Faux Jumeaux 15 presented by Léa Gauthier
At the end of 2008 Michel François had received carte blanche from the S.M.A.K. to determine the exhibition programme in two galleries for more than a year. François chose two identical exhibition rooms and named his project "Faux Jumeaux" (false twins). He asked 15 people to each select two works of art which, although very similar with regard to form or material, were created independently. Which similarities or differences between the two works come to light when ‘mirrored’ in the two identical galleries?
Léa Gauthier presents the photograph Auto-Jumeaux (1999), from Edouard Levé and places the image opposit to Splitting (1974), a video from Gordon Matta-Clark on the one hand and Smashing, a video from Jimmie Durham on the other hand. The similarities are on a semantic level, rather than formal. Gauthier primary pronounces the aspect of 'destruction'.Proposition 1 - Michel François
Proposition 2 - Loïc Vanderstichelen
Proposition 3 - Daniel McClean
Proposition 4 - Yves Brochard
Proposition 5 - Guillaume Désanges
Proposition 6 - Laurent Jacob
Proposition 7 - Raya Lindberg
Proposition 8 - Hans Theys
Proposition 9 - Frank Maes
Proposition 10 - Philippe Van Cauteren
Proposition 11 - Rainier Lericolais
Proposition 12 - Christine Macel
Proposition 13 - François Curlet
Proposition 14 - Joël Benzakin
Proposition 16 - Jean-Paul Jacquet
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