« The Foundling Fate », 2017
(FR)
Les enseignes de prêteurs sur gages ponctuent les avenues américaines et les fins de mois difficiles. On y dépose des objets contre un peu d’argent liquide. À rembourser ou non. Sans nouvelles de votre part, le pawn shop sera en droit de les vendre.
Un calendrier français daté de 1910 est déposé chez Brothers Collateral Loans à Los Angeles. Devant sa faible valeur mar- chande, le prêteur sur gage offre 1 dollar. Un coin du calendrier est manquant ; découpé et conservé par une mère en 1910. Ce calendrier est une « carte d’abandon ». Il accompagnait un enfant à sa prise en charge par l’assistance publique. La réunion des deux fragments aurait permis à l’orphelin d’identifier sa mère en cas de retrouvailles.
(EN)
Pawnshop signs are a fixture along American avenues and in the lives of the financially pinched. You deposit objects in exchange for cash, which you can later reimburse. If the pawn shop doesn’t hear from you, it can sell them.
A French calendar dating from 1910 was deposited with Brothers Collateral Loans in Los Angeles. Given its low commercial value, the pawnbroker offered 1 dollar. A corner of the calendar was missing: it had been cut out and kept by a mother in 1910. This calendar is an ‘abandonment card’: it went with a child when he was taken in by the welfare services. The idea being that joining the two fragments would have enabled the orphan to identify his mother should they ever be reunited. #museum #contemporaryart #brognonrollin #conceptualart. On view @macval.musee. Text by @anthony_van_den_bossche @foundlingmuseum @brotherscollateralloans
Our video « Attempt of Redemption » is on display in the exhibition : Deux ans de vacances
23.07.20 — 24.01.21
49 Nord 6 Est – Frac Lorraine @fraclorraine
#video #attempt #brognonrollin #artvideo #museum #contemporaryart #collection #artcollection (c) photo @freddott
We are thrilled that our video installation « There’s Somebody Carrying a Cross Down », 2020, is now part of the Servais Family Collection and on view at @macval.musee. ______ (EN) Every day, Mazen Kenan hires out wooden crosses to pilgrims in Jerusalem. Like his father and grandfather before him, he is a vital cog in the Sisyphean mechanism of penitence. For 50 dollars, he places a cross outside the Church of the Flagellation, the first station on the Via Dolorosa that leads to the Holy Sepulchre. He then waits for its arrival and takes it back down to the starting point, following a personal route through the Old City. ______ (FR) Chaque jour, Mazen Kenan loue des croix de bois aux pèlerins de Jérusalem. Comme son père et son grand-père avant lui, il est le rouage nécessaire du manège sisyphéen de la pénitence. Pour 50 dollars, il dépose une croix à l’église de la Flagellation, première station de la Via Dolorosa jusqu’au Saint-Sépulcre, il attend son arrivée et la redescend à son point de départ par un chemin personnel à travers la vieille ville. #macval #brognonrollin #servaisfamilycollection #contemporaryart #artwork #collector #artcollector #video #jerusalem #cross #pilgrims #beauxartsmag
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Co-edited by @macval.musee and @bps22_charleroi, our book is now already available on the @bps22_charleroi website. < LINK IN BIO >
𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗚𝗡𝗢𝗡 𝗥𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗡
L’avant-dernière version de la réalité
The penultimate version of reality
📖 Edition bilingue : Français 🇫🇷 et Anglais 🇬🇧
👉 Disponible aussi au @macval.musee , à la billetterie dans le hall d’accueil.
📷« L’avant-dernière version de la réalité »
Brognon Rollin
256 pages, 170 reproductions, 17 x 23 cm, 25 €.
