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Art Contemporain 1 Cet ouvrage accompagne l’exposition BEN produite par le Conseil général de la Moselle, avec la précieuse collaboration de Ben et avec le concours de la Shimoni Gallery (Metz), et présentée au château de Malbrouck (Manderen) du 1er avril au 2 septembre 2012. Document de couverture : Être, 1975, 60 x 730 cm, acrylique sur toile Collection Pierre et Lella Le Pillouer. Éditions Favre SA Siège social : 29, rue de Bourg – CH-1002 Lausanne Tél. : (+41) 021 312 17 17 – Fax : (+41) 021 320 50 59 [email protected] Bureau de Paris : 12, rue Duguay-Trouin – F-75006 Paris Tél. : (+33) 01 42 22 01 90 – Fax : (+33) 01 42 22 01 90 [email protected] www.editionsfavre.com Dépôt légal en Suisse en mars 2012. Tous droits réservés pour tous pays. Sauf autorisation expresse, toute reproduction de ce livre, même partielle, par tous procédés, est interdite. Mise en pages et graphisme : dynamic 19 ISBN: 978-2-8289-1290-1 © 2012, Éditions Favre SA, Lausanne, Suisse. 2 3 BEN Une exposition produite par le Conseil général de la Moselle avec la précieuse collaboration de Ben et avec le concours de la Shimoni Gallery, (Metz) 1er avril – 2 septembre 2012 Château de Malbrouck (Manderen) Comité d’organisation Patrick Weiten président du Conseil général de la Moselle Lionel Fourny directeur général des services, Conseil général de la Moselle Denis Schaming directeur général adjoint des services, Conseil général de la Moselle Odile Petermann directrice de la division des affaires culturelles, Conseil général de la Moselle Benjamin Vautier dit « Ben » artiste et commissaire de l’exposition assisté par Annie Vautier, Eva Vautier et Didier Dura Hervé Shimoni co-coordinateur de l’exposition et directeur de la Shimoni Gallery, (Metz) Note à l’attention des lecteurs : Dominique Laudien Pour des raisons d’authenticité, l’orthographe utilisée par l’artiste a été conservée sauf dans les cas où la lecture s’en trouvait gênée. Les titres co-coordinatrice de l’exposition et directrice du château de Malbrouck, et les textes des œuvres respectent la graphie utilisée par l’artiste site du Conseil général de la Moselle, lorsqu’elle est identifiable. assistée par Émilie Rouyer et Irmina Teixeira Christian Septon ingénieur en chef, coordinateur technique au Conseil général de la Moselle L’exposition « Etre » de Ben présentée au château de Malbrouck à Manderen fait partie d’un parcours, intitulé « Mono », qui propose de Les auteurs du catalogue découvrir des monographies d’artistes dans 15 lieux situés en Lorraine, au Luxembourg et en Sarre (Allemagne). Patrick Absalon docteur en histoire de l’art, Paris Hervé Shimoni co-coordinateur de l’exposition et directeur de la Shimoni Gallery, Metz Benjamin Vautier dit « Ben » artiste et commissaire de l’exposition 4 SommairE Préface, Patrick Weiten, Président du Conseil général de la Moselle Avant-propos, Hervé Shimoni Etude, Patrick Absalon Sélection de textes, Ben Biographie de Ben Traductions en allemand Traductions en anglais Bibliographie sélective de Ben Délections d’expositions Catalogue sommaire des principales œuvres exposées Remerciements Crédits photographiques 5 PrefaCe Patrick Weiten Président du Conseil général de la Moselle « L’art c’est faire le pitre », écrit Ben noir sur blanc, ou L’exposition intitulée « Etre », signée par Ben, est orga- plutôt blanc sur noir. Mais si l’art est un jeu, chacun nisée par le Conseil général de la Moselle au château conviendra que c’est un jeu sérieux. Benjamin Vau- de Malbrouck avec la précieuse collaboration de l’ar- tier, artiste français d’origine suisse né à Naples en tiste lui-même, la complicité de l’épouse de l’artiste, 1935, mieux connu sous le nom de Ben, investit les Annie, de leur fille Eva et avec le concours de la Shimoni espaces du château de Malbrouck à Manderen, site du Gallery. Elle promet un parcours riche dans l’univers de Conseil général de la Moselle et classé Monument Ben, un parcours que l’équipe du château de Malbrouck historique, et y installe la plus grande cour de (ré) se fait fort de rendre accessible à tous et passionnant création qu’il nous ait été donné de voir dans notre pour chacun… département, notre région voire au-delà de nos fron- tières. L’artiste a donc quitté un temps ses chères collines Bonne visite et bonne lecture. niçoises pour la Moselle et a accepté généreusement de nous interpeller à travers de nombreuses œuvres, dont certaines inédites. Ben a choisi de philosopher et de poser des questions essentielles sur l’être et le néant, le temps, la mort, l’amour, etc. Mais que le visiteur se rassure : l’humour, l’émotion, le doute, la réflexion, etc. sont convoqués à chaque instant ! On découvre aussi que les célèbres cal- ligraphies et écritures de Ben sont bien plus complexes qu’il n’y paraît : d’abord par leur contenu et leur asso- ciation aux images, ensuite par leur support et enfin leur technique. Contrairement aux apparences, Ben ne se répète jamais. 