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PRESS RELEASE
S.F. [Art, science & fiction] 18/11/2012 > 17/02/2013
On the occasion of its tenth anniversary, the MAC is dedicating its autumn exhibition to science fiction. The event, entitled S.F. [Art, Science & Fiction], is a group exhibition which encompasses many of today’s art disciplines.
In actual fact, science fiction has not just produced novels, films, illustrated magazines and comic strips. From its very beginning, it has also fostered, or indirectly created, works of art in the field of fine arts. These include paintings, sculptures, photos, videos or actions which, without being taken from the SF genre in the strict sense and without necessarily sharing the popular culture or kitsch, have nevertheless drawn from its imaginary world in order to incorporate some of the main myths.
Visual artists see, in science fiction, ambitious subjects in contact with a world which learning and technology have stretched to the point of making surreal, or rather hyperreal. Even the most objective reality is henceforth an inexhaustible source of surprises and anxieties. Unheard of theories like relativity or entropy and techniques as absurd as cloning or cybernetics originate from the supernatural and figure in the pantheon of modern civilisation like new deities.
Contrary to a popular misconception, our world is far from being disillusioned. A scientific supernatural remains, which produces, like in stories, its catalogue of magical objects and figures: Yesterday it was the good fairy electricity, and today the bitten apple logo of information technology. Appearing like the last avatar of the supernatural, science fiction today shows what are both the facts and fairies of the techno-scientific world where we dream, henceforth, of waking up.
Jacques Charlier, Through the Black Hole, from the series “Art in Another
World”, acrylic on canvas, 200 x 160 cm, 2007. Artist’s collection
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The exhibition
The exhibition takes up the whole museum and presents more than seventy modern and contemporary works of art with links to science fiction. These fine art works, without being taken from the science fiction genre in the strict sense, and without necessarily sharing the popular culture or kitsch, serve as a vehicle for ideas generated by its remarkable world. This popular genre which has been providing material for literature and the cinema – but also the fine arts – for decades, has invented journeys into time and space, created post-industrial or post-apocalyptic worlds, as well as aliens, and fantasised about technological progress.
Through film, photo, sculpture, and installation, artists of the present 20th and 21st centuries in the exhibition also look critically at themes as fundamental as the generation of space, representation of the Other, conception of the future, construction of a myth or the dream of utopia. The works of Tony Oursler, Bruno Gironcoli, and Anton Corbijn examine otherness (the alien) or transhumanism (the robot). On Kawara, Malevitch, Lucio Fontana, and Jacques Charlier all leave in search of a large-scale space whilst Mike Kelley invites us on a contrasting journey into the miniaturised universe of a mythical super hero. Science – with its breathtaking intellectual observations – even creates part of the phantasmagoria and oddness in the works of Larry Bell, Anthony McCall or Frédéric Platéus. One begins to admire the splendour of an atomic mushroom (Gavin Turk) or to try to intercept Edith Dekyndt’s waves. Utopia, high technology, and their inverse inspire thoughts on ecological disturbance (Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Peter Hutchinson) or on genetic mutations (Tetsumi Kudo). Robert Smithson and João Maria Gusmão & Pedro Paiva invite you to take a journey in a flexible time.
Lewis Baltz, Larry Bell, Fred Biesmans, Jacques Charlier, Anton Corbijn, Edith Dekyndt, Thomas Feuerstein, Lucio Fontana, Dora Garcia, Bruno Gironcoli, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, João Maria Gusmão & Pedro Paiva, Pascal Haüsermann, Peter Hutchinson, Ann Veronica Janssens, On Kawara, Mike Kelley, Tetsumi Kudo, Kasimir Malevitch, Chris Marker, Anthony McCall, John McCracken, Gianni Motti, Tony Oursler, Panamarenko, Jean Perdrizet, Frédéric Platéus, Robert Smithson, Ionel Talpazan, Gavin Turk, Marie Velardi, Karl Waldmann.
Denis Gielen is in charge of the exhibition. He will give a presentation dedicated to the themes of art and science fiction at this event.
Bruno Gironcoli, Eïn Körper, Zwei Seelen, cast aluminium, 220 x 230 x 100 cm, Gir/S
010003/2, 2001. Courtesy of Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman, Innsbruck/Vienna.
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Feuerstein Thomas, Manni, glass, metal, plankton, 65 x 30 x 30 cm, 2012. Courtesy of Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman, Innsbruck/Vienna. ©SABAM Belgium, 2012.
