Exhibition Beyond the Dust - Artists' Documents Today

January 10 - 29, 2011
Fondation d'entreprise Ricard, Paris, France

October 7-28, 2010
La Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, Italy 

September 17 - December 12, 2010
De Kabinetten van de Vleeshal, Middelburg, The Netherlands

a Dena Foundation for Contemporary Art project
in collaboration with Comune di Milano, De Vleeshal in Middelburg
and the Fondation d’entreprise Ricard in Paris

curated by Francesca di Nardo in collaboration with Lorenzo Benedetti

Linda Fregni Nagler (It), Mark Geffriaud (Fr), Invernomuto (It), Jeroen Kooijmans (Nl), Irene Kopelman (Nl), Benoît Maire (Fr), Diego Marcon (It), Richard Sympson (It), Clément Rodzielski (Fr), Roma Publications (Nl), Batia Suter (Nl), Raphaël Zarka (Fr)

Beyond the Dust – Artists’ Documents Today is a cross-border European exhibition project presenting twelve emerging artists on the international scene. It takes place from September 2010 to January 2011 at the following institutions in the Netherlands, in Italy and in France: De Kabinetten van De Vleeshal in Middelburg, the Fabbrica del Vapore in Milan and the Fondation d’entreprise Ricard in Paris. For each venue there is a different exhibition, in which the artists address a specific aspect of an overall project on the authenticity or forgery of documents and archival material.

Beyond the Dust – Artists’ Documents Today provides the public with a theoretical hypothesis on the use and manipulation of forms, images and texts by artists. The objective is to highlight the formal implications of these actions and their philosophical, political and social content. The artists will not only reflect on the potential themes raised by the various components of the pieces, but will offer a broader reflection on contemporary ways of understanding memory and the notions of authenticity, fiction and forgery.

"In the Roman and Middle-Age times, the archive was defined as the "locus de quo acta public asservantur, ut faciant fidem" (where the public documents are kept to guarantee the trust of the public). It is worth to stress the role of the word "fidem" - because it allows us to underline that one of the most fascinating and important sides of the archive concept is its link to the notion of historical truth. It raises questions on how the historical notion of archive resources is inextricably linked to those of plausibility, fiction, lie as demonstrated by Carlo Ginzburg in his essays."(Francesca di Nardo)

The Centre National des Arts Plastiques (CNAP) supports as “commande publique” the production of the catalogue designed by Roma Publications, as well as the exhibition’s archive: the artist’s book by Richard Sympson.

with the support of
  Pernod Ricard Italia                 

September 18-19, 2010
Open Studios day at the ateliers of the artists in residency
and presentation of the association Love Difference of Cittadellarte - Fondazione Pistoletto
in the frame of the 2nd edition of the Festiforum organized by the Mairie du Xème arrondissement, Paris
Centre International d’Accueil et d’Echanges des Récollets

Depuis l’ouverture du Centre International d’Accueil et d’Echanges des Récollets en 2003, la Dena Foundation y promeut son Programme de Résidences pour artistes.
A la demande de la Mairie du X^ème arrondissement de Paris et en collaboration avec le Centre des Récollets, elle propose deux Journées Portes Ouvertes de visites guidées aux ateliers de ses artistes en résidence afin de présenter aux associations participantes et au public la promotion 2010 Meret Oppenheim.

Dans la galerie du Centre située sous les arcades, la fondation présente l’association Love Difference de Cittadellarte - Fondazione Pistoletto.
Un workshop/atelier de création autour des tapis de Love Difference est proposé, il est accompagné par la dégustation de pâtisseries élaborées, en collaboration avec le Café A, sur le modèle des recettes des Pâtisseries Love Difference.

La Dena Foundation souhaite ainsi réunir, autour de l’art et de la créativité, des gens de différentes cultures et origines, en proposant un moment de rencontres et d’échanges.

Centre International d'Accueil et d'Echanges des Récollets
150 - 154 rue du Faubourg Saint-Martin, 75010 Paris, Paris



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