12.29.2017 Orion
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!
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!
“Hantaï’s paintings, where pliage (folding) is utilised as a genuine method, found an echo with Didi-Huberman.” (Soko Phay)
“Cy Twombly’s work feeds on historical references, literature and art.” (Etienne Sallon)
“The first blackness is that of night… ” (Annie Mollard-Desfour)
A constellation groups together all the stars that are within the perimeters more or less delimited by its symbolic asterism.
” Thomas Ruff cancelled out any resemblance to reality and broke with the traditionally more emotional representation of the subject.” (Elodie Morel)
“Visibility is the key for public recognition on a grand scale.” (Julia Kerninon)
The Dragon constellation has a third eye: the Cat’s Eye nebula affectionately dubbed NGC 6543.
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.
Phoenix is the Greek word for a mythical bird who burns himself to life, as he rises from the ashes to be reborn.
Constellations of Joan Fontcuberta, presented by Nathalie Parienté, an art historian and exhibition curator, and notably «Joan Fontcuberta. Ad Litteram».
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.
The Unicorn constellation…
« Hidden for eons under the mass that squashed them suddenly begin to swarm in the night skies » (Ovid)
The passion of heaven, a poem of Agrippa d’Aubigné (1552-1630) opens the theme of the constellations on memento.