… ” (Annie Mollard-Desfour)

12.15.2017 Constellations

Constellation du Taureau (photographie © Akira Fujii)
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A constellation groups together all the stars that are within the perimeters more or less delimited by its symbolic asterism.

12.11.2017 Thomas Ruff, The Little Prince of Stars

Thomas Ruff - 17H, 36M/-34° - (Christie's images LTD 2017)
Crossed paths

” Thomas Ruff cancelled out any resemblance to reality and broke with the traditionally more emotional representation of the subject.” (Elodie Morel)

12.08.2017 Stars (of visibility)

stars
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“Visibility is the key for public recognition on a grand scale.” (Julia Kerninon)

12.04.2017 The astral dragon

Philippe Baudelocque - Dragon
Shadow of scents

The Dragon constellation has a third eye: the Cat’s Eye nebula affectionately dubbed NGC 6543.

12.01.2017 Usury and the stars

Giotto (1266/7-1337) - Fresque de la chapelle Santa Maria della Carità all’Arena (Saint Marie de la Charité de l’Arène) à Padoue (détail): partie de la voûte située à l’ouest, du côté de l’entrée de la chapelle. La Vierge Marie portant l’enfant le Christ dans le médaillon central est entourée de quatre médaillons où figurent des prophètes.
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Usury and the Stars by writer and art historian, Pascal Bonafoux, about stars in the fresco of Giotto in the chapel of Santa Maria della Carità all’Arena.

11.27.2017 Cosmic phoenix

Philippe Baudelocque - Phoenix
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Phoenix is the Greek word for a mythical bird who burns himself to life, as he rises from the ashes to be reborn.

11.24.2017 Constellations of Joan Fontcuberta

Joan Fontcuberta - MN 62: OPHIUCUS (NGC 6266), AR 17 h. 01,2 min. / D -30º 07′
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Constellations of Joan Fontcuberta, presented by Nathalie Parienté, an art historian and exhibition curator, and notably «Joan Fontcuberta. Ad Litteram».

11.20.2017 LA NONA ORA (THE NINTH HOUR)

La Nona Ora est une œuvre sculpturale conçue en 1999 par l'artiste italien Maurizio Cattelan et exécutée sous sa direction par Daniel Druet et Odile Hautemulle.
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La Nona Ora (the ninth hour) was created by Maurizio Cattelan in 1999. This installation is presented by contemporary art expert at Christie’s Paul Nyzam.

11.13.2017 The Unicorn of stars

Philippe Baudelocque - Licorne
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The Unicorn constellation…

11.06.2017 The first of Ovid’s metamorphoses

Gustave Moreau (1826-1898) - Chute de Phaéton. Projet de plafond (Paris, musée d'Orsay, conservé au musée du Louvre)
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« Hidden for eons under the mass that squashed them suddenly begin to swarm in the night skies » (Ovid)

11.03.2017 The passion of heaven…

Solargraphie de Quentin Lacombe (courteously)
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The passion of heaven, a poem of Agrippa d’Aubigné (1552-1630) opens the theme of the constellations on memento.

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