Starting May 22, the Vincent van Gogh Foundation Arles presents SUSPECTS – Van Gogh, Tricksters & Co., an exhibition dedicated to artists who, following in Van Gogh’s footsteps, chose dissent over conformity and excess over restraint.
Inspired by the anthropological figure of the “trickster”—a mocking and subversive character found in the myths of all civilizations—the exhibition brings together works by 33 disruptive artists. They enable art to fulfill one of its major functions in our modern society: to challenge convictions, to reexamine what seems taken for granted, to broaden our field of consciousness, and to shatter conventions. Their attitude, as it has persisted from the late 20th century to the present day, is at the heart of this exhibition.
With 33 artists, including Nina Childress and Philippe Perrot.
Curators : Jean de Loisy and Margaux Bonopera
