20 Sep 2011

The Biennale de Paris, a parallel, underground and outlaw world of art

The Biennale de Paris was launched in 1959 by Andre Malraux with the purpose of creating a meeting place for those who would define the art of the future. After a hiatus of several years, the Biennale was relaunched in 2000. Since then it has not ceased in its efforts to unravel art from institutions. The Biennale de Paris rejects the use of art objects, which are too alienated by the market. It does not confine itself to a framework that would hinder its present actions or its political, economic and ideological evolution. By acting upon everyday life and its unfolding realities, the biennale seeks to redefine art by using criteria which rejects the idea of the artist as the sole protagonist in his work. Simply stated, the Biennale de Paris refuses to participate in today's conventional art world. By mixing up genres, exploiting porous frontiers and practicing the redistribution of roles, the Biennale de Paris allows art to appear precisely where it's not expected.

Calendar of lectures, discussions, operations

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Saturday, September 24, 2011
12:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Grace Space Exhibition Space & Gallery
Distortions
Maneuvers

Monday, September 26, 2011
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
New York University
“The Biennale de Paris: a Parallel, Underground and Outlaw World of Art”
Lectures

Tuesday, September 27, 2011
10:00 AM – 12:00 AM
New York University
The Biennale de Paris College
Speed Workshops

Tuesday, September 27, 2011
4:30 PM – 6:30 PM
New York University
“The Biennale de Paris: a Parallel, Underground and Outlaw World of Art”
Lectures

Wednesday, September 28, 2011
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Yale University School of Art
Deconstruction?
Lectures

Thursday, September 29, 2011
12:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Yale University School of Art
The Biennale de Paris College
Speed Workshops

Thursday, September 29, 2011
7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Queens Museum of Art
“What Art Collections for the Future?”
Lectures

Friday, September 30, 2011
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Austrian Cultural Forum New York
“Visual/Invisual: do words create art?”
Lectures

Saturday, October 1, 2011
6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Grace Space Exhibition Space & Gallery
“Art is Reason Enough to do Without it!”
Lectures

Tuesday, October 4, 2011
10:00 AM – 12:00 AM
New York University
The Biennale de Paris College
Speed Workshops

October, 2011
New York urban space
Exposure to Psychological Dangers/EPD
Public awareness campaign.

September – October 2011
Network of galeries and museums in New York
The Guide Legrand to Art Openings
Agent’s visits.

September 2011
Los Angeles and vicinity
That’s Painting Productions
On going jobs.

Permanent
Los Angeles
Scoops
Ice cream producer.

Partners

Public Institutions City of Paris, French Ministry of Culture and Communication/Dglflf, French Institute Alliance Francaise, International Organization of Francophonie, Cultural Services of the French Embassy, Queens Museum of Art, Austrian Cultural Forum New York, Swedish Institute, House of Latin America, Irish Cultural Center. Schools and Universities Yale University School of Art, New York University, Art School CalArts. Non-profit Organizations French Society of Terminology, International Association of Art Critics, La Generale en Manufacture, Museum of Transitory Art, Diffusion systeme minuit Quebec, Grace Space Exhibition Space & Gallery, Termisti Research Center in Applied Linguistics. Communication e-artnow.org Official Transportation Company Air Europa. Collections Collection Ghislain Mollet-Vieville, Collection MJS. Media Art& Perpetual Supplier Soussan Ltd.