Comment libérer les artistes libres?
- Angel Vergara Santiago
The exhibition is curated by Sarah Zürcher
lnitially questioning the codes and social conventions born of a popular or mythical culture, Boris Achour and Angel Vergara both construct their work a round mechanisms linked either to mass or autocratie production. In these two exhibitions, Non-stop paysage and Comment libérer les artistes libres?, they use imaginary accounts to recreate fiction, building a universe which mixes interpretative modes based on reality or tradition, causing the viewer to doubt his common sense, to play with reality and shift the primary function of an object or means of action.
The inspiration sources of Angel Vergara are life and daily occurrences. Reality becomes the place of all the possibilities, inscribing itself like an exchange zone, of transformation and circulation. At Fri-Art, he leads a project in collaboration with the military Department, putting in perspective the military culture. “Tous les arts purs et nobles de la paix sont fondés sur la guerre; aucun grand art n’a jamais paru sur la terre yilleurs que chez un people de soldats.”(translation : All the pure and noble arts of peace are founded on war ; no great art has ever appeared other than from a military people.) is a quotation of John Ruskin, great art critic of the 19th century, around which the artist articulates his research. To create bridges between two cultures which are now distant one of the other, it is relevant to develop research in order to present a common history, founded on the relation between artists, writers and military campaigns.