Since the 1950s, certain artists have chosen to become idle. Rejecting the frenzy of production, they have explored the virtues of withdrawal, slowing down and inaction, creating art in a different way.
Following on from the international symposium Désœuvrer / Un-work organised in 2021 by the École Normale Supérieure, the École du Louvre and the Beaux-Arts de Paris, this book examines the forms and challenges of this unique artistic attitude.
Edited by Morgan Labar, Armance Léger and Killian Rauline.
Contributions by Christian Berger, Emma Bigé, Pierre Buraglio, Olivier Cheval, Igor Fardin, E. C. Feiss, Claire Gauzente, James Horton, Armance Léger, Marine Nédélec, Benoît Pascaud, Julien Prévieux, Emmanuelle Raingeval, Killian Rauline, Thomas Richard, Camille Richert, Ruiqi Wang, Maureen Winter, Margaux Van Utyvanck and Thomasine Zoler.
Price: €25
ISBN: 978-2-840569-17-6
255 pages
