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Success in Failure, Wolfgang Stoerchle, Exhibition curated by Alice Dusapin, 13.05 – 12.06.2022, Giselle’s Books · Marseille

Success in Failure, Wolfgang Stoerchle

Curated by Alice Dusapin

13.05 – 12.06.2022
Giselle’s Books · Marseille


On the occasion of the publication of the first monograph on Wolfgang Stoerchle’s work written by Alice Dusapin, Giselle’s Books presents a selection of his videos accompanied by previously unpublished documents.

Wolfgang Stoerchle (1944-1976) is a particularly influential artistic figure of the early 1970s who left a definite but discreet mark on a generation of Californian artists, notably through the production of videos and performances involving his body as raw material. His life story, as brief as it was eventful, is full of rumors, and his sudden death in 1976 probably further accentuated the myth surrounding him. His entire body of work was completed in eleven years, between 1965 and 1976. Forty-five years after his death, his name is still whispered in the West Coast art world, awaiting wider recognition.

Alice Dusapin has devoted extensive research on his life and work since 2017 and has organized several exhibitions on his work since then: Ampersand (Lisbon) Galerie overduin & co (Los Angeles), Galerie Air de Paris (Paris), Macro (Rome) and Le Crédac (Ivry sur Seine).

The monograph includes interviews with Daniel Lentz, Paul McCarthy, Matt Mullican, David Salle, and Helene Winer, as well as extensive documentation of his videos and performances, rare sculptures and paintings, and installations.

« He stood naked in front of us with eyes closed and tried and failed to get an erection. Such a bad idea and so good. » William Wegman

The publication Wolfgang Stoerchle, « Success in Failure » (Daisy Editions, Christophe Daviet-Thery, 2022) was made possible thanks to the support of the CNAP, Terra Foundation for American Art, and Antoine de Galbert.

Giselle’s Books would like to thank Fraeme and Atelier Villeneuve for their technical support.


Conjointement à la sortie de la première monographie consacré au travail de Wolfgang Stoerchle écrite par Alice Dusapin, Giselle’s Books présente une sélection de ses vidéos accompagnés de documents inédits.

Wolfgang Stoerchle (1944-1976) est une figure artistique particulièrement marquante du début des années 70 qui a laissé une empreinte certaine mais discrète sur une génération d’artistes californiens, notamment grâce à la production de vidéos et de performances impliquant son corps comme matière première. L’histoire de sa vie, aussi brève que mouvementée, est chargée de rumeurs, et sa mort brutale en 1976 a probablement accentué davantage le mythe qui l’entoure. L’ensemble de son œuvre a été réalisé en onze ans, entre 1965 et 1976. Quarante-cinq ans après sa mort, son nom est toujours murmuré dans le monde de l’art de la côte ouest américain, dans l’attente d’une plus large reconnaissance.

Alice Dusapin a consacré des recherches approfondies sur sa vie et son oeuvre depuis 2017 et a organisé plusieurs expositions sur son travail depuis: Ampersand (Lisbonne) Galerie overduin & co (Los Angeles), Galerie Air de Paris (Paris), Macro (Rome) et Le Crédac (Ivry sur Seine).

La monographie rassemble des entretiens avec Daniel Lentz, Paul McCarthy, Matt Mullican, David Salle Helene Winer, accompagnés d’une large documentations sur ses vidéos et performances, ainsi que de rares sculptures, peintures et installations.

He stood naked in front of us with eyes closed and tried and failed to get an erection. Such a bad idea and so good.” William Wegman

La réalisation de la publication Wolfgang Stoerchle, « Success in Failure » (Daisy Editions, Christophe Daviet-Thery, 2022) a été rendue possible grâce au soutien du CNAP, Terra Foundation for American Art, et Antoine de Galbert.

Giselle’s Books would like to thank Fraeme and Atelier Villeneuve for their technical support.

