«Le Monde physique» [The Physical World]

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1 PROGRAMME 2011

2 «Le Monde physique» [The Physical World] Julie Béna, Rodolphe Delaunay, Estefanía Peñafiel Loaiza (in residence at La Galerie since July 2010), Anne Tallentire. 26 February 23 April 2011 Verging overtly on the tautological, "The Physical World" suggests a calling into question not only of the nature of that world, but also, by direct inference, the imagining of its opposite. Are there such things as non-physical worlds, and if so, how are they to be represented? Julie Béna, Rodolphe Delaunay, Estefanía Peñafiel Loaiza (in residence at La Galerie since July 2010) and Anne Tallentire have been invited to produce new works exploring the difference between concrete observation of the world and other types of representation, either more abstract or springing from the imagination. Estefanía Peñafiel Loaiza Rodolphe Delaunay Julie Béna Anne Tallentire

3 «Outre mesures et programmes radio (Maps, Timelines, Radio Programmes)» Tarek Atoui, Cevdet Erek, Mohssin Harraki, Maha Maamoun, Ossama Mohammed, Otobong Nkanga, Hassan Soliman Guest curator: Ala Younis (Jordan) in the framework of La Galerie s annual residency for curators 28 May- 23 July 2011 Opening Friday 27 May 6:00 9:00pm Maps, Timelines, Radio Programs is a two-part deliberation on the construction of chronological time. Basic tools of interpretation such as maps and personal timelines are here re-invented to reference a state, or to record the pulse of a societal body in perpetual change. The first part is an exhibition project showing artworks that explore individual positions within a larger collective framework and construct specific narratives within general and mutating social, economic and political contexts. While history is unmade and rewritten to impose other contours and disfigurements tolerated, personal narratives inherit, lend and borrow across epochs and generations. The second part is a series of workshops in which local residents and visitors of the exhibition study the elements of the exhibited works, experiment and construct timelines and maps themselves. The workshops aim to translate these timelines and maps into sound pieces, to be broadcast on local and web radios parallel to the time of the exhibition. Cevdet Erek Mohssin Harraki Hassan Soliman Maha Maamoun Maha Maamoun

4 Meris Angioletti 17 September - 19 November 2011 Opening Friday 16 September 6:00 9:00pm First solo show in France of Meris Angioletti (1977, Bergamo, based in Paris) whose work meets a scientific approach, perceptive experiences and a research on the subconscious. The Curious and the Talkers, 2010, Sound film, Photo: Fondazione Sandretto Video still, black and white, 12 10

5 Georges Tony Stoll Associate curator: Jean-Marc Avrilla Coproduced with Villa Arson, National center of contemporary art (Nice) 3 December February 2012 Opening Friday 2 December 6:00 9:00pm When Georges Tony Stoll says body, he s referring not to the object but to its image. To call an image a body is to give it depth, an inner life. To make it expressive matter. Not, however, matter seeking to express an idea or emotion symbolically or by analogy, and so falling into the trap of mere depiction and metaphor; but rather a matter whose inherent quality is to express. The bodies involved in these works are characterised by extent and movement, as well as by this expressiveness, which in no way overrules the first two qualities and implies no metaphorical suggestion of transcendence. Here meaning circulates and finds expression at the specific level of the body. For Georges Tony Stoll the modernist adventure culminates in this condensing of art into strictly physical and mechanical considerations and devices, in a refusal to submit to rational order or justification. From the text by Vincent Simon, En parcourant, in Georges Tony Stoll, Dessin infini, éditions Septembre, Anonyme défait [Crumpled Anonymous], 2009 Georges Tony Stoll

6 LA GALERIE, CONTEMPORARY ART CENTRE La Galerie is a contemporary art centre founded in 1999 and housed in a nineteenth century villa located in the suburb of Paris. It offers to a wide audience a program based on the notion of art as a sensory experience and a reflection of our relation to the world. Four exhibitions a year (two monographic, two thematic) accompanied with reference publications, offer hitherto unseen works by internationally recognized artists together with those of emerging French artists. Following Hélène Chouteau from 1998 to 2004, Marianne Lanavère was appointed in 2005 as artistic director. Supporting French artists by producing art works and residencies, La Galerie is identified on the international art scene by hosting foreign curators since 2006 and by publishing a bilingual publication for each show. In the framework of each exhibition, the team proposes educational and cultural activities, as well as guided documents. All activities are free. A mediation specialist welcomes visitors in the exhibition space. A documentary area has recently been installed in the basement. La Galerie is a non-profit institution publicly financed by the City of Noisy-le-Sec, with the support of the Ile-de-France/Ministry of Culture and Communication Regional Cultural Affairs Board, the Seine-Saint-Denis Department and the Ile-de-France region. La Galerie is a member of: d.c.a, French association for the development of art centres : Tram, Contemporary Art network, Paris/Île-de-France :

7 PRACTICAL INFORMATION Contact: Marjolaine Calipel Communication, press and publications officer T: +33 (0) marjolaine.calipel@noisylesec.fr La Galerie Centre for Contemporary Art 1 rue Jean Jaurès Noisy-le-Sec T: + 33 (0) lagalerie@noisylesec.fr Admission free Opening hours: Tuesday Friday, 2:00 6:00 pm Saturday, 2:00 7:00 pm La Galerie is closed on Sunday, Monday and public holidays How to get to La Galerie: RER Line E (10 minutes) from St Lazare/Haussmann or Gare du Nord/Magenta Get off at Noisy-le-Sec + 10 minutes' walk Tram T1/Bus 105 or 145 La Galerie Contemporary art centre is financed by the city of Noisy-le-Sec, with the support of the Ile-de-France/Ministry of Culture and Communications Regional Cultural Affairs Board, the Seine-Saint-Denis Département and the Ile-de-France Region.