Work from the Collection

Vassilis

Artist: Danai Anesiadou
Date of creation: 2015
Medium: Assemblage
Materials: Plastic, Fabric, Paper
Collection: Lafayette Anticipations - Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin
Date of acquisition: 2015
Danai Anesiadou, Vassilis, 2015, Collection Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin © Marc Domage

Vassilis is a summary of resistance to adversity. Danai Anesiadou used plastic bags for vacuum packing personal belongings to create a series of objects that lies somewhere between exquisite corpses and ready-made. Vassilis is one such sculpture, which includes a pouch for loose tobacco, a square of silk, and bas-reliefs reproduced on paper. Through metonymy, the work speaks of the daily life of a friend of the artist who gave his name to the piece, but also of the lives of Greek men and women, recounted meagre possessions, who have chosen to stay in their country despite the successive austerity measures they have been subjected to since 2008. Vassilis is what is left in the aftermath of a crisis. It is testimony to a reality, a petrification of the invisible wealth that these people keep with themselves, against all odds.


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

Danai Anesiadou

Born in 1977 in Allemagne

Danai Anesiadou a été formée à la Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten de Gand (Belgique) et à DasArts à Amsterdam (Pays-Bas). Ses performances, films et installations sont emprunts de sa culture cinématographique personnelle, de la Nouvelle Vague, en passant par Alejandro Jodorowsky ou Dario Argento. Elle travaille le genre cinématographique comme source de chimères, de croyances et d’attentes toujours déçues par rapport au monde. Son attention se porte également sur la valeur des matières plutôt que sur les matières mêmes, sur la forme et l’informe, érigeant ce dernier au rang de véritable médium de création.
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