Dorian Gaudin
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Dorian Gaudin (English edition)
Dorian Gaudin, Kate Sutton, Julien Fronsacq
- Palais de tokyo
- 14 Septembre 2020
- 9782847111217
Dorian Gaudin focuses on the interplay of correspondences between the organic, psychical, and material worlds. Combining performance, sculpture and cinema, his oeuvre moves back and forth between automation and living systems. He mobilizes, dislocates, and mechanizes in an amalgamation of genres: absurdist theater, science fiction cinema, burlesque and Minimalism. In his exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo machines and social rituals, visual illusion and physical presence set in motion a mechanism which is also that of the emotions. Revealing the capacity of objects to generate narrative and elicit our emotional and intellectual involvement, his works remind us of the way fetishization of objects and technology governs our relationship with the world.
Book Contents
- "Incomparable Theatre": The Splendid Ambiguity of Dorian Gaudin's Machines" an essay by Kate Sutton
- "The Mechanism of the Emotions": interview between Dorian Gaudin and Julien Fronsacq
About the authors
- Kate Sutton is a writer currently based in Zagreb. In addition to writing articles and reviews for magazines including Artforum, Bidoun, Frieze, Ibraaz, and LEAP, Sutton is a regular contributor to Artforum.com. In 2013, she was recognized with an Art Writers Grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation.
- Julien Fronsacq is a curator at the Palais de Tokyo. He curated Dorian Gaudin's solo show.
A book published on the occasion of Dorian Gaudin's solo show at the Palais de Tokyo, 03.02 - 08.05 2017 -
Dorian Gaudin
Dorian Gaudin, Kate Sutton, Julien Fronsacq
- Palais de tokyo
- Livres monographiques du Palais de Tokyo
- 10 Octobre 2018
- 9782847110777
Dorian Gaudin privilégie les jeux de correspondances reliant les mondes organique, psychique et matériel. Combinant performances, sculpture et cinéma, son oeuvre joue des allers-retours entre l'automatisation et le vivant. L'artiste met en mouvement, désarticule et mécanise, en conjuguant les genres (théâtre de l'absurde et cinéma de science-fiction, burlesque et minimalisme). Dans son exposition au Palais de Tokyo, machine et rituel social, illusion visuelle et présence physique mettent en oeuvre une mécanique qui est aussi celle des sentiments. Révélant la capacité qu'ont les objets à faire récit et à susciter notre inclination, les oeuvres de Dorian Gaudin nous rappellent la façon dont le fétichisme des objets et de la technique régit notre rapport au monde.
Livre publié à l'occasion de l'exposition personnelle de Dorian Gaudin au Palais de Tokyo, 03.02 - 08.05 2017
