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Jean-Yves

Jouannais

Contemporary Art

Born in 1964. Editor-in-chief of the journal art press (1991-1999) and member of the editorial board of the Revue Perpendiculaire (1995-1998), he taught contemporary art at Université Paris 8 between 1996 and 2003.

Exhibitions include: Topographies de la guerre, Le Bal, Paris, 2011; La Force de l’art, Grand Palais (avec J.-L. Froment and D. Ottinger), 2009; L’Idiotie, Expérience Pommery # 2, Reims, 2005; Histoire de l’infamie, Biennale de Venise, 1995; Un art contemporain d’Afrique du sud, La Defense, 1994. Publications include: Artistes sans œuvres (1997); L’Idiotie (2004); L’Usage des ruines (2012); MOAB, Épopée en 22 chants (2018). Since 2008, he has devoted himself to the monthly series of performance lectures of his Encyclopédie des guerres at the Centre Pompidou.

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