Textes de Jean-Michel Attal, Julien Blanpied, Anne Ellegood, Éric Fassin, Axelle Grégoire, Lucien Kayser, Frank Lamy, Pierre-Olivier Rollin, Anthony van Bossche
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BOOK AVAILABLE TOMORROW at @macval.musee and @bps22_charleroi. Designed with love by the best @granduchy 💛. Texts by Jean-Michel Attal, Julien Blanpied, Anne Ellegood, Eric Fassin, Axelle Grégoire, Lucien Kayser, Frank Lamy, Pierre-Olivier Rollin and Anthony van den Bossche. Photos by: Leslie Artamonow, Isabelle Arthuis, Olivier Belot, Boshua, Éric Chenal, Philippe De Gobert, Ana Drittanti, Alfonzo Garza, Lucien Kayser, Aurélien Mole, Fabrice Seixas, Fred Thouillot and Donald Van Cardwell. Thank you to the MAC VAL and the BPS22 teams for this amazing publication. #book #brognonrollin #monography 💛 @francois_bauchet @ant1bert1 @charlottegounant @yul_blanpied @anneellegood @anthony_van_den_bossche @javat75 @jagabo @originsstudio.art @donald_cardwell @elvin1969 @sold_inc @stephen.korytko @lemot2passe @diskotame @fraclorraine @mudamlux @lucierichardbijoux @anneclairedavy @fracpoitoucharentes @carine_smets @floredesbois @fondationsalomon @frederic_net @israel_museum @__anna__milone @asukahisa @serge_dlum @_societies @tconch @jerome_poggi @art.a.i.r @flax_la @theicala @serge_dlum 💛
INTERVIEW : About « The Penultimate Version of Reality » (english subtitles) @macval.musee 💛 Thank you Julien Blanpied and Mac Val Productions #video #interview #museum #france #paris #contemporaryart #artisttalk #exhibition #brognonrollin https://vimeo.com/427690260
#blackouttuesday
Until Then (MAC VAL), 2020
Performance, Line sitter Elvin Wiliams @elvin1969 (Same Old Line Dudes @sold_inc )
En collaboration avec Yves De Locht, médecin généraliste (Bruxelles)
En 2012, les Same Old Line Dudes inventent un nouveau métier, Line sitter. Ils attendent sur les trottoirs new-yorkais pour les impatients désirant le nouvel Iphone ou le premier rang d’une pièce de théâtre sans le désagrément d’une file d’attente.
Hiver 2020, en Belgique, une personne a notifié à plusieurs reprises aux médecins sa volonté de ne plus vivre afin d’abréger sa douleur.
A l’heure exacte de sa mort, le 16 mars à 12h00, Elvin Williams a quitté le @macval.musee , laissant sa chaise vide.
Until Then Armchair (MAC VAL), 2019
Acier inoxydable, tissu
105 x 84,5 x 80 cm
En Collaboration avec @francois_bauchet
Until Then Armchair est un fauteuil de veille. Dossier droit, accoudoirs de métal, structure rembourrée, il offre le confort nécessaire à la longue station assise et impose une posture vigilante. Vues d’exposition (c) Aurélien Mole. Détail (c) @bohumil_kostohryz Text: @anthony_van_den_bossche #brognonrollin #artperformance #contemporaryart #euthanasia #museum #chair #design #linedudes #francoisbauchet #exhibition #waiting #art beauxartsmag
« I Lost My Page Again (Page 20) », 2020 #marqueteriedepaille #strawmarquetry #waitingroom #brognonrollin #artcollection #artcurator #artexhibition #exhibitions #contemporaryart #museum #collector #artgallery #art #collection #artist #paris #france #wait #time #losangeles #artcollector #instaart #masterpiece #timebasedart @lucierichardbijoux Exhibition view @macval.musee (c)Aurélien Mole
PAUSE (56 Days), 2020 #confinement #lockdown #time #book #finger #bookmark #art #contemporaryart #painting @macval.musee
« The Most Beautiful Attempt », 2012 _ A young boy crouching in a dark room tries to keep lines of salt that have been formed on the ground, in the daylight that is coming through the window. A race against time therefore takes place regulated by the continual movement of the sun around the room. The boy methodically repeats the same laborious gestures with the help of a ruler, trying to keep these lines within the rays of light and to keep them out of the shade…
A literal and laborious measurement of the passage of time. An artisanal and manual version of the archaic gnomon. Cosmic time versus labour time. An accelerated initiation to a sublime parable about the vanity of our actions. Text by @ln_guenin #exhibition @macval.musee Collection @fracpoitoucharentes #video #artvideos #brognonrollin #sisyphus #salt #light #sun #window #museum #videoart #sunset #art #artcollection #museumcollection #kid #artist #film #artfilm #performance #artperformance #contemporaryart #mythe #beauxartsmag
