Sarkis imagines stagings constructed from stories borrowed as much from the memory of the place as from his own, drawing on his "war treasure" (collection of everyday objects, art and ethnographic objects, images, etc.), a leitmotif that runs through his work since 1976. In his installations, the artist combines neon, video, photography, watercolour and various materials such as glass, water...

With Sophie Duplaix, Head of the contemporary collections department

IC, GAX, MR // Sarkis' Studio

Visit

Your duo

Login

My account

To recover your password, please enter your email address.

Logout

Subscribe

Subscribe to our newsletter

Page not found

Back

Renew

Your subscription expires soon ({{date}}).

Booking

What might history painting look like in a world saturated with images? Something like the work of Thomas Demand. For more than twenty-five years, he has been using his talents as a photographer and sculptor to try to capture the disturbing stuttering of history that defines contemporary image culture. 

Thomas Demand

friend

benefactor

donor

grand donor 

perspective friend

perspective benefactor

International Circle

Acquisition Group for Design

Acquisition Group for Photography

Acquisition Group for Contemporary Art

Groupe d'Acquisition pour la Scène Française des années 50 - 80

Mission Recherche

Through nearly 180 photographs - including sets never before exhibited - this exhibition highlights his most fertile period, both in terms of his artistic experiments and the revelation of his talent in fashion photography, which led him to work for the leading American magazines. It also sheds light on his vision of art and his personal life during the Occupation.

Les tribulations d'Erwin Blumenfeld 1930-1950