The media library invites you to discover “Words and Images” throughout the month of December. The result of a collaboration between the Departmental Art Library of the Jean Jaurès college in Albi, the Tarn departmental media library and the Le Lait contemporary art center, this exhibition brings together the creations of various artists for whom writing plays a central role. in their artistic approach. These artists are Ben Vautier, Joël Ducorroy, Philippe Mayaux, Martine Aballea, César, Sabine-Anne Deshais, Barbara Kruger, and François Bouillon. The exhibition invites you to discover a selection of prints, that is to say prints in several copies using different techniques (silkscreen, lithography, engravings, etc.) from the art library. Each artist has his own relationship with words and images. For Ben Vautier, the word, an artistic gesture in its own right, sometimes becomes the only subject of the image. As for Joël Ducorroy's approach, it finds its sole origin in the word: the objects or characters are represented by the words which designate them, engraved on number plates. With Martine Aballéa, words introduce fiction, often disturbing.
The falsely kitsch painting by Phillipe Mayaux often leans towards the art of the sign, while that of César, a sculptor above all, compresses letters to make a paving stone, like many objects before them in the 1960s. Like a enigmatic postcard, the work of Sabine-Anne Deshais is a travel story as much as an intimate confession.
Exhibition available until the end of the month. All audiences. Free.
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