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Gilles Barbier: Echo system
13 Apr, 2016 - 31 Jul, 2016
The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea and Friche la belle de mai have co-organized Echo system: Gilles Barbier exhibition in commemoration of the 130th anniversary of Korea-France diplomatic relations.
This is a solo exhibition of Gilles Barbier, an artist based in Marseille, France who receives critical attention and he is also the co-founder of Ast茅rides (organization for young artists) in Friche la belle de mai. This exhibition presents selective painting, drawing, sculpture, installation and more with the artist鈥檚 unique artistic rule and peculiar sense of humor, constructed over several years of repetitive transformations.
Since 1992, Gilles Barbier has strived on "Game of Life". A mathematician, John Conway invented 鈥淕ame of Life鈥� in 1970, as he was inspired from cellular automaton. Afterwards, Barbier has been deciding and designing every theme of his work according to the "rule of the game". Each work of the artist is in extension with or the result of his prior works, similar to the genetics of cellular automaton.
To measure of the artistic universe of Gilles Barbier, one needs examine his life as a whole. However, this of course is an impossible undertaking. For this reason, we have designed Echo System, with selective works to unveil the core of Gilles Barbier and some works are shown to the public for the first time.
This is a solo exhibition of Gilles Barbier, an artist based in Marseille, France who receives critical attention and he is also the co-founder of Ast茅rides (organization for young artists) in Friche la belle de mai. This exhibition presents selective painting, drawing, sculpture, installation and more with the artist鈥檚 unique artistic rule and peculiar sense of humor, constructed over several years of repetitive transformations.
Since 1992, Gilles Barbier has strived on "Game of Life". A mathematician, John Conway invented 鈥淕ame of Life鈥� in 1970, as he was inspired from cellular automaton. Afterwards, Barbier has been deciding and designing every theme of his work according to the "rule of the game". Each work of the artist is in extension with or the result of his prior works, similar to the genetics of cellular automaton.
To measure of the artistic universe of Gilles Barbier, one needs examine his life as a whole. However, this of course is an impossible undertaking. For this reason, we have designed Echo System, with selective works to unveil the core of Gilles Barbier and some works are shown to the public for the first time.
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The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea and Friche la belle de mai have co-organized Echo system: Gilles Barbier exhibition in commemoration of the 130th anniversary of Korea-France diplomatic relations.
This is a solo exhibition of Gilles Barbier, an artist based in Marseille, France who receives critical attention and he is also the co-founder of Ast茅rides (organization for young artists) in Friche la belle de mai. This exhibition presents selective painting, drawing, sculpture, installation and more with the artist鈥檚 unique artistic rule and peculiar sense of humor, constructed over several years of repetitive transformations.
Since 1992, Gilles Barbier has strived on "Game of Life". A mathematician, John Conway invented 鈥淕ame of Life鈥� in 1970, as he was inspired from cellular automaton. Afterwards, Barbier has been deciding and designing every theme of his work according to the "rule of the game". Each work of the artist is in extension with or the result of his prior works, similar to the genetics of cellular automaton.
To measure of the artistic universe of Gilles Barbier, one needs examine his life as a whole. However, this of course is an impossible undertaking. For this reason, we have designed Echo System, with selective works to unveil the core of Gilles Barbier and some works are shown to the public for the first time.
This is a solo exhibition of Gilles Barbier, an artist based in Marseille, France who receives critical attention and he is also the co-founder of Ast茅rides (organization for young artists) in Friche la belle de mai. This exhibition presents selective painting, drawing, sculpture, installation and more with the artist鈥檚 unique artistic rule and peculiar sense of humor, constructed over several years of repetitive transformations.
Since 1992, Gilles Barbier has strived on "Game of Life". A mathematician, John Conway invented 鈥淕ame of Life鈥� in 1970, as he was inspired from cellular automaton. Afterwards, Barbier has been deciding and designing every theme of his work according to the "rule of the game". Each work of the artist is in extension with or the result of his prior works, similar to the genetics of cellular automaton.
To measure of the artistic universe of Gilles Barbier, one needs examine his life as a whole. However, this of course is an impossible undertaking. For this reason, we have designed Echo System, with selective works to unveil the core of Gilles Barbier and some works are shown to the public for the first time.
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