Arretche Studio Project
Artist:
Ian Kiaer
Date:
2012
Medium:
Installation
Materials:
Slide projectors, Glass, Cardboard and plastic model, Screen, Rubber, Stretched fabric on frame
Dimensions:
Variable dimensions
Collection:
Lafayette anticipations - Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin
As part of the exhibition Les Prairies at the FRAC Bretagne, the artist was interested in the former telecommunications centre designed by Louis Arretche and completed in 1972. This important building embodies a confidence in the modernist architectural model already in place in the 1970s, as indicated by the building’s retrofuturistic aesthetic. Its scale, in contrast to a forward-looking and reflective “paper architecture”, provoked the artist into a power struggle, prompting him to think about other modes of production. By recovering and using original windows, Ian Kiaer was able to reconsider this architectural project as a proposal and a ruin that he interprets with his own language, in relation to the architect’s archives, through the creation of paintings, models, and projections.
Exhibition
Les Prairies
FRAC Bretagne, Rennes (France)
from 15 Sep to 09 Dec 2012
FRAC Bretagne, Rennes (France)
from 15 Sep to 09 Dec 2012