Borrowed Splendour
Artist:
Zhana Ivanova
Date of creation:
2007
Domain:
Performance
Medium:
Performance
Materials:
Table, Chair, Microphone, Whisky, Coke, Cigarettes, Lighter, Coin, Glass, Ashtray
Dimensions:
Variable dimensions
Collection:
Lafayette Anticipations - Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin
Date of acquisition:
2013
Zhana Ivanova, Borrowed Splendour, Performance, 2007, Collection Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin © DR
In each performance of Borrowed Splendour, three different people agree to play out a scenario. None of them knows what role they are to play, but they all agree to follow specific instructions: “Lift your eyebrows in a questioning manner. Look at mark 4 on the table, breathe in deeply. Think violent thoughts.” The work constructs a literary space in which action replaces text, thus combining facets of theatre, performance, and sculpture.
Exhibitions
Frequencies
Elevation 1049, Gstaad (Suisse)
from 01 Feb to 01 Feb 2019
Elevation 1049, Gstaad (Suisse)
from 01 Feb to 01 Feb 2019
Festival Chantiers d'Europe 2017
Théâtre de la Ville de Paris, Paris (France)
from 24 May to 24 May 2017
Théâtre de la Ville de Paris, Paris (France)
from 24 May to 24 May 2017
Ongoing Retrospective (Chapter 2)
Kunsthalle Basel, Bâle (Suisse)
from 22 Jan to 04 Feb 2016
Kunsthalle Basel, Bâle (Suisse)
from 22 Jan to 04 Feb 2016
DZ Hosts The Violet Crab – Nights of Cabaret
DRAF - David Roberts Art Foundation, Londres (Royaume-Uni)
from 19 Mar to 21 Mar 2015
DRAF - David Roberts Art Foundation, Londres (Royaume-Uni)
from 19 Mar to 21 Mar 2015
Venir Voir Venir
Lafayette Anticipations - Fondation Galeries Lafayette, Paris (France)
from 03 Jul to 06 Jul 2014
Lafayette Anticipations - Fondation Galeries Lafayette, Paris (France)
from 03 Jul to 06 Jul 2014
Zhana Ivanova
Born in 1977 in Russe, Bulgarie
L’œuvre de Zhana Ivanova traite de la réorganisation et de la reconfiguration de modèles et de systèmes quotidiens auxquels nous nous sommes habitués. L’artiste utilise fréquemment la performance pour reproduire artificiellement des situations dans lesquelles les relations sociales et les rapports de force fluctuent. À travers son œuvre, elle questionne la notion de normes, qu’il s’agisse de règles objectives ou de principes subjectifs.