Success in Failure, Wolfgang Stoerchle. Curated by Alice Dusapin. Exhibition View, Giselle’s Books, Marseille
Wolfgang Stoerchle, Success in Failure, edited by Alice Dusapin (Daisy, Christophe Daviet-Thery, 2022) Interviews with David Salle, Helene Winer, Matt Mullican, Paul McCarthy and Daniel Lentz. Designed by Coline Sunier and Charles Mazé.
Success in Failure, Wolfgang Stoerchle. Curated by Alice Dusapin. Exhibition View, Giselle’s Books, Marseille
Success in Failure, Wolfgang Stoerchle. Curated by Alice Dusapin. Exhibition View, Giselle’s Books, Marseille
Success in Failure, Wolfgang Stoerchle. Curated by Alice Dusapin. Exhibition View, Giselle’s Books, Marseille
Crawling out of cloth, Wolfgang Stoerchle, Video, black and white, sound, 2:09 min., c. 1970-72. Courtesy Karen Couch Wieder.
Dodging, Wolfgang Stoerchle, Video, black and white, sound, 3:24 min., c. 1971. Courtesy Karen Couch Wieder.
Success in Failure, Wolfgang Stoerchle. Curated by Alice Dusapin. Exhibition View, Giselle’s Books, Marseille
Untitled (Fictional News), Wolfgang Stoerchle, Newspaper print, 43.5 x 56.5 cm, 1970. Courtesy Karen Couch Wieder.
Shoe Piece, Wolfgang Stoerchle Video, black and white, sound, 4:32 min., c. 1971. Courtesy Karen Couch Wieder.
Shoe Piece, Wolfgang Stoerchle Video, black and white, sound, 4:32 min., c. 1971. Courtesy Karen Couch Wieder.
Poster, 43 x 28 cm, for Artists’s Performances, Pomona College Art Gallery, March, 2, 6, 13, 20, 1972. Courtesy Karen Couch Wieder.
Untitled (Mexico drawing), Wolfgang Stoerchle, pen on paper, 28 x 21.5 cm, 1975, Courtesy Karen Couch Wieder.
Untitled (Mexico drawing), Wolfgang Stoerchle, pen on paper, 28 x 21.5 cm, 1975, Courtesy Karen Couch Wieder.

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TOP STORIES: New York City in 1979/1981, photographs by Anne Turyn and ephemera of the TOP STORIES era. Organized by Sophie T. Lvoff, 17.04 – 08.05.2022, Giselle’s Books · Marseille

TOP STORIES: New York City in 1979/1981, photographs by Anne Turyn and ephemera of the TOP STORIES era.

Organized by Sophie T. Lvoff

17.04 – 08.05.2022
Giselle’s Books · Marseille


TOP STORIES was a prose periodical published from 1978 to 1991 by the artist Anne Turyn in Buffalo, New York, and New York City. Over the course of twenty-nine issues, it served as a pivotal platform for experimental fiction and art through single-artist issues and two anthologies.

Top Stories primarily featured female artists, though in Turyn’s words a few men “crept in as collaborators”.
Although primarily “a prose periodical” (as its byline often stated), the issues varied in form and aesthetics, pushing the boundaries of what prose could be and, from time to time, escaping the genre altogether. In fact, the only parameters required for participants were that the periodical’s logo and issue list be included on the front and back covers, respectively.

New York City in 1979/1981 is an presentation of Anne Turyn’s black & white photographs, made on the occasion of Kathy Acker’s TOP STORIES issue. Acker wrote to Turyn regarding the edition, “Why not making it AMAZING as long as we’re making it?” The photographs depict the street scenes of a New York slightly forgotten, but undeniably recognizable, like the gleaming of the Statue of Liberty.

The 29-issues reprint of TOP STORIES magazine includes contributions by Kathy Acker, Laurie Anderson, Sheila Ascher, Douglas Blau, Lisa Bloomfield, Linda L. Cathcart, Cheryl Clarke, Susan Daitch, Constance DeJong, Jane Dickson, Judith Doyle, Lee Eiferman, Robert Fiengo, Joe Gibbons, Pati Hill, Jenny Holzer, Gary Indiana, Tama Janowitz, Suzanne Jackson, Suzanne Johnson, Caryl Jones-Sylvester, Mary Kelly, Judy Linn, Micki McGee, Ursule Molinaro, Cookie Mueller, Peter Nadin, Linda Neaman, Glenn O’Brien, Romaine Perin, Richard Prince, Lou Robinson, Janet Stein, Dennis Straus, Sekou Sundiata, Leslie Thornton, Kirsten Thorup, Lynne Tillman, Anne Turyn, Gail Vachon, Brian Wallis, Jane Warrick, Jenny Holzer with Peter Nadin, and Donna Wyszomierski.

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On the occasion of the opening,  voices of the art and writing scene of Marseille will read a selection of TOP STORIES with a sonic presence by Elia David, that will also be broadcast live on Duuu Radio.

Readers: Carisa Bledsoe, Bea Bottomley, Madison Bycroft, Fëlix Pap, Brontë Scott, Aki Yamouridis.

Anne Turyn is a photographer based in New York as well as the former editor of TOP STORIES magazine. Turyn’s work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Kunsthalle Bern, Denver Art Museum, Walker Art Center, and Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Sophie T. Lvoff is an artist based in Marseille. She has organized exhibitions in New York, New Orleans, and Grenoble. She is currently in residence at the Ateliers de la Ville de Marseille.

The re-edition of TOP STORIES is published by Primary Information.


