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Mathieu DespeauxPurpan school of Medicine, 3rd year

Toulouse, March 25th 2011

DISEASE &

CONTEMPORARY ARTMathieu Despeaux, Purpan school of Medicine

March 25th, 2011

Louise Bourgeois Pascal BazileMandi al jeraibi

Marc baumannWang yan cheng marie-laurence de chauvigny de blot

Miguel chevalier

Nelson castellano-hernandezCarlos alberto castilloPatrick charrierJeremy chabaud

Pilar cossio

Alberto reguerra

Guy ferrerPancho quilici

Jesus rafael soto

Jean-claude meynardPablo reinoso

Georges-pascal ricordeauPascal dombisJeanne suspuglasXiao fan ruPierre zarcate

Martine aballea

Virginie barre

Dirk königsfeld

Mathieu mercierJo spenceMarine bureau-kohn Sally o’reilley Candice bohannonSaskia olde wolbers

Černický Jiří

Hugo arcierFelix gonzalez torres


Marc baumannWang yan cheng marie-laurence de chauvigny de blotNelson castellano-hernandezPatrick charrier

Jeremy chabaud

Pilar cossio

Alberto reguerra

Guy ferrerPancho quiliciJean-claude meynard

Georges-pascal ricordeauPascal dombisJeanne suspuglasXiao fan ru

Martine aballeaDirk köngsfeld

Louise Bourgeois Pascal BazileMandial jeraibi

Marc baumann Wang yancheng marie-laurencede chauvignyde blotNelson castellano-hernandez

Carlos albertocastilloPatrick charrier

Jeremy chabaud

Pilarcossio Alberto reguerraGuy ferrer

PanchoquiliciJesus rafaelsoto

Jean-claudemeynardPablo reinoso Georges-pascalricordeau Pascal dombis Jeanne suspuglasXiao fan ru

Pierre zarcateMartine aballea VirginiebarreDirk königsfeld

Patrick charrier Pancho quiliciDirk königsfeldPatrick charrier Pancho quiliciDirk königsfeldPatrick charrier Pancho quiliciDirk königsfeldNelson castellano-hernandezPancho quiliciMartine aballeaDirk königsfeldLouise Bourgeois Pascal Bazile

Marc baumannWang yan cheng marie-laurence de chauvigny de blotNelson castellano-hernandezCarlos alberto castillo

Patrick charrierJeremy chabaud

Pilar cossio

Alberto reguerra


Jesus rafael soto



Martine aballea

Virginie barre

Dirk königsfeld


Wang yan chengCarlos alberto cstillo

Jerem chabaud

Pilar cossio

Alberto reguerra

Guyferrer

Pascal dombisJeanne suspuglas

Mandial jeraibi

Marc baumann Wang yanchengmarie-laurencede chauvignyde blot Carlos albertocastilloPatrick charrier Jeremy chabaud

Pilarcossio Guy ferrer

Panchoquilici

Jesus rafaelsoto

Jean-claudemeynard

Pablo reinosoPascal dombis

Jeanne suspuglasXiao fan ru

Pierre zarcate

Martine aballea Virginiebarre Dirk königsfeld

Patrick charrier Pancho quiliciDirk königsfeldPatrick charrier Pancho quiliciDirk königsfeldPatrick charrierPancho quiliciDirk königsfeldNelson castellano-hernandezPancho quiliciMartine aballeaDirk königsfeld Louise Bourgeois Pascal BazileMandial jeraibi Alberto reguerraJesus rafaelsoto

Louise BourgeoisPascal BazileMandi al jeraibi Alberto reguerra

Jesus rafael soto Georges-pascal ricordeauPascal dombisPierre zarcateMandi al jeraibi

Louise BourgeoisPascal Bazile

Mandial jeraibi

Marc baumann Wang yancheng marie-laurencede chauvignyde blot Nelson castellano-hernandez Carlos abertocastilloPatrick charrier Jeremy chabaud


Panchoquilici

Jesus rafaelsoto

Jean-claudemeynard Pablo reinoso Georges-pascalricordeau Pascal dombis Jeanne suspuglasXiao fan ru Pierre zarcate Martine aballea Virginiebarre Dirk königsfeld

Patrick charrierPancho quilici

Dirk königsfeldPatrick charrierPancho quilici

Dirk königsfeldPatrick charrierPancho quiliciDirk königsfeldNelson castellano-hernandez

Pancho quiliciMartine aballeaDirk königsfeld

Louise Bourgeois

Patrick charrier Xiao fan ru

Patrick charrierPatrick charrierWang yan chengJesus rafael soto

Xiao fan ru Patrick charrier Jeremy chabaud Xiao fan ruPatrick charrierJeremy chabaud Xiao fan ru

� What is contemporary Art?

� Cancer

� Mental illness

� Degenerative disease

� AIDS

2Disease and contemporary Art

Overview


� Art produced at the present time

� Proteiform

� Odds & part of popular culture

� Answers a problematic

� Never-ending story

Mathieu Mercier, lignes de crête

Contemporary Art

Jo Spence, Trying to fight Leukaemia, from The Final Project, 1991-1992.

Jo Spence Memorial Archive


The body and his cancer

� materialization

Marine Bureau-Kohn, Marine soigne son crabe, 1996-2011.

� anguish & fear



� medical objectification

Marine Bureau-Kohn, Le crabe est partit, from Marine soigne son crabe, 1996-2011.

