OLIVIER FOULON
EPISODE 3: The Soliloquy of the Broom - projection 16mm film. Olivier Foulon’s project 'The Soliloquy of the Broom' focuses on the concept of masquerade in relation to painting. Central to this work is the portrait 'Jo, the Beautiful Irish Girl' painted by Gustave Courbet in 1865 in Trouville. It shows a lady named Jo, mistress and model of the artist James Whistler, looking at herself and her hair in a mirror. Due to great demand Gustave Courbet copied the painting several times.
The four versions belong nowadays to the Metropolitan Museum, New York, the Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, the National Museum of Stockholm and to a private collector. Olivier Foulon brought the four paintings together with the help of 16mm film and visualizes not only early forms of mass production in art, but works with the concept of a model that is used as a template for a painting which itself then becomes the model for another painting. Olivier Foulon's artistic work shows arrangements through which art history can be renegotiated and interpreted anew.
The four versions belong nowadays to the Metropolitan Museum, New York, the Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, the National Museum of Stockholm and to a private collector. Olivier Foulon brought the four paintings together with the help of 16mm film and visualizes not only early forms of mass production in art, but works with the concept of a model that is used as a template for a painting which itself then becomes the model for another painting. Olivier Foulon's artistic work shows arrangements through which art history can be renegotiated and interpreted anew.
'The Soliloquy of The Broom', Olivier Foulon, screening - June 12 and 13, 2009 - Project Arts Centre, Dublin
EPISODE 2: The Soliloquy of the Broom - screening and lecture performance. More information will follow soon.
EPISODE 1, EXHIBITION: The Soliloquy of the Broom - 16 mm film, 9’ and Montpellier, New York, Kansas City - computerprints. More information will follow soon.
EPISODE 1, PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME: The Soliloquy of the Broom - lecture performance. More information will follow soon.
EDITION III - MASQUERADE
Olivier Foulon
Projects TrajectoryClick here for a complete overview of (episodes of) Olivier Foulon's projects, as yet presented in Edition III - Masquerade.
Above: 'The Soliloquy of the Broom', screening, Abstract Cabinet, Sala Rekalde.
Below: 'The Soliloquy of the Broom', lecture performance, de Appel arts centre
'Tonight' with Olivier Foulon, 28 October, Frascati, Amsterdam