TOP STORIES était un périodique de prose publié de 1978 à 1991 par l’artiste Anne Turyn à Buffalo, New York, et à New York City. Au cours de ses vingt-neuf numéros, il a servi de plateforme à la fiction et à l’art expérimental, par le biais de parutions Top Stories mettait principalement en vedette des artistes femmes, bien que, selon Turyn, quelques hommes « s’y soient glissés comme collaborateurs ».
Bien qu’il s’agisse avant tout d’un « périodique en prose » (comme l’indique souvent sa signature), les numéros variaient en termes de forme et d’esthétique, repoussant les limites de ce que la prose pouvait être et, de temps à autre, échappant complètement au genre. En fait, les seuls paramètres exigés des participants étaient que le logo et la liste des numéros du périodique figurent respectivement sur les couvertures avant et arrière.

New York City in 1979/1981 est une présentation des photographies en noir et blanc d’Anne Turyn, réalisées à l’occasion du numéro TOP STORIES de Kathy Acker. Acker a écrit à Turyn à propos de cette édition : « Pourquoi ne pas la rendre AMAZING tant qu’on la fait ? ». Les photographies représentent les scènes de rue d’un New York un peu oublié, mais indéniablement reconnaissable, comme le scintillement de la statue de la Liberté.

La réédition des 29 numéros du magazine TOP STORIES comprend des contributions de Kathy Acker, Laurie Anderson, Sheila Ascher, Douglas Blau, Lisa Bloomfield, Linda L. Cathcart, Cheryl Clarke, Susan Daitch, Constance DeJong, Jane Dickson, Judith Doyle, Lee Eiferman, Robert Fiengo, Joe Gibbons, Pati Hill, Jenny Holzer, Gary Indiana, Tama Janowitz, Suzanne Jackson, Suzanne Johnson, Caryl Jones-Sylvester, Mary Kelly, Judy Linn, Micki McGee, Ursule Molinaro, Cookie Mueller, Peter Nadin, Linda Neaman, Glenn O’Brien, Romaine Perin, Richard Prince, Lou Robinson, Janet Stein, Dennis Straus, Sekou Sundiata, Leslie Thornton, Kirsten Thorup, Lynne Tillman, Anne Turyn, Gail Vachon, Brian Wallis, Jane Warrick, Jenny Holzer avec Peter Nadin, et Donna Wyszomierski.
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À l’occasion du vernissage, des voix de la scène artistique et littéraire de Marseille liront une sélection de TOP
STORIES avec une présence sonore d’Elia David, qui sera également diffusée en direct sur Duuu Radio.
Lecteurs : Carisa Bledsoe, Bea Bottomley, Madison Bycroft, Fëlix Pap, Brontë Scott, Aki Yamouridis.

Anne Turyn est une photographe basée à New York ainsi que l’ancienne rédactrice en chef du magazine TOP STORIES. Les œuvres d’Anne Turyn ont été exposées au Museum of Modern Art, au Metropolitan Museum of Art, à la Kunsthalle de Berne, le Denver Art Museum, le Walker Art Center et le Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Sophie T. Lvoff est une artiste basée à Marseille. Elle a organisé des expositions à New York, à la Nouvelle-Orléans et à Grenoble. Elle est actuellement en résidence aux Ateliers de la Ville de Marseille.

La réédition de TOP STORIES est publiée par Primary Information.

