Take Me (I'm Yours)
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PRESS RELEASE TAKE ME (I’M YOURS) FROM 16 SEPTEMBER TO 8 NOVEMBER 2015 From 16 September to 8 November 2015, Monnaie de Paris presents Take Me (I'm Yours), a collective and interactive exhibition which brings together the work of fortyforty----fourfour international artists under the curatorship ofof Christian Boltanski, Hans Ulrich Obrist and Chiara Parisi. Take Me (I’m Yours) at Monnaie de Paris Transformed into Paul McCarthyMcCarthy's Chocolate Factory for its reopening in October 15 september 2015 2014, then into Marcel Broodthaers' Musée d’Art Moderne ––– Département des MONNAIE DE PARIS Aigles Monnaie de Paris is once again inviting visitors to rediscover its spaces 11, Quai de Conti through an unusual artistic project: Take Me (I’m Yours) will turn the Quai de 75006 Paris Conti’s 18th-century rooms into a venue for free and creative exchange, designed to unsettle the conventional relationship between a work of art and its viewer. Communications Director Visitors are invited, even encouraged, to touch, use and take away the invited Guillaume Robic artists’ projects and ideas. tel: + 33 (0)1 40 46 58 18 [email protected] The exhibition curators, Christian Boltanski and Hans Ulrich ObristObrist, have taken the original principle which motivated them in 1995 at the Serpentine Gallery and Claudine Colin Communication brought it up to date. They are joined by Chiara ParisiParisi,Parisi director of Monnaie de Paris Avril Boisneault cultural programmes, who brings a fresh perspective. With more than forty tel: + 33 (0)1 42 72 60 01 [email protected] projects, the Paris exhibition is greater in magnitude and scope. The project sees the return of artists who took part in the first event (ChristianChristian Boltanski, Maria EicEicEichhornEic hhornhhorn, HansHans----PeterPeter FeldmannFeldmann, Jef GeysGeys, Gilbert & GeorgeGeorge, Douglas GordonGordon, VISITOR INFORMATION Opening hours: Christine HillHill, Carsten Höller, Fabrice HyberHyber, Wolfgang TillmansTillmans, Lawrence Open every day, 11 a.m. --- 7 p.m. Weiner and Franz WestWest), and has given rise to new collaborations (EtelEtel Adnan & Late Thursday opening till 10 p.m. Simone Fattal, Paweł Althamer, Kerstin Brätsch & Sarah Ortmeyer, James Lee Byars, Heman Chong, Jeremy Deller, Andrea Fraser, Gloria Friedmann, Felix Monnaie de Paris Flammarion bookshop GonzalezGonzalez----Torres,Torres, Bertrand Lavier, Jonathan Horowitz, Koo JeoJeongngng----A,A, Alison 11, Quai de Conti Knowles, Angelika Markul, Gustav Metzger, Otobong Nkanga, Roman Ondák, 75006 Paris Yoko Ono, Philippe Parreno, Sean Raspet, Takako Saito, Daniel Spoerri, Rirkrit Open every day, 11 a.m. --- 7 p.m. Late Thursday opening till 10 p.m. Tiravanija, Amalia UlmanUlman, Franco VaccariVaccari, Danh Võ and the artists Ho Rui An, Felix Gaudlitz and Charlie Malgat from 89plus, the multiplatform international Monnaie de Paris boutique research project designed to map the generation born on and after 1989 by Hans 2, Rue Guénégaud Ulrich Obrist and Simon CastetsCastets. The exhibition is also an outlet for distributing 75006 Paris Open Monday to Saturday issues of point d'ironie (agnès b.). 11 a.m. --- 7 p.m. Displayed on the walls of the last factory in the centre of Paris, the exhibition is an GROUPS opportunity to revisit the myth of the unique artwork and question its methods of Monnaie de Paris hosts a wide range of tours and workshops every day of production. Like coins, works of art are destined to be disseminated. This the week for all types of groups. A exhibition, designed to create interaction between visitors and artists, is programme of conferences will run characterised by its open form which evolves in time. When it ends, the pieces will for the duration of the exhibition. [email protected] have disappeared, distributed in their entirety. Going beyond conventional economic channels, Take Me (I’m Yours) will present a model based on exchange FIND US ON and sharing, thus raising questions about the exchange value of art, an issue of monnaiedeparis.fr fundamental importance to Monnaie de Paris. facebook.com/monnaiedeparis twitter.com/monnaiedeparis youtube.com/monnaiedeparis Take Me (I’m Yours) centres the exhibition around its visitors, by inviting them to instagram.com/monnaiedeparis take the artworks away with them, and in doing so, contribute to their dissemination. The talents of the artists involved enable the public to pass through this physical and moral barrier which separates them from works of art as they appropriate them and give them a new lease of life. The artists choose to give visitors a variety of objects, created specifically for the exhibition - such as the wishbones produced on a 3D printer (AngelikaAngelika MarkulMarkul) - or