D

Grand Opening on Friday 20th September, from 7pm*
frac île-de-france, le château

 

With

Stéphane Dafflon, Bady Dalloul, Libor David, Richard Davies, Jean Daviot, Lieven de Boeck, Hubert de Chalvron, Harald Thys & Jos De Gruyter, Jean-Charles de Quillacq, Willem de Rooij, Herman De Vries, Olivier Debré, Philippe Decrauzat, Koenraad Dedobbeleer, Christine Deknuydt, Léo Delarue, Anne Deleporte, DenicolaI & Provoost, Marc Desgrandchamps, Angelica Detanico & Raphaël Lain, Fred Deux, Marc Devade, Livia Deville, Deyi Studio, Guillaume Dégé, Maurico Dias & Walter Riesweg, Philip Lorca di Corcia, Erik Dietman, Martin Disler, Thea Djordjadze, Jason Dodge, Florence Doléac, Kaye Donachie, David Douard, Martine Dubilé, Dunne & Raby / Michaël Anastassiades, Jérôme Dupin, Simon Dybbroe Moller

Works from the frac île-de-france collection

Curator : Xavier Franceschi

frac île-de-france, le château / Parc culturel de Rentilly – Michel Chartier

 

From 20th September 2019 to 22nd December 2019 the frac île-de-france is holding an exhibition with works from its collection at the Château de Rentilly (Parc culturel de Rentilly – Michel Chartier), where the selection of works is left purely to chance : a random draw, open to everyone  via a plugin on the frac website, has taken place from Marsh 05 to Marsh 25, to choose a letter from the alphabet determining the artists to be exhibited. The ‘winning’ letter is ‘D‘ : all artists in the collection whose name begins with ‘D’ are  part of the exhibition and all their works will systematically be exhibited**.

While this project is the first of its kind, it is consistent with the approach to the collection fostering experimentation – while at the same time respecting the works and artists involved – in particular through a both fun and conceptual approach.

Reflecting past exhibitions, whether at the Plateau or Château, along with historical exhibitions – from Surrealists, Fluxus to more recent proposals from Bertrand Lavier or Bob Nickas –, there is a predefined rule or protocol here that must be rigorously and religiously adhered to.

As a result, whereas the true stance of an exhibition is generally determined through the selection of works, in this exhibition a predetermined principle is set in motion leaving no room for any subjective choices. From another point of view it is something truly arbitrary, the rule that is defined largely governs the next steps…
Beyond this apparent paradox, the exhibition and this stance enable works to be exhibited and compared on a completely new level.
Detached from any pre-existing or predominant theme, they appear de facto in perfect autonomy. That’s the real objective: to introduce works from the collection in their integrity, for what they are, without any preconceptions or bias.

*Free shuttle Paris-Rentilly 
Friday 20.09.19 for the opening,
leaving from Place de la Bastille at 6.15pm
Booking mandatory: reservation@fraciledefrance.com

 

** Apart from works requiring extensive restoration or those on loan that would be too complicated to move.

 

 

rendez-vous

 

Encounter
with the artist 
Bady Dalloul
Sunday 13.10.19
3pm

Guided Tours
Each Sunday at
3pm

« minute » Tours
Each Saturday at
4pm

 

Family exhibition time
Wednesday 27.11.19
3pm
Sunday 15.12.19
11am

Bilingual Tour
french sign language / French 
Saturday 01.12.19
11am

 

 

WE FRAC 2019
4th edition
23 Frac, 23rd personality
frac île-de-france special guest :
Vikash Dhorasoo

 

Saturday 16.11.19
2.30pm
Workshop-tour «in family»,
proposed as part of the exhibition D
le château

Sunday 17.11.19
3pm*
Le frac île-de-france,
from le château to le plateau …
program available online in october

 

*Free shuttle for the occasion,
leaving from Place du Châtelet at 2pm
Booking mandatory: reservation@fraciledefrance.com