TOP STORIES: New York City in 1979/1981, photographs by Anne Turyn and ephemera of the TOP STORIES era. Organized by Sophie T. Lvoff. Exhibition View, Giselle's Books, Marseille, 2022.
New York City in 1979, shot in 1981 (Top Stories #9 by Kathy Acker), Anne Turyn 20 digital prints, 21,5 x 27,5cm Exhibition View, Giselle’s Books, Marseille, 2022.
TOP STORIES: New York City in 1979/1981, photographs by Anne Turyn and ephemera of the TOP STORIES era. Organized by Sophie T. Lvoff. Exhibition View, Giselle’s Books, Marseille, 2022.
New York City in 1979, shot in 1981 (Top Stories #9 by Kathy Acker), Anne Turyn 20 digital prints, 21,5 x 27,5cm Exhibition View, Giselle’s Books, Marseille, 2022.
TOP STORIES: New York City in 1979/1981, photographs by Anne Turyn and ephemera of the TOP STORIES era. Organized by Sophie T. Lvoff. Exhibition View, Giselle’s Books, Marseille, 2022.
New York City in 1979, shot in 1981 (Top Stories #9 by Kathy Acker), Anne Turyn 20 digital prints, 21,5 x 27,5cm Exhibition View, Giselle’s Books, Marseille, 2022.
TOP STORIES: New York City in 1979/1981, photographs by Anne Turyn and ephemera of the TOP STORIES era. Organized by Sophie T. Lvoff. Exhibition View, Giselle’s Books, Marseille, 2022.
TOP STORIES: New York City in 1979/1981, photographs by Anne Turyn and ephemera of the TOP STORIES era. Organized by Sophie T. Lvoff. Exhibition View, Giselle’s Books, Marseille, 2022.
New York City in 1979, shot in 1981 (Top Stories #9 by Kathy Acker), Anne Turyn 20 digital prints, 21,5 x 27,5cm Exhibition View, Giselle’s Books, Marseille, 2022.
TOP STORIES: New York City in 1979/1981, photographs by Anne Turyn and ephemera of the TOP STORIES era. Organized by Sophie T. Lvoff. Exhibition View, Giselle’s Books, Marseille, 2022.
New York City in 1979, shot in 1981 (Top Stories #9 by Kathy Acker), Anne Turyn 20 digital prints, 21,5 x 27,5cm Exhibition View, Giselle’s Books, Marseille, 2022.
New York City in 1979, shot in 1981 (Top Stories #9 by Kathy Acker), Anne Turyn 20 digital prints, 21,5 x 27,5cm Exhibition View, Giselle’s Books, Marseille, 2022.
New York City in 1979, shot in 1981 (Top Stories #9 by Kathy Acker), Anne Turyn 20 digital prints, 21,5 x 27,5cm Exhibition View, Giselle’s Books, Marseille, 2022.
TOP STORIES: New York City in 1979/1981, photographs by Anne Turyn and ephemera of the TOP STORIES era. Organized by Sophie T. Lvoff. Exhibition View, Giselle’s Books, Marseille, 2022.
New York City in 1979, shot in 1981 (Top Stories #9 by Kathy Acker), Anne Turyn 20 digital prints, 21,5 x 27,5cm Exhibition View, Giselle’s Books, Marseille, 2022.
New York City in 1979, shot in 1981 (Top Stories #9 by Kathy Acker), Anne Turyn 20 digital prints, 21,5 x 27,5cm Exhibition View, Giselle’s Books, Marseille, 2022.
TOP STORIES: New York City in 1979/1981, photographs by Anne Turyn and ephemera of the TOP STORIES era. Organized by Sophie T. Lvoff. Exhibition View, Giselle’s Books, Marseille, 2022.
New York City in 1979, shot in 1981 (Top Stories #9 by Kathy Acker), Anne Turyn 20 digital prints, 21,5 x 27,5cm Exhibition View, Giselle’s Books, Marseille, 2022.
TOP STORIES: New York City in 1979/1981, photographs by Anne Turyn and ephemera of the TOP STORIES era. Organized by Sophie T. Lvoff. Exhibition View, Giselle’s Books, Marseille, 2022.
Facsimile of correspondance and research material for the TOP STORIES issues, 1978-1991. Exhibition View, Giselle’s Books, Marseille, 2022.
On the occasion of the opening: readings of a selection of TOP STORIES with a sonic presence by Elia David, also be broadcast live on Duuu Radio. Readers: Carisa Bledsoe, Bea Bottomley, Madison Bycroft, Fëlix Pap, Brontë Scott, Aki Yamouridis.

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Beton Insel, Sleepwalkers, Coagulum – Screening of films by INVENTORY, 17.10.2021, Giselle’s Books · Marseille

Coagulum – a momentary clot in the heart of commerce
and other selected films

Inventory

17.10.2021
Giselle’s Books · Marseille

Marking the end of Inventory’s exhibition ‘A doctrine of scattered occasions’, a selection of their films will be projected at Giselle’s Books.

The exhibition will exceptionally be open without appointment from 2pm onwards and will be concluded with the projection of : Beton Insel (2004, 8 minutes), Sleepwalkers (2003, 17 minutes) and Coagulum – a momentary clot in the heart of commerce (2002, 19 minutes).

Giselle’s Books, 28 Rue des Convalescents, 13001, Marseille

Open from 2 to 9PM. Film screening : 7PM

Marquant la fin de ‘A doctrine of scattered occasions’, l’exposition du collectif Inventory, une sélection de leurs films seront projetés à Giselle’s Books.

L’exposition sera exceptionnellement ouverte sans rendez-vous à partir de 14h, et sera conclue par la projections des films suivants:  Beton Insel (2004, 8 minutes), Sleepwalkers (2003, 17 minutes) and Coagulum – a momentary clot in the heart of commerce (2002, 19 minutes).

Giselle’s Books, 28 Rue des Convalescents, 13001, Marseille

Ouvert de 14h à 21h. Projection : 19h.