� witnessing6Disease and contemporary Art


� hope� experience

� “The intrinsic plastic ambiguity that enables passage from one form and one meaning to another”

Louise Bourgeois 7Disease and contemporary Art

Candice Bohannon, Dementia, 2003

Sally O’Reilley, The Art of Illness, in The Body In Contemporary Art, Thames & Hudson – world of art

Mental illness & violence

Saskia Olde Wolbers, Placebo, 2006

Černický Jiří, First Schizophrenia, 1998


Exquisite schizophrenia

� Rationalize � Innermost

Hugo Arcier, Degeneration: woman with a cube, 2004.


The end before the end

� Feelings � Distress � BetrayalFelix Gonzalez-Torres, Lovers, 1985–1996.

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Social representation

aids

� Mutation � Love � InnocenceDisease and contemporary Art

� rawness vs. subtleness

� diversity

� performance

� problematics:� materialization� feelings� emotional management� social representation


Take home message


� London School of Economics (www.lse.ac.uk)

� Tate Modern (www.tate.org.uk)

� MoMA (www.moma.org)

� Musée des Abattoirs (www.lesabattoirs.org)

� Centre Georges Pompidou (www.centrepompidou.fr)

� “Gombrish”, A History Of Art, 16th edition, Phaidon

� Art Paris (www.artparis.fr)

Miguel Chevalier

Bibliography

Mathieu DespeauxPurpan school of Medicine, 3rd year

Toulouse, March 25th 2011

DISEASE &

CONTEMPORARY ART


Marc baumannWang yan cheng marie-laurence de chauvigny de blot

Miguel chevalier

Nelson castellano-hernandezCarlos alberto castilloPatrick charrierJeremy chabaud

Pilar cossio

Alberto reguerra


Jesus rafael soto



Martine aballea

Virginie barre

Dirk königsfeld

Mathieu mercierJo spenceMarine bureau-kohn Sally o’reilley Candice bohannonSaskia olde wolbers

Černický Jiří

Hugo arcierFelix gonzalez torres


Marc baumannWang yan cheng marie-laurence de chauvigny de blotNelson castellano-hernandezPatrick charrier

Jeremy chabaud

Pilar cossio

Alberto reguerra

Guy ferrerPancho quiliciJean-claude meynard

Georges-pascal ricordeauPascal dombisJeanne suspuglasXiao fan ru

Martine aballeaDirk köngsfeld

Louise Bourgeois Pascal BazileMandial jeraibi

Marc baumann Wang yancheng marie-laurencede chauvignyde blotNelson castellano-hernandez

Carlos albertocastilloPatrick charrier

Jeremy chabaud

Pilarcossio Alberto reguerraGuy ferrer

PanchoquiliciJesus rafaelsoto

Jean-claudemeynardPablo reinoso Georges-pascalricordeau Pascal dombis Jeanne suspuglasXiao fan ru

Pierre zarcateMartine aballea VirginiebarreDirk königsfeld

Patrick charrier Pancho quiliciDirk königsfeldPatrick charrier Pancho quiliciDirk königsfeldPatrick charrier Pancho quiliciDirk königsfeldNelson castellano-hernandezPancho quiliciMartine aballeaDirk königsfeldLouise Bourgeois Pascal Bazile

Marc baumannWang yan cheng marie-laurence de chauvigny de blotNelson castellano-hernandezCarlos alberto castillo

Patrick charrierJeremy chabaud

Pilar cossio

Alberto reguerra


Jesus rafael soto



Martine aballea

Virginie barre

Dirk königsfeld


Wang yan chengCarlos alberto cstillo

Jerem chabaud

Pilar cossio

Alberto reguerra

Guyferrer

Pascal dombisJeanne suspuglas

Mandial jeraibi

Marc baumann Wang yanchengmarie-laurencede chauvignyde blot Carlos albertocastilloPatrick charrier Jeremy chabaud


Panchoquilici

Jesus rafaelsoto

Jean-claudemeynard

Pablo reinosoPascal dombis

Jeanne suspuglasXiao fan ru

Pierre zarcate

Martine aballea Virginiebarre Dirk königsfeld

Patrick charrier Pancho quiliciDirk königsfeldPatrick charrier Pancho quiliciDirk königsfeldPatrick charrierPancho quiliciDirk königsfeldNelson castellano-hernandezPancho quiliciMartine aballeaDirk königsfeld Louise Bourgeois Pascal BazileMandial jeraibi Alberto reguerraJesus rafaelsoto

Louise BourgeoisPascal BazileMandi al jeraibi Alberto reguerra

Jesus rafael soto Georges-pascal ricordeauPascal dombisPierre zarcateMandi al jeraibi

Louise BourgeoisPascal Bazile

Mandial jeraibi

Marc baumann Wang yancheng marie-laurencede chauvignyde blot Nelson castellano-hernandez Carlos abertocastilloPatrick charrier Jeremy chabaud


Panchoquilici

Jesus rafaelsoto

Jean-claudemeynard Pablo reinoso Georges-pascalricordeau Pascal dombis Jeanne suspuglasXiao fan ru Pierre zarcate Martine aballea Virginiebarre Dirk königsfeld

Patrick charrierPancho quilici

Dirk königsfeldPatrick charrierPancho quilici

Dirk königsfeldPatrick charrierPancho quiliciDirk königsfeldNelson castellano-hernandez

Pancho quiliciMartine aballeaDirk königsfeld

Louise Bourgeois

Patrick charrier Xiao fan ru

Patrick charrierPatrick charrierWang yan chengJesus rafael soto

Xiao fan ru Patrick charrier Jeremy chabaud Xiao fan ruPatrick charrierJeremy chabaud Xiao fan ru