Karl Waldmann, Exhibition, Collage on paper 38x 27,5cm. Copyright Karl Waldmann Museum
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The book S.F. [ART SCIENCE & FICTION]
Denis Gielen
Published the 17th of november 2012 / tekst in french by Denis Gielen / 272 pages / 360 illustrations
/ 28,5 x 22 cm/ 978-2-930368-54-2. Price: 39,99 €
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List of works
Baltz Lewis, France Télécom Laboratories, Nice, from the series 89/91 Sites of Technology, C-Print, Diasec, 108 x 144 cm, 1989-1991. Courtesy of Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne.
Baltz Lewis, Surveillance camera, Matra transport (FR), from the series 89/91 Sites of Technology, C-Print, Diasec, 144 x 108 cm, 1989-1991. Courtesy of Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne.
Baltz Lewis, University of Lille, from the series 89/91 Sites of Technology, C-Print, Diasec, 108 x 144 cm, 1989-1991. Courtesy of Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne.
Baltz Lewis, Worker, clean room, Toshiba, Kawasaki City (JP), from the series 89/91 Sites of Technology, C-Print, Diasec, 144 x 108 cm, 1989–1991. Courtesy of Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne.
Bell Larry, First & Last, sheets of float glass (triangle rectangle, rectangles) vacuum treated with metallic salt deposits, rectangular sheets: 182.8 x 243.8 x 1.3 cm, triangular sheets: 182.8 x 182.8 x 1.2 cm, 1981-1989. Collection Musée d'art contemporain, Lyon.
Biesmans Fred, Habitat troglodytique, terracotta, 15 x 8 x 14 cm, 2011. Artist’s collection.
Biesmans Fred, La Maison des fourmis, terracotta, 13.5 x 12 x 14.5 cm, 2011. Artist’s collection.
Biesmans Fred, Le Cercle républicain, terracotta, 21.5 x 18 x 13 cm, 2011. Artist’s collection.
Biesmans Fred, Camping sauvage, terracotta, 9 x 12 x 9.5 cm, 2011. Artist’s collection.
Biesmans Fred, Le Chemin de la coupole, terracotta, 10 x 10.5 x 15 cm, 2011. Artist’s collection.
Charlier Jacques, Giving the Space, from the series Art in Another World, acrylic on canvas, 100 x 80 cm, 2007. Artist’s collection.
Charlier Jacques, No Charge, from the series Art in Another World, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 50 cm, 2007. Artist’s collection.
Charlier Jacques, Nuclear Post-Human, from the series Art in Another World, acrylic on canvas, 120 x 100 cm, 2007. Artist’s collection.
Charlier Jacques, The Ozone Layer, from the series Art in Another World, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 50 cm, 2007. Artist’s collection.
Charlier Jacques, Retinian Persistance, from the series Art in Another World, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 40 cm, 2007. Artist’s collection.
Charlier Jacques, Teaspoon, from the series Art in Another World, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 50 cm, 2007. Artist’s collection.
Charlier Jacques, Through the Black Hole, from the series Art in Another World, acrylic on canvas, 200 x 160 cm, 2007. Artist’s collection.
Charlier Jacques, We Are Alone, from the series Art in Another World, acrylic on canvas, 100 x 80 cm, 2007. Artist’s collection.
Corbijn Anton, Kraftwerk I, II, III, IV, Barcelona, 1981, 4 black & white impressions, framed, each one 108 x 144 cm. Collection of 10. Courtesy of the artist and the Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt.
Dekyndt Edith, L’Ennemi du peintre, 2010. Courtesy of Galerie VidalCuglietta.
Feuerstein Thomas, Manni, glass, metal, plankton, 65 x 30 x 30 cm, 2012. Courtesy of Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman, Innsbruck/Vienna.
Fontana Lucio, Concetto spaziale, pencil on paper, 23.2 x 29 cm, 1951. Collection Centre Pompidou, Musée national d'art moderne / Centre de création industrielle, Paris. Donated by Mrs Teresita Fontana in 1979.
Garcia Dora, Fahrenheit 451 (1968), 1500 books printed with a mirror-inverted typeset, wooden table, 78 x 85 x 210 cm, 2008. Vanmoerkerke collection.
Gironcoli Bruno, Eïn Körper, Zwei Seelen, cast aluminium, 220 x 230 x 100 cm, Gir/S 010003/2, 2001. Courtesy of Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman, Innsbruck/Vienna.
Gironcoli Bruno, Ohne Titel (Fingerhüte), cast aluminium, 414 x 226 x 356 cm, Gir/S 950001/3, 1992-1995/2001. Courtesy of Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman, Innsbruck/Vienna.
Gonzalez-Foerster Dominique, Atomic Park (White Version), video projection, silent, colour and black & white, 8’, in loop, 2003/2004. Courtesy of Galerie Jan Mot, Brussels.