Screening of Inventory's films, Giselle's Books, 2021

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A doctrine of Scattered occasions, Inventory, 28.08 – 17.10.2021, Giselle’s Books · Marseille

A doctrine of scattered occasions

Inventory

28.08 – 17.10.2021
Giselle’s Books · Marseille

Giselle’s Books presents the first exhibition in France of Inventory, a collective founded in London in the mid-nineties as well as a printed journal of the same name.

For this occasion, Inventory have begun to realise a longstanding project, to exhibit a new series of works that draw upon and develop research material that was first introduced within the context of the journal. Alongside is a broader constellation of works that relate to their most recent publication The Counsel of Spent (Book Works, 2018). In addition, a selection of documents, ephemera, notes and images from Inventory’s archive are displayed, charting their precarious trajectory from their tentative beginnings to the ever-vulnerable present. British art collective Inventory was founded in 1995 by Damian Abbott, Paul Claydon and Adam Scrivener. Since 2004, they are based in Kent (UK) and Toulouse (France).

Many of the new works presented here take, as their starting point, previously unseen visual research that was undertaken for articles that appeared in their eponymous journal Inventory. In their press release for their first issue, Inventory states that :

« The relationship between words and images is of paramount importance, but we do not wish this method to have a scientific character (in the sense of an ethnographic, documentary discourse) nor an artistic, literary value (which would condemn this material to an aesthetic musing). Rather, we wish to employ an emblematics whereby image and text are linked in a methodology which is at once historical, anthropological, poetic….»

For this exhibition, this notion of an ‘emblematics’ is re-orientated towards a more purely visual approach while maintaining an idea of ‘constellations of images’. However, this should not be simply understood as collage. Nor is it an attempt to merely present a picture of our times as a chaotic and impenetrable web of heterogeneous fragments. Because the, ‘choreography of these fragments as collage is an outmoded and pointless practice without an agenda which refuses to be seduced by the shattered image of society. The moment the fragment becomes resuscitated as an emblem, it transforms the social picture from one of irredeemable and alienated activity into one of recognisable yet still complex relationships.’

For Inventory, their practice is an approach to images and things in close up, almost too close. A kind of contaminated analysis that resides in bringing together small details, as well as the seemingly disparate, so that other impulses may be revealed. A dialectical re-constellation of images that allows for other critical interpretations, other narratives to coalesce and resonate.

Inventory’s previous solo exhibitions were at the Rob Tufnell gallery, London (2014 and 2016) White Columns, New York (2005); The Approach, London (2004, 2002 and 1999) and at The Modern Institute, Glasgow (1999). Recent collective exhibitions include: Condo London, Rob Tufnell (2018); The Revolutionary Suicide Mechanised Regiment Band, Rob Tufnell, Cologne (2016); Corruption Feeds, Bergen Kunsthall (2014); Make the Living Look Dead, 2nd Cannons Project Space, Los Angeles (2014); Ruin Lust, Tate Britain (2014); Keywords, INIVA (2013); A journey through London’s subculture, the ICA at Old Selfridges Hotel, London (2013), De Appel, Amsterdam (2008); Kunstverein Hamburg (2007); Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade (2007); Kunsthaus Dresden (2006); Aspen Art Museum (2006); Portikus, Frankfurt (2004); ICA, London (2003); Whitechapel Gallery, London (2003); Lenbachhaus, Munich (2002); the Courtauld Institute of Art, London (2001); their work is held in the collections of the Centre Pompidou, Paris and the Tate Gallery, London. Their work is represented by Rob Tufnell.

Giselle’s Books présente la première exposition monographique en France de Inventory, un collectif d’artistes fondé au milieu des années 1990 à Londres ainsi qu’une revue du même nom.
Pour cette occasion, Inventory ont commencé à réaliser un projet de longue date: exposer une nouvelle série de travaux qui puisent et développent un matériau de recherche initialement introduit dans le contexte de leur revue éponyme (publiée de 1995 à 2005). Elle s’accompagne d’une constellation de travaux relatifs à leur publication la plus récente, The Counsel of Spent (Book Works, 2018). De plus, Inventory présente une sélection de documents, d’éphéméras, de notes et d’images qui proviennent de leurs archives, retra- çant leur trajectoire précaire, des commencements incertains vers un présent toujours vulnérable.

Le collectif d’artistes britannique Inventory a été fondé en 1995 par Damian Abbott, Paul Claydon et Adam Scrivener. Depuis 2004, ils sont basés à Kent (RU) et à Toulouse (France).

Plusieurs nouveaux travaux présentés ont pour point de départ une recherche visuelle qui n’avait jamais été exposée auparavant, recherche entreprise en vue d’articles parus dans leur revue éponyme, Inventory. Dans le communiqué de presse pour le premier numéro, Inventory énonce :

« La relation entre les mots et les images est d’une importance primordiale, mais nous ne souhaitons pas donner à cette méthode un caractère scientifique (dans le sens d’un discours ethnographique ou documentaire) ni une valeur artistique, littéraire (qui condamnerait ce matériau à une rumination esthétique). Nous souhaitons plutôt faire appel à une emblématique où image et texte sont liés dans une méthodologie à la fois historique, anthropologique, poétique… ».

