In La Bibliothèque, contemporary
French artist Eric Fonteneau creates
a trompe l’œil library.
Thousands of
graphite and charcoal rubbings
of book bindings, souvenirs copied
at libraries during Fonteneau’s travels
in Europe and America, line the walls
of the site-specific installation.
Fonteneau plays with the idea of
real versus imagined and memory
versus record, while hinting at
the impending end of print in our
increasingly digital world.
Related Exhibition
Concurrently, Moeller Fine Art New York (36 E 64th St.)
will also make a special presentation of Fonteneau's work as part of Master Drawings (January 21–28). |
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Free and open
to the public
Gallery Hours
Tue–Fri:
11am–6pm
Sat:
11am–5pm
Venue
FIAF Gallery
22 East 60th Street
New York, NY 10022 |
La Bibliothèque is
generously supported
in part by Moeller Fine
Art New York-Berlin
FIAF Gallery exhibitions are supported by the Bertha and Isaac Liberman Foundation
FIAF Winter 2012 Season Sponsors: American Airlines, the official airline of FIAF; the Cultural Services of the French Embassy; Florence Gould Foundation; Institut français; National Endowment for the Arts; New York State Council on the Arts; New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; Robert de Rothschild
Images: Eric Fonteneau, La Bibliothèque. Charcoal on paper, wood, and lights. |
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