Elo. Inner exile – outer limits.
Untitled (On entend les rires de manga), 2008, colour pencil on paper, 29×18 cm, collection Mudam Luxembourg.
Untitled (Tout va bien), 2008, colour pencil on paper, 36×26 cm, collection Mudam Luxembourg.
Untitled (Que chaque royaume a son féticheur), 2008, colour pencil on paper, 12,5×20 cm, collection Mudam Luxembourg.
Untitled (La salle au milieu des neiges), 2008, colour pencil on paper, 29×18 cm, collection Mudam Luxembourg.
The series of six drawings presented in “Elo” explores the language of tales. Each plate is presented as an extract from a potential story. Viewers are plunged into a dense and vibrant chromatic universe, between text and image, and are invited to make their own montage by combining the piece of narrative on offer with their own stories.
The six drawings are part of the museum’s collection.
Group exhibition
11.10 2008 – 2.2 2009
Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean (Mudam Luxembourg)
Götz Arndt – Jean-Marie Biwer – Gast Bouschet & Nadine Hilbert – Simone Decker – Stina Fisch – Christian Frantzen – Tina Gillen – Tom Hermes – Paul Kirps – Yvan Klein – Filip Markiewicz – Isabelle Marmann – Bertrand Ney – Moritz Ney – Antoine Prum – Dany Prum – Roland Quetsch – Pasha Rafiy – Saskia Raux & Marc Scozzai – Danielle Scheuer – Eric Schockmel – Jean-Louis Schuller – The Plug – Jeanine Unsen – Roger Wagner – Trixi Weis – Vera Weisgerber – Wennig & Daubach
Exhibition design : Christophe de la Fontaine
Catalogue: Vol. 1 (“Virdrun”) 180 p., 210×146 mm. Vol. 2 (“Elo”) published in December 2008, Luxembourg, Mudam éditions. ISBN 978-2-919923-16-8
The exhibition “Elo” (“now” in Luxembourgish) offers a snapshot of contemporary artistic creation in Luxembourg. Rather than a selection of artists, “Elo” is a platform for new creations, since the great majority of the artworks has been produced for this exhibition. It is not a question of summing up what is happening in Luxembourg in terms of contemporary art, but rather of highlighting a situation resulting from one of the most important decades concerning the development of the visual arts in Luxembourg. This rapid evolution occurred within the framework of a cultural policy and the creation of several cultural institutions, but also – on an individual level – with the growing number of artists living in Luxembourg.
Christian Mosar, curator