Pour cette exposition, la notion de l’« emblématique » est réorientée vers une approche plus purement visuelle, en maintenant une idée de « constellation d’images ». Toutefois, celle-ci ne doit pas être comprise simplement en termes de collage. Il ne s’agit pas non plus de présenter une image de notre temps comme une toile chaotique et impénétrable de fragments hétérogènes. Car « la chorégraphie des fragments en tant que collage risque d’être une pratique démodée et creuse si elle ne s’ancre pas dans une position qui refuse la séduction par l’image fracassée de la société. Au moment où le fragment est ressuscité comme un emblème, il transforme l’image sociale : l’image d’une activité aliénée et inexpiable devient l’image de relations intelligibles et reconnaissables, bien que toujours complexes ».

Inventory conçoit sa pratique comme une approche des images et des choses de près, presque trop près. C’est une sorte d’analyse contaminée, qui rassemble de petits détails et ce qui est disparate en apparence, pour que d’autres impulsions puissent se révéler. Une re-constellation dialectique d’images, pour que d’autres interprétations critiques émergent et que d’autres récits confluent et résonnent.

Leurs dernières expositions monographiques ont eu lieu à la galerie Rob Tufnell à Londres, en 2014 et 2016. Leurs expositions collectives récentes incluent : Condo London (Rob Tufnell) 2018, The Revolutionary Suicide Mechanised Regiment Band, Rob Tuf- nell (Cologne) 2016, Corruption Feeds, Bergen Kunsthall, Make the Living Look Dead, 2nd Cannons Project Space, Los Angeles, Ruin Lust, Tate Britain (2014), Keywords, INIVA et A journey through London’s subculture, the ICA à Old Selfridges Hotel, Londres (2013). Leurs expositions précédentes incluent des présentations monographiques à White Columns, New York (2005) ; The Approach, Londres (2004, 2002 et 1999) et au Modern Institute, Glasgow (1999). Le travail d’Inventory a été présenté également lors d’expositions collectives à De Appel, Amsterdam (2008) ; Kunstverein Hamburg (2007) ; Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade (2007) ; Kunsthaus Dresde (2006) ; Aspen Art Museum (2006) ; Portikus, Francfort (2004) ; Whitechapel Gallery, Londres (2003); Lenbachhaus, Munich (2002); the Courtauld Institute of Art, Londres (2001); the ICA, Londres (2003 et 1999) ; Cubitt, Londres (1997) et au Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (1996). Leurs œuvres figurent dans les collections du Centre Pompidou Paris et de la Tate Gallery Londres. Inventory est représenté par la galerie Rob Tufnell.