« Le Miroir de Claude », 2019-2020
Stainless steel table for hard drugs consumer, black mirror (c. 1870)
The ‘black mirror’, also known as a ‘Claude glass’, was a small portable mirror with a slightly convex surface, tinted with lampblack. It was a vital accessory for naturalist painters in the 18th century, as its contrasting reflection simplified landscapes and facilitated composition. To use it, painters had to take up a position that was new for the time: looking at nature by turning their back on it. __ (FR)
Table de consommation de drogues dures, miroir noir (vers 1870)
Le miroir noir, dit aussi « miroir de Claude le Lorrain », est un petit miroir portatif à la surface légèrement convexe, teintée au noir de fumée. Accessoire indispensable aux peintres naturalistes du XVIIIe siècle, son reflet contrasté simplifie les paysages et facilite le cadrage. Il impose aux artistes une position inédite pour l’époque : regarder la nature en lui tournant le dos. Exhibition view: @macval.musee #mirror #museum #contemporaryart #artwork #collector #artcollector #france #artexhibition #exhibition #brognonrollin #table #artmuseum #macvalbrognonrollin (c) Aurélien Mole. Text by: @anthony_van_den_bossche
By the great @___s_k_k_i___ ©️
@macval.musee
#lavantderniereversiondelarealite #soloshow #tempssuspendu
#brognonrollin
CONFINEMENT « Attempt of Redemption », 2012-13. The men in the image are inmates at the Ecrouves detention center. Their choreography follows the lines marked out on the floor of the prison gym and redraws a singular process of marking time: DOORS CLOSED. Promenade. Legal visit, Family visit. Infirmary. Atelier. School. DOORS LOCKED. Collection: @fraclorraine @lesfracgrandest _ Exhibition: @macval.musee #lockdown #prison #inmate #circle #videoart @charlottegounant @marine.vanschoonbeek
QUARANTINE « Cosmographia (Île de Tatihou) », 2015
Located off the coast in Normandy, the Island of Tatihou was used mainly as a military base. It served as a jail for prisoners of war but also as a lazaretto for quarantining crews and merchandise from ports where the plague, or some other disease, was rife.
In 2015, we traced on paper it’s outline on a scale of 1:1, centimeter by centimeter. Everyday, working on site, we posted the contours to the person who commissioned the work.
The stainless steel shelf archiving the island was designed by @francois_bauchet
Exhibition views @macval.musee (c)Aurélien Mole
Lighting designer Serge Damon @serge_dlum
✨✨ @macval.musee ・・・
👉 Coup d'oeil sur l'exposition de Brognon Rollin "L'avant-dernière version de la réalité" 🌀 présentée à partir du 7 mars ! 🍸 Rejoignez-nous au vernissage pour la découvrir dès le vendredi 6 mars à 18h30. #macvalbrognonrollin 🙏🏼 @bertrandtibo
Totentanz (Golden shoot), 2012. Collection @mudamlux #videostill #art #mudamcollection #contemporaryart #brognonrollin #video #museum #dance #glitter #gold #dancemacabre #addiction #museum #videoart #mudam #mudamluxembourg @ln_guenin
« The Path of Oum Hani », 2020. This neon present the fate line nestled in the palm of a homeless woman we met at -La Halte des Femmes de l’Hotel de Ville de Paris-. Now supple and organic, diverted from its usual minimalism, the neon demonstrates the identity of the model through these isolated and monumental lines. Displayed like an ex-voto, it appears to defy a mapped out destiny and attempt to avert the course of thing. Commissioned by @thanksfor.nothing and @paris_maville. Gift to @lafabriquedelasolidarite. SPECIAL THANKS to Oum Hani and @marine.vanschoonbeek @blanche_delestrange @a._pi @aleks_gfernandez @thanksfor.nothing @lafabriquedelasolidarite @oliviermartinaud @macval.musee #contemporaryart #neon #artwork #brognonrollin
« I Lost My Page Again (Page 18) » #marqueteriedepaille #strawmarquetry #waitingroom #veterinary #brognonrollin #artcollection #luxembourg #contemporaryart #collector #art #collection #artist #art #wait #time #artcollector #instaart #timebasedart @lucierichardbijoux @carine_smets @pascalinesmets Photos (c) @bohumil_kostohryz
Thank you @un_spaced ・・・
'8 M2 Loneliness', 2013. Clock with motion sensor. Time is suspended when the visitor enters the 8 m2 room, the size of a standard cell at the Ecrouve prison. Via @duende_pr #contemporaryart #museum #clock #sculpture. Soon at @macval.musee