Mahault Lavoine (2020)

Artist:

Mahault Lavoine

We revere men and ideologies, they come to power, statues are made, they show their power, unveil them proud and marvelous, looking at people, aiming to the future. They forshadow a prosperous and brighter tomorrow. But history stops death. A downfall, a war, a revolution, and these statues at the centre of our landscapes remind us for a painful past. We no longer shout for their glory, we ask for their demolition. We behead them, erase them to make them disappear from our full of violent history, hoping for a peaceful future. (2020)

40x20x10 cm, pencil drawing, on paper

The Herbarium project explores the work environment in contemporary culture in which ideas are created and exchanged. The focus of Herbarium is to compile a collection of sealed creative energy in boxes (40х40х10, 40x20x10 or 20х40х10) of different generations of artists around the world. The contents of each box are accompanied by a description and a sound file with the artist's voice. The artists, invited by the curator of "Herbarium" could choose two new participants - so the project traces the exchange of creative energy in the artworld. The development of the collection has no time limits, it grows exponentially with each new participant until the final exhibition is announced. The H Talks series (video portraits of the artists) are shot during the preparation of each presentation of the Herbarium collection in the artists work environment and studios. All the information, gathered in the process of developing the collection, will be available to all researchers, curators, gallery owners, students or art lovers who are interested in the less visible mechanisms through which contemporary culture functions.

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Mahault Lavoine (2020)

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