Exhibition view, Giselle's Books, A doctrine of scattered occasions, INVENTORY, 2021
Exhibition view, Giselle's Books, A doctrine of scattered occasions, INVENTORY, 2021
Exhibition view, Giselle's Books, A doctrine of scattered occasions, INVENTORY, 2021
THUGS, 2021 UV print on dibond, mounted documents and photos on hardboard 100 x 70 cm each
Elephant, 2021 UV print on dibond, mounted documents and photos on hardboard 100 x 70 cm each
Exhibition view, Giselle’s Books, Marseille A doctrine of scattered occasions, INVENTORY, 2021
Marquess, 2021 UV print on dibond, mounted documents and photos on hardboard 100 x 70 cm
Comply, 2021 Print on blue back paper 100 x 70 cm
Donne, 2006 B&W print on paper 100 x 70 cm
Exhibition view, Giselle's Books, A doctrine of scattered occasions, INVENTORY, 2021
Exhibition view, Giselle's Books, A doctrine of scattered occasions, INVENTORY, 2021
Exhibition view, Giselle's Books, A doctrine of scattered occasions, INVENTORY, 2021
9,000 BODIES, 2015 Print on blue back paper 85 x 59 cm
Histoire d’une forteresse, 2021 Laser cut on plywood and mounted B&W photography 90 x 60 cm
Equation, 2014 Framed silkscreen print 71,5 x 51,5 cm
CONVERT AUSTERITY INTO ACTION, 2015 Print on blue back paper 85 x 59 cm
Circles, 2021 Framed digital print 51,5 x 61,5 cm
Fist, 2015 Print on blue back paper 59 x 85 cm
Diatom and platic cup, 2021 Framed digital print 22 x 30,5 cm
Stevinus sisyphus, 2015 Print on blue back paper 85 x 59 cm
Wholesale and Foodbank, 2021 Framed digital print 22 x 30,5 cm
Landfill and Longbarrow, 2021 Framed digital print 31,5 x 41,5 cm
Elimine Iluminae, 2016 Print on blue back paper 42 x 59 cm
Kapitalistischer Realismus, 2014 Framed silkscreen print 51,5 x 71,5 cm
Exhibition view, Giselle’s Books, Marseille A doctrine of scattered occasions, INVENTORY, 2021
The later years of Inveterate Agitator, 2021 Collage (collected poster paper, letraset) and plexiglas 99 x 140,5 cm
The later years of Inveterate Agitator, 2021 Collage (collected poster paper, letraset) and plexiglas 99 x 140,5 cm
Exhibition view, Giselle’s Books, Marseille A doctrine of scattered occasions, INVENTORY, 2021
Touch, 2021 UV print on dibond, mounted documents and photos on hardboard 100 x 70 cm
Exhibition view, Giselle’s Books, Marseille A doctrine of scattered occasions, INVENTORY, 2021
The mystique of numbers, 2021 UV print on dibond, mounted documents and photos on hardboard 100 x 70 cm each
Exhibition view, Giselle’s Books, Marseille A doctrine of scattered occasions, INVENTORY, 2021
Exhibition view, Giselle’s Books, Marseille A doctrine of scattered occasions, INVENTORY, 2021
Categories, 2021 Framed laser print 22,5 x 31,5 cm
The work of thieves, 2014 Framed silkscreen print 51,5 x 71,5 cm
TLS, 1998 Framed newsprint 41,5 x 51,5 cm
Exhibition view, Giselle’s Books, Marseille A doctrine of scattered occasions, INVENTORY, 2021
Inventory Archive, 2021
Inventory Archive, 2021

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Running as if to meet the moon – Thierry Basile, Clarice Calvo-Pinsolle, Florent Dubois, Gaïa Vincensini, 28.09.2019, Giselle · Toulouse

Running as if to meet the moon

Thierry Basile, Clarice Calvo-Pinsolle, Florent Dubois, Gaïa Vincensini

28.09.2019
Giselle · Toulouse

Installation view, Running as if to meet the moon, with : Thierry Basile, Clarice Calvo-Pinsolle, Florent Dubois, Gaïa Vincensini at Giselle, 2019
Installation view, Gaïa Vincensini in Running as if to meet the moon, Giselle, 2019
Installation view, Gaïa Vincensini in Running as if to meet the moon, Giselle, 2019
Installation view, Florent Dubois in Running as if to meet the moon, Giselle, 2019
Installation view, Florent Dubois in Running as if to meet the moon, Giselle, 2019
Installation view, Running as if to meet the moon, with : Thierry Basile, Clarice Calvo-Pinsolle, Florent Dubois, Gaïa Vincensini at Giselle, 2019
Installation view, Thierry Basile in Running as if to meet the moon, Giselle, 2019
Installation view, Thierry Basile in Running as if to meet the moon, Giselle, 2019
Installation view, Thierry Basile in Running as if to meet the moon, Giselle, 2019
Installation view, Thierry Basile in Running as if to meet the moon, Giselle, 2019
Installation view, Clarice Calvo-Pinsolle in Running as if to meet the moon, Giselle, 2019
Installation view, Clarice Calvo-Pinsolle in Running as if to meet the moon, Giselle, 2019

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At the local repair – Sarah Rosengarten, 25.07 – 26.08.2019, Giselle · Toulouse

at the local repair

Sarah Rosengarten

25.07 – 26.08.2019
Giselle · Toulouse

Written about before* is the loss of language when traveling one’s own body. How-to is this daily and weekly, maybe less so longterm enigma to explore. Although, can I formulate this as a goal(?) when it spooks me too much to loose my ability to speak; as I anyways mostly search for it. Is anxiety my bodybuilding?? You do know athletic activity comes in many forms. So I really can. Throw myself into work-out – check my lack indicating greater muscle to come – roam my own self – ultmately approximating new landscapes ?
(…)

 
Most eggplants have a bitter-tasting surface. For lunch I sliced one up and roasted it. I ate the slices with the skin and it was truly bitter. I ate 5, .. way-y too many, before deciding to peel.

(…)

The story that the cosmetic brand Avène is basing it’s successful development on, is that of a horse with a skin disease, freely wandering around in the slopes of the Pyrenees. The horse finds the spring of St. Odile and rolls around in the water, drinks from it and is soon cured entirely. The spring became a Spa, the Spa became a skin treatment facility, the facility now has a hotel attached which resembles in it’s architectural appeal an over-polished spaceship. Altogether it’s called ‘Avène Thermal Station’. Most frequent visitors are older women and children with psoriasis and eczema, probably due to the fact that the minimum length of stay is 6weeks. The place is constantly surrounded by herds of butterflies which the director of the placecalls ‘too much’.
(…)

hmmm…..to spend a couple of hours.

