Galerie Eva Vautier presents La préfiguration du palais des égos étranges Group exhibition organised by Ben Opening 18 March 2016 from 6pm Ben presents at the…
Galerie Eva Vautier presents La préfiguration du palais des égos étranges Group exhibition organised by Ben Opening 18 March 2016 from 6pm Ben presents at the gallery a preliminary version of the exhibition « Palais idéal des égo étranges », which he will organise on 28 April at the Palais du Facteur Cheval in Hauterives. With the performance « Dansez, dansez, pensez-y » by Sandra Ponzetti & Jean-Paul Ducarteron. 40 singular artists, creators, painters and visual artists, inspired by the strangeness and creative madness of the Facteur Cheval, come together. This confrontation is as much a challenge thrown to the imagination as to the stubborn force of creation. Exhibition on the first floor, Ben’s special guest: Christian Vialard “1.59pm, a message on my answering machine: ‘Hi Vialard, it's Ben, I took your canvases out of my collection and I'm doing an exhibition, and I'd like to show them at Eva's gallery on the first floor, call me back’.” I call back. Ben: ‘There you go, you have the floor, I'll put canvases from my collection up and you can hang other new things, you have carte blanche, …’ Then Ben talks to someone else, or has put his phone in his pocket, or dunked his phone in an aquarium where I can make conversation with the goldfish”… Ben again, remembering the phone: ‘You're coming to hang? Oh yes, the show is next week’ Me: ‘OK, great’ Ben: ‘Vialard, I'm glad to show you, it's been a long time’ There you have an exhibition: three minutes by the watch, energy, it's direct and it pulses like rock 'n' roll. That's Ben, and it's to live that that I am an artist, aren't you? I am a painter and musician; I make exhibitions, concerts and sound installations. My music, which influences my practice of drawing and painting, is made of abstract experiments between noise, drones and post-rock electronics. My most recent albums: Neukalm on the Berlin label Grautag, and Queequeg (with Guy Reyes) on the Tiramizu label. I perform on stage at festivals such as Transmediale Berlin, City Sonic Brussels, Ososphère Strasbourg, Agnes B and Nuit Blanche in Paris, Elektro Alternativ in Toulouse, CrossOver in Nice, Le Générateur in Gentilly…” Christian Vialard
