Fondation Ricard, Paris, 2021
peaux de terre, pétales tombés, installation with video Musa, wood, thread
22nd Fondation Pernod Ricard Bonaventure Prize (Trafiquer les mondes)
One of the great challenges of our time is for knowledge to be transformative to awaken the imagination, to make the world even more fascinating, to free us from the dullness of «we already know» and «it’s nothing but.» In a world as fragile as ours, what can the artist do if not create beings and worlds, question truth, repair or short-circuit history, heal and repopulate the imagination, weave new narratives, or unravel the threads of possibilities buried within reality?
This exhibition brings together a generation of artists with diverse and multifaceted practices, deeply engaged with pressing social, identity-related, and global issues. They navigate an era of uncertainty, where the current crisis only heightens the sense of ambiguity and unpredictability.
Courtesy Fondation Pernod Ricard ©Thomas Lannes