in the artist's studio (SimoneSimone FattalFattal). Other examples include badges (GilbGilbertert & GeorgeGeorge), DVDs which gradually wipe their content as they are played ( Philippe Parreno ), bookmarks made of leather, ( Amalia UlmanUlman), lost property such as clothing that can be taken away in a bag (ChristianChristian BoltanskiBoltanski), objects that we are all familiar with such as small models of the Eiffel Tower (HansHansHans----PeterPeter FeldmannFeldmann), paper items like cards featuring the names of poets (EtelEtel AdnanAdnan), brochures offering a cultural service to institutions and companies (AndreaAndrea FraserFraser), a bibliography with a selection of works by the three curators of the exhibition (MariaMaria EichhornEichhorn), pink paper confetti bearing the words "Be Quiet" (JamesJames Lee ByarsByars), business cards painted in black (Heman ChongChong), posters, (FelixFelix GonzalezGonzalez----TorresTorresTorres), stencils, tattoos (LawrenceLawrence WeinerWeiner), postcards (HansHansHans----PeterPeter FeldmannFeldmann, Yoko OnoOno, Danh VõVõ), a newspaper specially published for Monnaie de Paris (JefJef GeysGeys), and magazines created by artists (pointpoint d’ironied’ironie). Artists also present works which disappear through consumption by visitors such as tins of sardines and pieces of a marzipan skeleton (DanielDaniel SpoerriSpoerri), distilled rose water with holy wafers (RirkritRirkrit TiravanijaTiravanija), pills with unknown effects (CarstenCarsten HöllerHöller), sky-blue sweets (FelixFelix GonzalezGonzalez----TorresTorresTorres) and eggs (KerstinKerstin Brätsch & Sarah OrtmeyerOrtmeyer). Visitors may also participate in other forms of interaction such as monetary transactions to acquire an object, especially by vending machine (FabriceFabrice HyberHyber, Christine Hill, Yoko OnoOno), but also through bartering (PawełPaweł Althamer, Roman OndákOndák) or even a self-service area (JonathanJonathan HorowitzHorowitz,Horowitz Bertrand Lavier, Sean RaspetRaspet, Wolfgang TillmansTillmans). The public is also invited to follow the instructions given by the artists to take part in a game (DouglaDouglass GordonGordon), to personalise objects (JeremyJeremy DellerDeller), or contribute to the daily creation of a work (GustavGustav Metzger, Yoko Ono, Franco Vaccari, Lawrence WeinerWeiner). Other artists offer a service to visitors such as a chance to have a rest (FranzFranz WestWest) or take a dog for a walk (KooKoo JeongJeong----AAAA). With each day that passes, it is the show’s visitors who will transform it. The exhibition extends beyond the rooms dedicated to it: artists will use the Google app (CharlieCharlie Malgat and Ho RHo RuiR ui AnAn) to offer a virtual tour combining the exhibition's past at the Serpentine in London in 1995, its present at the Monnaie de Paris in 2015, and its future - with forthcoming versions destined to travel further afield. It also makes its presence felt at the stand of a Parisian bouquiniste - a second-hand bookseller opposite Monnaie de Paris (FelixFelix GaudlitzGaudlitz)Gaudlitz - and gets a breath of fresh air every day through the actions of the artists who surprise visitors during impromptu artistic interventions: featuring Etel AdnanAdnan,Adnan Paweł Althamer, James Lee ByarsByars, Kerstin Brätsch & Sarah Ortmeyer, Gloria Friedmann,Friedmann, Gilbert & George, Fabrice HyberHyber, Alison Knowles, Otobong Nkanga,Nkanga, Roman Ondák, Sean Raspet, Takako Saito et Daniel Spoerri (during the exhibition and more frequently during the FIAC from 22 to 24 OctoberOctober). Alongside these events, the writer Federico Nicolao will post a daily report on the exhibition on Instagram (#kikerikidide#kikerikidide#kikerikidide). On 16 and 17 September, a special event will take place in the Paris metro to mark the opening of the exhibition, during which passengers will be invited to take a pieces of the poster with them. This part of the poster will give them free entry for one person to the exhibition (station corridors: Châtelet; Opéra; Saint Lazare; Montparnasse; Nation; République; Gare de l’Est; Place d’Italie) Monnaie de Paris: Revamped Cultural Programme Founded in 864, Monnaie de Paris is the oldest of French institutions. Its artistic workshops in Paris have been in existence since 1775. Monnaie de Paris is committed to an ambitious transformation of its Parisian buildings in order to present this vast heritage to visitors. Since 2014, the new cultural presentation has included: an arts programme based on large-scale projects commissioned to experienced and emerging artists (Rob Pruitt, John Baldessari, Mohamed Bourouissa, Paul McCarthy, Marcel Broodthaers, etc.) in the restored 18th-century rooms opposite Guy Savoy's gastronomic restaurant. The Take me (I’m Yours) exhibition