 

text : Sarah Rosengarten

Installation view, at the local repair, by Sarah Rosengarten at Giselle, 2019
Installation view, at the local repair, by Sarah Rosengarten at Giselle, 2019
Endless Walks, 2019 2 aluminum framed C-prints, edition of 4 31,7 x 24,3 cm
Endless Walks (detail), 2019, 2 aluminum framed C-prints, edition of 4, 31,7 x 24,3 cm
Endless Walks (detail), 2019, 2 aluminum framed C-prints, edition of 4, 31,7 x 24,3 cm
precise act (detail), 2019 Dyed shower curtain, 60 x 70 x 200 cm
precise act (detail), 2019 Dyed shower curtain, 60 x 70 x 200 cm
a certain number of operations – quadruple flirt, 2019, Customised plastic drinking cup, glass straws, 9 x 9 x 24 cm
a certain number of operations – quadruple flirt (detail), 2019, Customised plastic drinking cup, glass straws, 9 x 9 x 24 cm
Installation view, at the local repair, by Sarah Rosengarten at Giselle, 2019
Installation view, at the local repair, by Sarah Rosengarten at Giselle, 2019

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Baba Yaga Dom – Hélène Boutonnet, 09.07 – 23.07.2019, Giselle · Toulouse

Baba Yaga Dom

Hélène Boutonnet

09.07 – 23.07.2019
Giselle · Toulouse

Installation view, Baba Yaga Dom by Hélène Boutonnet at Giselle, 2019
Installation view, Baba Yaga Dom by Hélène Boutonnet at Giselle, 2019
Installation view (detail), Baba Yaga Dom by Hélène Boutonnet at Giselle, 2019
Installation view (detail), Baba Yaga Dom by Hélène Boutonnet at Giselle, 2019
Installation view (detail), Baba Yaga Dom by Hélène Boutonnet at Giselle, 2019
Installation view (detail), Baba Yaga Dom by Hélène Boutonnet at Giselle, 2019
Installation view (detail), Baba Yaga Dom by Hélène Boutonnet at Giselle, 2019
Installation view (detail), Baba Yaga Dom by Hélène Boutonnet at Giselle, 2019
Installation view (detail), Baba Yaga Dom by Hélène Boutonnet at Giselle, 2019

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État de nécessité – Haydée Marin Lopez, 19.06 – 08.07.2019, Giselle · Toulouse

État de nécessité

Haydée Marin Lopez

19.06 – 08.07.2019
Giselle · Toulouse

Installation view, État de nécessité by Haydée Marin Lopez at Giselle, 2019
Installation view, État de nécessité by Haydée Marin Lopez at Giselle, 2019
Installation view, État de nécessité by Haydée Marin Lopez at Giselle, 2019
Installation view (detail), État de nécessité by Haydée Marin Lopez at Giselle, 2019
Installation view (detail), État de nécessité by Haydée Marin Lopez at Giselle, 2019
Installation view (detail), État de nécessité by Haydée Marin Lopez at Giselle, 2019
Installation view, État de nécessité by Haydée Marin Lopez at Giselle, 2019
Installation view, État de nécessité by Haydée Marin Lopez at Giselle, 2019

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l’aquarium – Amanda Fort, 16.05 – 02.06.2019, Giselle · Toulouse

l’aquarium

Amanda Fort

16.05 – 02.06.2019
Giselle · Toulouse

installation view, l'aquarium by Amanda Fort at Giselle, 2019
installation view, l'aquarium by Amanda Fort at Giselle, 2019
installation view (detail), l'aquarium by Amanda Fort at Giselle, 2019
installation view (detail), l'aquarium by Amanda Fort at Giselle, 2019
installation view (detail), l'aquarium by Amanda Fort at Giselle, 2019
installation view, l'aquarium by Amanda Fort at Giselle, 2019
installation view (detail), l'aquarium by Amanda Fort at Giselle, 2019
installation view, l'aquarium by Amanda Fort at Giselle, 2019

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Les Complaintes de Maryse – Camille Brêteau, 12.04 – 28.04.2019, Giselle · Toulouse

Les complaintes de Maryse

Camille Brêteau

12.04 – 28.04.2019
Giselle · Toulouse

Installation view, Les complaintes de Maryse by Camille Brêteau, at Giselle, 2019
Installation view, Les complaintes de Maryse by Camille Brêteau, at Giselle, 2019
Installation view (detail), Les complaintes de Maryse by Camille Brêteau, at Giselle, 2019

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