Some Proposals For The
Next Future

A new generation of Thai and French artwork

When:  June 7th to June 30th / Opening on June 7th at 6pm
Where: PSG Gallery – Silpakorn University
Curator: Jean-Marc Prévost

Some Proposals for the next future questions once again the political and conceptual stakes concerning some of the seventies artistic practices in which architecture was considered as one of the ways in which the work of art could escape from its status of consumer good.  Thus, Pierre Bismuth questions the production of objects by creating both an aesthetic and poetic installation which only exists to underline what surrounds it.

Nowadays, things have completely evolved, the object that can be exchanged does not necessarily belong to the field of materiality but can be considered in terms of flow, exchange and communication networks.   Henceforth, the art works of Loris Gréaud and Laurent Montaron  question  this immateriality while wondering on the  way information  circulates.  Loris Gréaud’s  installation , a simple container in space, will lead the viewer to withdraw from reality while Laurent Montaron’s video  will make scientific tools and irrational speeches  talk . As a response to these immaterial proposals, the Claire Fontaine group of artists is definitely set in reality by reflecting on the dispersal of programmatic statements while questioning their validity.

At the core of this project, two Thai artists are invited to exchange ideas on these proposals: Witt Pinkanchanapong interested in new information technology and social and urban space, and Arin Rungiang, whose work questions at the same time the strategies of conceptual art and the spiritual aspects of Thai culture. At a time when the stream of information and objects is speeded up, the importance and place of the work of art will be at the core of this exhibition.

The exhibition "Some proposals for the next future”  is sponsored and supported by the Fonds National d’Art Contemporain en France (FNAC) in collaboration with the CNAP ( Centre National des Arts Plastiques).

About Jean-Marc Prevost:

A graduate in History of Arts and Philosophy from "l’Ecole Nationale du Patrimoine”, Jean-Marc Prevost has organised exhibitions for the Fonds national d’art contemporain, as a member of the Committee of Acquisitions since 2002. He is an inspector for artistic creation at the Ministry of Culture and Communication He is also curator for many prestigious events (Melik Chanian, Biennale de Sao Paulo in 2004, Annette Messager, Biennale de Venise 2005) and numerous renowned structures (MAMCO, Geneva 2003, Bass Museum and MAC, Miami 2005). He has also worked with the greatest French and foreign artists.