Gusmão João Maria & Paiva Pedro, About the Motion of Astronomical Bodies, installation with camera obscura, 280 x 600 x 600 cm, 2010. Collection FRAC Île-de-France, Paris.
Gusmão João Maria & Paiva Pedro, Cowfish, 16 mm film, colour, silent, 2'25'', 2011. Produced by the Museo Marino Marini, Florence in collaboration with Lamu Palm Oil Factory, Kenya.
Gusmão João Maria & Paiva Pedro, Darwin's Apple, Newton's Monkey, 16 mm film, colour, without sound, 1’00’’, 2012. Co-produced by Kunsthaus Glarus and Galeria Fonseca Macedo. With the support of the Presidência do Governo dos Açores, Direcção Regional da Cultura, Museu Carlos Machado.
Gusmão João Maria & Paiva Pedro, Fruit Polyhedron, 35 mm film, colour, silent, 2’42’’, 2009. Produced by Inhotim Cultural Center, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Gusmão João Maria & Paiva Pedro, The Throw 1, 16 mm film, colour, silent, 1’47’’, 2006. With the support of DGARTES, Ministry of Culture, Portugal and ZDB, Lisbon.
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Gusmão João Maria & Paiva Pedro, Wheels, 16 mm film, colour, silent, 2’33’’, 2011. Co-produced by São Tomé and Príncipe Biennale and FRAC Île-de-France/Le Plateau, Paris.
Peter Hutchinson, Erosion, photographic collage, pen, pencil, oil painting, text, 128 x 154 cm, 1996. Courtesy of Galerie Aeroplastics, Brussels.
Hutchinson Peter, The Land and The Sea, photographic collage, pen, pencil, oil painting, text, 128 x 154 cm, 1993. Courtesy of Galerie Aeroplastics, Brussels.
Hutchinson Peter, Megalopolis, wooden-framed window containing various elements (marble, wood, bricks, stones, coal, dried plants, crystals, salt, sulphide, plaster, cork, zinc, copper, silicone, photos, plastic and glass tubes, glass covers, various liquids (oil, water, glue, red wine, etc.), 57 x 106.7 x 34.3 cm, 1976–1996. Collection FRAC Limousin.
Hutchinson Peter, Tropical Snow, photographic collage, pen, pencil, oil painting, text, 128 x 154 cm, 1993. Courtesy of Galerie Aeroplastics, Brussels.
Janssens Ann Veronica, Side, studio version, video loop, 2’43”, 2006.
Kawara On, One Million Years, Past - For all those have lived and died, Future - for the last one, 2x (15x11 cm), 2006 pages each, 1998. Edition limited to 570 numbered copies. Edition Micheline Szwajcer and Michèle Didier. MAC collection, donated by the Galerie Micheline Szwajcer.
Kelley Mike, Kandor, wooden plinth, resin sculpture, 165 x 60 x 60 cm. Private collection, Belgium.
Kudo Tetsumi, Sans titre, hemisphere, plastic, resin and electronic elements under a Plexiglas cover, 21 x 53 x 53 cm, 1971. Collection Antoine de Galbert, Paris.
Kudo Tetsumi, Votre portrait, various materials, 50 x 50 x 80 cm, 1967. Private collection.
Kudo Tetsumi, Votre portrait Chrysalide, various materials, 95 x 95 x 95 cm, 1966. Private collection.
Malevitch Kasimir, Bêta, 1923/1989. Assembly, plaster, 27.3 x 59.5 x 99.3 cm. Collection Centre Pompidou, Musée national d'art moderne / Centre de création industrielle, Paris.
Marker Chris, La Jetée, video film, 26’37’’, 1963. © 1963 Argos Films.
McCall Anthony, You And I (Toi et moi), computer, animated file using QuickTime, two video projectors, two smoke machines, certificate, installation instruction manual, 60-minute cycle in two parts, 10–11 m, surface covered: 10 x 17 m (minimum dimensions: 7.5 x 13.5 m), casket dimensions: 3.2 x 24.4 x 32.5 cm, 2005. Collection FRAC Picardy.
McCracken John, Center, polyester resin on a fibreglass panel, 264.2 x 40 x 4.5 cm, 1989. Collection S.M.A.K., Ghent.
Motti Gianni, Big Crunch Clock, digital clock, countdown of the 5 billion years before the explosion of the sun, 10.5 x 84.5 x 5.5 cm, 1999. Collection Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich.
Oursler Tony, L7-L5, film,1984.
Panamarenko, Deltavliegtuig P-1 (Piewan), aluminium, wood, Plexiglas, 65 x 495 x 260 cm, 1975. Collection SMAK, Ghent.
