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Until April 30 , 2022
General view of the exposition
TWELVE DESIGNERS ARE REINTERPRETING THE BODY AT THE HAUSER & WIRTH IN MONACO
The deformed , manhandled , fragmented , injured body , broken or torn to pieces ... Twelve women have taken over the exceptional Hauser & Wirth spaces in Monaco . Some fifty works entitled “ Abstractions corporelles / Anatomies fragmentées ” reflect their personal vision on gender and so many other questions evoked today by the representation of the female body .
Far from the archetypes of seduction , we are witnessing research on a body that no longer fits into gender stereotypes . At times clinical , disturbing or worrying . Its fragility is particularly highlighted by the late Alina Szapocznikow , featuring a resin “ tumor ”. Louise Bourgeois is astonishing us with a series of breasts , sculpted in pink marble and contained by a sort of roughly carved sarcophagus . Lorna Simpson is taking us on a peculiar visual walk with her short film “ Walk with me ”. Three female faces are juxtaposed and made to blink ... Pipilotti Rist is striking us with an installation hanging from the ceiling . A little girl whose entire being is summed up by a lit-up swimsuit .
Our favourite , however , is the youngest of the twelve artists , using more traditional media . Christina Quarles is sharing a very successful and technically stunning painting . A ray of sunshine against a rather dark ensemble . The curator Tanya Barson has chosen a particularly ingenious scenography for this work .
Alina Szapocznikow Blue Herbarium I Photo : Thomas Barratt
© Pipilotti Rist © ADAGP , Paris
Pipilotti Rist Nives , an illuminated girl
« Abstractions corporelles / anatomies fragmentées » Hauser & Wirth One Monte-Carlo , Place du Casino , Monaco
General view of the exposition
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