La Galerie, Contemporary Art Centre Presents Tales of Disbelief

Wishing to contribute to the opening-up the French art scene to professionals from abroad, La Galerie, a Contemporary Art Centre located in the suburbs of Paris, hosts each year a foreign curator in residence for a period of three months. First organised in 2006, the aim of the residency is to put on an exhibition at La Galerie within the context of a French art centre, and to meet artists and professionals working in the contemporary art field in France.

Selected via a call for exhibition projects, Simone Menegoi (born 1970 in Verona, lives between Verona and Milan, Italy) has been working in Noisy-le-Sec on a group exhibition entitled Fables du doute / Tales of Disbelief that is currently been held at La Galerie.

This exhibition explores the connections between science, art and irrational beliefs – spiritualism, magic, etc. – in the 19th and part of the 20th centuries. The artists confront this aspect of cultural history from a complex, ambiguous standpoint whose critical detachment does not exclude the appeal of the past and the mysterious. The works offer the viewer a dual relationship with their content: on the one hand they invite us to an awareness of the historical distance that separates us from certain beliefs and cultural attitudes; and on the other they demonstrate their enduring charm as a contemporary response to the need for the irrational.

The exhibit runs from May 24 to July 26 at La Galerie Contemporary Art Centre. For more information visit www.tram-idf.fr or www.dca-art.com.

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