Vincent Ganivet (b. 1976, lives and works in Ile-Saint-Denis) maps out a territory halfway between accident and equilibrium, work of art and found object. Going back to elementary forms (the circle) or architectural principles (the keystone), he renders their orthodoxy fragile by putting them into a state of instability. To mark the reopening of the Palais de Tokyo, Vincent Ganivet has been invited to design a mural work to be deployed on the metopes of the grand staircase leading to the large rotunda. For this he is reactivating a formal work made in 2008, which consists of “stifling what emanates from a smoke kettle by means of the first recipient to hand”. As it happens, here the artist is intervening against a wall.
After constructions of breeze-blocks under tension, and overflows in the guise of fountains, with Ronds de fumée the artist is now exploring the event. By misappropriating fireworks, he brings together the festive and insurrection, the smoke kettle of a play, and chromatic spectacle. Vincent Ganivet is part of a history waiting to be written: the history of artists interested in developing a heterodox body of work in which building principles and elementary forms are featured alongside accident and humor.
Partners
With the support of la Galerie Yvon Lambert (Paris) and SAB Miller
