CAT PEOPLE. DES ARTISTES ET DES CHATS
Adel Abdessemed, M’barka Amor, Amber Andrews, Sophia Balagamwala, Sarah Nefissa Belhadjali, Pierre Bellot, Marcel Broodthaers, Nina Childress, Ann Craven, Oli Epp, Gerrit Frohne-Brinkmann, Claire Guetta, Charles Hascoët, Andy Holden, Armand Jalut, Laurent Le Deunff, Louise Luc Kheloui, Rayane Mcirdi, Damir Očko, Alain Séchas, Mayura Torii, Yves Trémorin, Sarah Tritz
Deliberately ironic, this exhibition is intended as an a priori seductive reflection of our world, presenting the work of artists inspired by the feline figure. “Cat People” – whose title refers to Jacques Tourneur’s 1942 film – attempts to illustrate this relationship, described by Jacques Derrida in terms of what the animal reveals about the human. How do we project ourselves, how do we approach the other through the domestic figure of the cat? Cats reassure us – hence the upsurge in videos of cute little cats on social networks – but they can also worry us, symbolically reflecting the ills that plague our Western societies in crisis.
The exhibition “Cat People. Des artistes et des chats” tackles this complex link that binds us to cats through various thematic entries such as anthropomorphism, the stray cat, animal ergonomics and kitsch….
Curator: Marc Bembekoff