PETITES DIFFÉRENCES, Les anciennes, les modernes et toutes les autres — by Clément de Gaulejac
PETITES DIFFÉRENCES, Les anciennes, les modernes et toutes les autres — by Clément de Gaulejac PETITES DIFFÉRENCES, Les anciennes, les modernes et toutes les autres — by Clément de Gaulejac PETITES DIFFÉRENCES, Les anciennes, les modernes et toutes les autres — by Clément de Gaulejac PETITES DIFFÉRENCES, Les anciennes, les modernes et toutes les autres — by Clément de Gaulejac
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Text and illustrations: Clément de Gaulejac
Editor: Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal

French and english language

ISBN 9782551268818
Format: 26.1 x 26.1 cm
Features: softcover
96 pages

The captioned drawings presented on these pages were created as a tribute to the many hands that shape the Histories of Art. The training of artists, their historical lineage, multiple collaborations, the work of research, creation, and preservation, as well as the various institutions that support them, are all brought into play in the work of Clément de Gaulejac.

Creation, as solitary as it may appear, always stems from a collective effort. How is the necessary solidarity among artists maintained despite rivalries and the asymmetry of sometimes thorny relationships? How can the individualism of creation be reconciled with the formation of interpretive communities? What happens when these informal groups establish rules that can only ever be enacted by individuals?

Composed of 38 captioned drawings from the collection of the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, this work by artist Clément de Gaulejac is part of a continuing series that began in 2011 with Le livre noir de l’art conceptuel, continued in 2012 with Grande École, and again in 2017 with Les artistes. This new body of work furthers his exploration of the "rules of art"—that set of laws whose constant renewal makes them impossible to clearly articulate, yet whose presence is nonetheless understood to govern the art world.

Bilingual, the publication includes full documentation of the work along with a text by Marie-Eve Beaupré, curator of the museum’s collection.