6 Les autres, 2006, 81 x 100 cm, acrylique sur toile Photographie François Fernandez 7 avant-ProPos Hervé Shimoni Co-coordinateur de l’exposition et directeur de la Shimoni Gallery En ce temps là, Ben vint à Paris..., New York…, Moscou… tout change toujours de toutes façons, les saisons, toi, et Manderen. S’il est un artiste dont la singularité est tout, ce qui est dure c’est de ne pas changer ». sans complexe, c’est bien Benjamin Vautier, dit Ben. Figure majeure de l’art contemporain. « Les mots sont des armes – le poids des mots – les mots de la tribu – les mots d’amour – entre deux mots Ma rencontre avec lui date d’une dizaine d’années, mais – les mots piège – la peur des mots – un mot pour un à vrai dire, j’ai toujours eu le sentiment de connaître le autre – la mémoire des mots – le mot de la fin. » personnage. Depuis ma prime jeunesse, ses textes me parlent, ils sont pour moi des sujets de débats tant phi- Touche-à-tout par les supports qu’il utilise, son plus losophiques : grand vivier de découverte ce sont les chiffonniers d’Em- maüs où les objets, mis au rebut ou laissés pour compte, «Tout est question d’envie », sont légion. Il y peint des phrases qui nous plongent « C’est le courage qui compte », dans l’interrogation sur la vie de l’être humain. « Et surtout n’oubliez pas de tomber amoureux », « Le monde change », Au-delà de son œuvre pictural, fantasmagorique, il « Le droit d’être soi même », défend la diversité des langues et de leurs écritures, qui «Je cherche la vérité », sont un patrimoine commun à tous les peuples. Ses « Tous égaux », interrogations sur les ethnies minoritaires, leurs codes « Il n’y a pas de pouvoir sans abus de pouvoir », de société civile, culturelle et sexuelle, nous renvoient, « La vie continue », tel un miroir, le reflet de notre propre existence : cha- « La mort, c’est du temps perdu » ; cune apporte ses réflexions sur le genre humain et sur notre monde. que poétiques : Chef de file de L’école de Nice, tel un label, il a su s’ap- « Un jour ma mère m’a dit, toi qui veux toujours tout proprier sa ville. changer, assieds toi sur une chaise et reste tranquille, 8 Avec ses amis artistes venus de courants différents, Yves Klein, dont il était proche, Arman, César, Raysse, Sosno, Venet,… il a alimenté une pépinière de créateurs qui se perpétue encore de nos jours grâce aux jeunes générations. Ces artistes ont su couper le cordon ombi- lical avec Paris, la capitale, et sont fiers de leur région qu’ils font rayonner au-delà des frontières de l’Hexa- gone. Lorsqu’on aime les gens, on aime les mots, quand on aime les mots on les écrit pour les partager. Pour tout cela, merci à Ben. On est tous ego, 1998, 162 x 130 cm, acrylique sur toile 9 L’art est une aventure, 2011, 89 x 116 cm, acrylique sur toile Collection particulière 10 etude Patrick Absalon Docteur en histoire de l’art EcrirE 4608 motS au SujEt dE BEN Sur le site Internet de Ben1, on peut écouter l’artiste précisément constater leur absence de chaque instant. « brailler » ; dans sa poésie, il prend plaisir à « râler » ; Autre idée sous-jacente : l’artiste est un chercheur. Il parcourant son œuvre politique et polémique, on le voit fouille, expérimente, compare, conclut, extrait l’essence s’engager ; visitant une exposition qui lui est consacrée, de la vie pour y mêler son être, dans un élan presque on inventorie la multitude des traces écrites à la pein- utopique4. Un alchimiste en somme, pour qui le Tout ture ou à la bombe qu’il laisse un peu partout. Son art apparaît comme le concept le plus absolu mais aussi le est donc tout entier voué à l’expression, au sens strict du plus inatteignable. terme. Jon Hendricks, dans le catalogue de l’exposition Ben rencontre à Londres en 1962 George Maciunas, du musée d’Art contemporain de Lyon en 2010, dit que graphiste de son état5, mais surtout artiste et philoso- Ben est un artiste qui « pense que son art peut promou- phe, qui fonde le mouvement Fluxus aux Etats-Unis en voir [ses] idées tout comme l’art peut proposer des trans- 1961-19626. Pour cet homme d’origine lituanienne, l’art formations radicales de la perception de la beauté2 ». Cet et la vie se confondent, de même que l’art n’est pas auteur, critique et artiste lui-même, résume bien la réservé qu’aux seuls artistes7. Ben va tout aussi loin situation. Mais venons-en un court instant à ce mani- quand, en 1968, il formule cette sorte de syllogisme feste que l’artiste énonce en 1975 : « Le beau est dans le extrême : « si tout est art, et si l’art doit être toujours nou- nouveau.
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