We asked the artists exhibiting at this event four questions about the influence that Marcel Duchamp and the collectors have had on their work. Here we look at the answers of Claude Closky, creator of the exhibit "A Flat World." He mentions that while being influenced by the collectors, he also wants to influence them with his art.
Photo: Jean-Baptiste Mondino
■Profile
Born in 1963 in Paris. Lives and works in Paris.
Recent major exhibitions include "49th Venice Biennale" in 2001 "Rencontre Claude Closky"(solo exhibition), Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI Paris, in 2006, and "8002-9891" (solo exhibition), MAC/VAL, Musee d'art contemporain du Val- de-Marne, Vitry-sur Seine, France in 2008.
A: Marcel Duchamp will always be Marcel Duchamp.
A: It is a positive way.
A: And I am very grateful to them for this.
A: Hopefully it goes the other way around, art affects collectors' lives, perhaps their careers.
STURTEVANT
Photo: Sturtevant and galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
■Her typical work in "French Window" exhibition
《A Flat World》
2011
Courtesy: Galerie Laurent Godin, Paris and Galerie Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin
Photo: Watanabe Osamu
Photo Courtesy: Mori Art Museum
■Relevant information
・The Answer from the artist participating in "French Window" exhibition.
- File01. Mathieu Mercier
- File02. Pierre Ardouvin
- File03. Thomas Hirschhorn
- File04. Camille Henrot
- File05. Claude Closky
- File06. Valerie Belin
- File07. Philippe Mayaux
・"French Window: Looking at Contemporary Art through the Marcel Duchamp Prize"
・Mori Art Museum on Flickr
Images of "French Window: Looking at Contemporary Art through the Marcel Duchamp Prize"-1
Images of "French Window: Looking at Contemporary Art through the Marcel Duchamp Prize"-2
