Strictly confidential. From the collection of Marc and Josée Gensollen
30 October 2005 - 5 February 2006

Curator Chiara Parisi

A private collection is a peculiar element within arts, because art works acquire their value through the glance of the one who had collected them. Each year, the Centre d'art de l'île de Vassivière will present a masterpiece that is part of an important private collection, something rarely proposed to the public.

Marc and Josée Gensollen, a couple of psychiatrists, are authors of one of the most important contemporary art collection in Europe. The collection is constituted around the notion of doubt, which crosses, at the same time, the work of Bruce Nauman, Dan Graham, Lawrence Weiner or Carsten Höller.

The exhibition Strictly confidential greets some undeniable personalities of contemporary art: Victor Burgin, Douglas Gordon, Dan Graham, Bertrand Lavier, Lawrence Weiner, Ian Wilson which appear in the sides of younger artists like Pierre Bismuth, Liam Gillick, Philippe Parreno, Rob Pruitt, Tino Sehgal with the participation of Mario Garcia Torres.

Without the need of being transported, the projects exhibited in the show are created for the Island of Vassivière: from the concept to its setting up for an exhibition telerange.

Copyright: Pomme Boucher, André Morin

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