Biography Claire Fontaine (Paris, France, 2004)
Claire Fontaine is a Paris based collective founded in 2004.
Recent solo exhibitions include:
Contrapolis; or, Creativity and Enclosure in the Cities, NAi, Rotterdam (2008); HOW TO?, Kunsthalle Zürich; Claire Fontaine, Espace Paul Ricard, Paris; T293, Napels; Téléphone Arabe, Air de Paris, Paris; Footnotes on the state of exception, Reena Spauldings Fine Art, New York (all 2007);
Siamo tutti singolarità qualunque, Museion Bolzano; and Couvrir Les Feux, Zoo Galerie, Nantes (both 2006).
Recent group exhibitions: The History of a Decade that has not yet been Named, Lyon Biennial; Power Play, Artspace San Antonio, Texas; Otra de Vaqueros, UNAM, Mexico City; Unmonumental: The Object in the 21st Century, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York (all 2007);
Drapeaux Gris, CAPC, Bordeaux; Grey Flags, The Sculpture Center, New York; ANONYM, In the Future no one will be famous, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt; Incipit, Espace Paul Ricard, Paris; Group Therapy, Museo d’arte moderna e contemporanea, Bolzano; IMAGE WAR: Contesting Images of Political Conflict, Whitney Museum of American Art, CUNY Gallery, New York; and The Look of Law, University of California, Irvine (all 2006).
Participated in: ExhibitionWitte de With presents Claire Fontaine, a Paris-based collective artist founded in 2004. Opening Friday 9 May 6 p.m. 7 p.m. Claire Fontaine in conversation with Lars Bang Larsen (writer and critic). Download MP3 (64 MB) Taking her name from a …Read more