Work from the Collection

Amalia-Fri-Mason

Date of creation: 2017
Medium: Singing poem video
Dimensions: 6 minutes 4 secondes
Collection: Lafayette Anticipations - Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin
Date of acquisition: 2017
Julien Creuzet, Amalia-Fri-Mason, 2017, Collection Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin © Julien Creuzet

Amalia-Fri-Mason (2017) is part of a process of questioning history. This hybrid work, which combines video, poetry, and song, is part of the installation Ricochets, les galets que nous sommes finiront par couler (Épilogue). This work is driven by Julien Creuzet’s exploration of the colonial division of Africa, which he sees as the breeding ground for contemporary terrorism. Following the example of Aliha Kama (2017), a work which is part of the same installation, Amalia-Fri-Mason deals more specifically with the theme of the integration or exclusion of the “other” in society, a subject that is partly autobiographical, since Creuzet drew inspiration from the experiences of some of his relations. The metaphor “I was digested, a little longer ago, and that is my integration” expresses a slow and painful integration following immigration. Amalia-Fri-Mason thus refers to issues of migration, a recurrent theme in Creuzet’s work.

Text written by Julie Robin as part of the partnership between the École du Louvre and Lafayette Anticipations – Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin.


Exhibition

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Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris (France)
from 11 Oct 2019 to 16 Feb 2020

À propos de l'artiste

Julien Creuzet

Born in 1986 in Le Blanc-Mesnil, France

À la fois plasticien, performeur, poète et vidéaste, Julien Creuzet explore différents médiums. Pour lui, toutes les formes de création se complètent, en particulier dans un espace d’exposition où les multiples supports se rencontrent. Son travail s’intéresse aux questions d’héritage culturel, de colonisation, de migration, ainsi qu’à la manière dont elles influencent les individus et leur identité.

Né en 1986 au Blanc-Mesnil (France), Julien Creuzet vit et travaille aujourd’hui à Montreuil. Après des études à l’l’École des Beaux-arts de Caen, il a poursuivi sa formation aux Beaux-arts de Lyon et au Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporains.