Panorama 20

Expo

The annual meeting of the creation made in Fresnoy.

From September 22 to December 30, 2018
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For over twenty years now, each edition of Panorama, defined by a strong pedagogical and editorial approach, has been a privileged moment for encountering young art makers and at the same time experiencing an ethos of teaching in a tangible, well-defined way.
Often, the quality of the works is such that we almost forget the primary function of these Panorama shows at Le Fresnoy, which is to assess these productions
in a great hall, an initiatory space of passage where students at the end of their studies come together with others who are at the halfway stage. This desire to provide a space for opinions and gazes is the object of twofold attention and a subtle equilibrium between the “gazers” and the artists. The spaces are clearly defined by this concern to create the conditions needed to experience each work on its own terms; this is the implicit pact behind this edition – just as it was behind the previous ones between the artistic directors, the team at the school, and the artists. All, including the visiting artists and accompanying staff, partake with the same enthusiasm in the proliferation of forms.
What impresses in every Panorama is the technical and formal prowess shown by these young artists and their desire to keep on listening and learning. Knowing
so as to continue learning certainly seems to be one of the credos of this singular art school that is Le Fresnoy.
Michelangelo Antonioni, the master, and Chantal Akerman, the incandescent, are the tutelary figures who gave their names to these two student years. One an inventor of modernity and the other an indefatigable revealer of fratricidal frontiers, both are an inspiration for those who seek to go “beyond.”
It is to this creative cycle which repeats itself while ensuring that no exhibition or work resembles another, that we are invited to witness today. This edition will, like the others, demonstrate the outstanding creativity of these artists, and of the contemporary, digital art that they are helping to (re)invent.

José-Manuel Gonçalvès
Directeur artistique