The Frac is offering Feuilles, pierres, ciseaux (Leaves, stones, scissors) - a series of lectures introducing the public to contemporary art in a s...
In the face of the widespread idea that you have to understand contemporary art to appreciate it, I defend the idea that you first have to believe in it, or rather, want to believe in it!
From this desire to believe, as a prerequisite for establishing a relationship of trust and affection with the works, understanding can then be born: it comes through looking, paying attention, being surprised, feeling emotion, which must arouse the desire to learn, to know more, better. The desire to believe and knowledge together open up the possibility of remaining critical and alert. Do you want to believe?
In three parts, using works from the Frac Franche-Comté's exhibitions and collection, the lectures will explore what works of art do to us, and make us do it.
Lectures by Claire Kueny: Doctor in art history and theory / Art critic / Teacher-researcher at the Institut Supérieur des Beaux-Arts in Besançon.
Waking up (scissors)
In this third discussion, we'll be looking at the way in which artworks act in relation to the world and its troubles, and encourage us to act in return. In so doing, we will question the new demands that our world places on artists, and the autonomy of art that has been the hallmark of modernity.
The scissors, with their sharp edge, will be used to reflect the intentions and critical stances towards the world taken by artists through their work, in an attempt to wake us up.
Wednesday 25 February at 6.30pm > Awakening (stones)
Wednesday 1 April at 6.30pm > Waking up (scissors)
Leaves, stones, scissors: an introductory series of lectures on contemporary art.
From this desire to believe, as a prerequisite for establishing a relationship of trust and affection with the works, understanding can then be born: it comes through looking, paying attention, being surprised, feeling emotion, which must arouse the desire to learn, to know more, better. The desire to believe and knowledge together open up the possibility of remaining critical and alert. Do you want to believe?
In three parts, using works from the Frac Franche-Comté's exhibitions and collection, the lectures will explore what works of art do to us, and make us do it.
Lectures by Claire Kueny: Doctor in art history and theory / Art critic / Teacher-researcher at the Institut Supérieur des Beaux-Arts in Besançon.
Waking up (scissors)
In this third discussion, we'll be looking at the way in which artworks act in relation to the world and its troubles, and encourage us to act in return. In so doing, we will question the new demands that our world places on artists, and the autonomy of art that has been the hallmark of modernity.
The scissors, with their sharp edge, will be used to reflect the intentions and critical stances towards the world taken by artists through their work, in an attempt to wake us up.
Wednesday 25 February at 6.30pm > Awakening (stones)
Wednesday 1 April at 6.30pm > Waking up (scissors)
Leaves, stones, scissors: an introductory series of lectures on contemporary art.