Panamarenko, Scotch gambit, photograph of the monumental sculpture Scotch gambit (1999), inkjet printed on polyester, 150 x 200 cm, 1999. MAC collection, Grand-Hornu. Donated by the Association des galeries d'art actuel in 2000.
Panamarenko, Spiegelschijven, 2 metallic domes with various materials, diam. 112 x 26; diam. 95 x 25, 1980. Collection Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels.
Perdrizet Jean, Imagination du Robot, roneotype, felt-tip on paper, 49.8 x 64.5 cm, 1
st October
1973. Collection LaM, Lille Métropole musée d’art moderne, d’art contemporain, Villeneuve d’Ascq. Donation from l’Aracine, 1999.
Perdrizet Jean, Soucoupe-volante centrifuge mieux wagon volant, roneotype, felt-tip, ballpoint pen, ink and coloured pencil on folded paper, stamped and posted, 51.5 x 66 cm, around 1972. Collection LaM, Lille Métropole musée d’art moderne, d’art contemporain, Villeneuve d’Ascq. Donation from l’Aracine, 1999.
Platéus Frédéric, Solid Rock, painted chipboard panel, stainless steel, 140 x 220 x 180 cm, 2010.
Smithson Robert, Spiral Jetty, 1970, DVD. Courtesy of the Estate of Robert Smithson and James Cohan Gallery, New York.
Talpazan Ionel, Diagrama (.U.F.O.s), felt-tip on thin card, 55.7 x 71.2 cm, 2 January 1994. Collection LaM, Lille Métropole musée d’art moderne, d’art contemporain, Villeneuve d’Ascq. Donation from l’Aracine, 1999.
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Turk Gavin, Black Umbrellas Blossom Out, from the series “Watercolour of a Mushroom Cloud Based on ‘The Age of Anxiety’ by W.H. Auden”, watercolour on paper, 18 x 12 cm, 2009. Courtesy of Galerie Aeroplastics, Brussels.
Turk Gavin, Ex-Monarchs Remember a Past Of Wars and Waltzes as They Wait for Death, from the series “Watercolour of a Mushroom Cloud Based on ‘The Age of Anxiety’ by W.H. Auden”, watercolour on paper, 14 x 10 cm, 2009. Courtesy of Galerie Aeroplastics, Brussels.
Turk Gavin, From dusk to death, from the series “Watercolour of a Mushroom Cloud Based on ‘The Age of Anxiety’ by W.H. Auden”, watercolour on paper, 17 x 11.5 cm, 2009. Courtesy of Galerie Aeroplastics, Brussels.
Turk Gavin, The Gods Are Wringing Their Great Worn Hands, from the series “Watercolour of a Mushroom Cloud Based on ‘The Age of Anxiety’ by W.H. Auden”, watercolour on paper, 18 x 24 cm, 2009. Courtesy of Galerie Aeroplastics, Brussels.
Turk Gavin, The Jawing Genius of a Jackass Age, from the series “Watercolour of a Mushroom Cloud Based on ‘The Age of Anxiety’ by W.H. Auden”, watercolour on paper, 21 x 15 cm, 2009. Courtesy of Galerie Aeroplastics, Brussels.
Turk Gavin, What Err What We Are as If We Were Not, from the series “Watercolour of a Mushroom Cloud Based on ‘The Age of Anxiety’ by W.H. Auden”, watercolour on paper, 22 x 13.5 cm, 2009. Courtesy of Galerie Aeroplastics, Brussels.
Turk Gavin, Our Ideas Have Got Drunk and Dropped Their Hs, from the series “Watercolour of a Mushroom Cloud Based on ‘The Age of Anxiety’ by W.H. Auden”, watercolour on paper, 18.5 x 14 cm, 2009. Courtesy of Galerie Aeroplastics, Brussels.
Velardi Marie, Futurs Antérieurs, XXI
e siècle, offset printing, 41 x
550 cm, 2006. French version, n°53/100. MAC collection, Grand-Hornu.
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AGENDA
Press conference: Friday, 16 November at 11:30 a.m.
Preview by invitation: Saturday, 17 November at 6:30 p.m.
Public opening: Sunday, 18 November from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Free entrance and guided tours all day
THE EXHIBITION IS UNDER THE HIGH PATRONAGE OF MR. ELIO DI RUPO, PRIME MINISTER OF BELGIUM, AND OF MRS. MARTINE AUBRY, MAYOR OF LILLE.
The exhibition enjoys the special support of BNP Paribas Fortis. It is organised under the scope of the Interreg IV – Borderline II “Des Musées sans frontiers” project and is part of the official programme of lille3000. The event is a partner of FANTASTIC 2012, organised by lille3000.
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The exhibition enjoys the special support of BNP Paribas Fortis as part of the project “L’art est en nous”.
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