Les voix des fleuves Crossing the water
Iván Argote – Un Chemin Commun (A Common Path), 2024
2024
Coloured concrete
Venue
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Metropolitan area
Born in 1983 in Bogota, Colombia \ Lives and works in Paris, France
Artist and film-maker Iván Argote presents a critical and often humorous take on dominant historical narratives, while at the same time subverting them. Through largescale installations, projects on monuments and video performances, he explores new symbolic uses for public space and the ways it is used officially. Through strategies based on affect and tenderness, his art re-evaluates the writing of history, politics and economics in the construction of our collective and individual relationships to systems of power and belief.
Designed specifically for the Grandes Locos site, Un Chemin Commun (A Common Path) unfolds a series of words of love, respect and dignity. Written in French and English by the artist, the poem inscribed in the concreteis an exhortation to live together amiably and walk about freely. Iván Argote’s installation strikes a balance between tenderness and revolt, prompting political and emotional thought about human relationships.
With the support of Duvel Moortgat France
Courtesy of the artist, Perrotin, Albarrán Bourdais & Vermelho
Creation for the 17th Lyon Biennale
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