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Flavia Da Rin, ArgentinaRecommended by Guillermo Kuitca

Yuko Takeyama, JapanSpontaneous candidate

Angelika Markul, Poland-FranceRecommended by Christian Boltanski

From June 24 to October 30, 2005, the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contem-porain is pleased to present J’EN RÊVE, anexhibition bringing together the work ofmore than 100 artists in their twenties fromaround the world. Representing both thevisual and performing arts, these youngtalents have been recommended by agroup of internationally renowned artistsclose to the Fondation Cartier. Informaland festive in spirit, this exhibition prom-ises to be a vital source for discovering ex-citing new works in all artistic disciplines.

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Yusuke Sakamoto, JapanRecommended by Tabaimo

Charwei Tsai, TaiwanRecommended by Cai Guo-Qiang

Through J’EN RÊVE, the Fondation Cartier con-tinues its twentieth anniversary celebrations asit reconnects with the artists who have been apart of its history and looks ahead to those whomay be a part of its future. Offering the publica fresh look at undiscovered talents, J’EN RÊVEintends to capture the energy and promise ofyouth, shedding light on the lifestyles and de-sires of a new generation. Coming from suchdiverse places as India, Argentina, Iran andThailand, these young artists—who are for themost part students or recent graduates—will bepresented with the unique opportunity to par-ticipate in an exhibition that could potentiallybe the launching pad for their careers.

DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH

The exhibition J’EN RÊVE is the result of a collabo-rative effort between the Fondation Cartier andthe artists whom it has worked with over its twen-ty year history. In September 2004, the Director ofthe Foundation, Hervé Chandès, invited 100 in-ternationally renowned artists to recommend oneor more young talents for the exhibition. Eachartist had his own way of meeting this challenge.Those who work frequently with young artists,such as the Brazilian sculptor ERNESTO NETO or theArgentinean painter GUILLERMO KUITCA, did nothave to look far to locate potential participants.Nor did TAKASHI MURAKAMI, who twice each yearinvites young artists from all over Japan to pres-ent their work in Tokyo at an art fair called GEISAI.For others, the exhibition concept provided an op-portunity to find creative solutions and uncovernew work. The Congolese painter CHÉRI SAMBA,for example, transformed the search into a city-wide event as hundreds of artists responded tothe announcements he had posted throughoutKinshasa. While some artists wished to proposeonly one of their juniors, others chose to send ina plethora of portfolios and allow the curatorialstaff to make the final selection.

AN EXHIBITION BY ARTISTS FOR ARTISTS

Twenty-something inParis,Shanghaior Rio…The selection of exhibition participants reflectsthe interconnectedness characteristic of today’sworld. ANDREI UJICA, a Romanian filmmaker liv-ing in Germany, recommended an artist fromThailand. Similarly, LOTHAR BAUMGARTEN, a Ger-man artist living in Berlin, proposed a Mexicanartist residing in the same city. While the vastmajority of artists today have access to con-temporary culture via the Internet, their per-spectives vary significantly depending on theirphysical location in the world. An artist livingin a major metropolitan city such as New York,a nexus of contemporary art, does not ap-proach art-making in the same manner as anartist from Kiev living in the wake of the socialrealist tradition. J’EN RÊVE reflects these individ-ual visions in a conversation based on distinctcommonalities and dramatic differences.

From October 2004 to March 2005, news ofthe exhibition spread by word-of-mouththroughout the world of art. Hundreds of“spontaneous” candidates were added tothe mix of “sponsored” candidates. In all, theFoundation received and reviewed morethan 1,200 portfolios. Along with the curato-rial staff, several artists such as CHRISTIANBOLTANSKI, RAYMOND DEPARDON, and NANGOLDIN contributed to the heated discus-sions and debates regarding the final se-lection, which includes 50 visual artists and40 live performances.

Simon Boudvin, FranceRecommended by Giuseppe Penone

Thiago Rocha Pitta, BrazilRecommended by Ernesto Neto and Adriana Varejão

Thunska Pansittivorakul, ThailandRecommended by Andrei Ujica

PAINTING MEETS PERFORMANCE.SCULPTUREMEETS CINEMA.J’EN RÊVE will present a variety of artistic forms:painting, sculpture, photography, film and videoart. Many of the artists selected work at the frontierbetween several disciplines. FLAVIA DA RIN, for ex-ample, an Argentinean artist recommended byGUILLERMO KUITCA, simultaneously produces pho-tographs, embroidered pieces, drawings and paint-ings. Canadian SARAH ANNE JOHNSON moves seam-lessly between photography and sculpture, cap-turing in her images both the real world and thesculpted mise en scène she creates for her camera.Nonetheless, the exhibition includes a well-bal-anced mix of painters, video artists, photographersand sculptors. In addition, several artists will pro-duce site-specific installations to interact with thearchitecture of the Fondation Cartier.

LABO-RATORY OF DREAMSFor the fledgling artists who have been selected, the ex-hibition J’EN RÊVE represents a point of departure: an op-portunity to distinguish themselves from their teachers andinvent their own artistic language. The exhibition will ex-plore how young artists in their beginnings struggle to es-tablish relationships with existing works—relationships ofcontinuity or antagonism, and the occasional mixture ofboth. This is perhaps why the search for identity stands outas one of the recurring themes among the young artistspresented, who in seeking their own mode of artistic ex-pression also seek themselves. Bringing together worksfilled with insouciance or seriousness, humor or pathos,J’EN RÊVE reveals the dreams of a new generation of artists.

Catalina León, ArgentinaRecommended by Guillermo Kuitca

As a part of the exhibition, young performance artists will bepresented within the Fondation Cartier’s continuous program ofNomadic Nights. Each week, several performances will be givenby musicians, dancers, and actors recommended by establishedperforming artists. During the week of fashion in Paris, a series offashion shows of young up-and-coming designers will be stagedby GASPARD YURKIEVICH and MAURIZIO GALANTE. ALAN VEGA willpresent a computer-hacker turned performer while EMMANUELLEHUYNH’s selection features the performing arts group ESSAIS.ROMEO CASTELLUCCI will put the spotlight on a young Italianartist. FRED FRITH and GEORGES APERGHIS have discovered sever-al exceptional musicians that will provide a look at today’s im-provisational electronic music scene. The Nomadic Nights willalso showcase a special program of animated, short- and full-length films realized by budding directors. In all, forty perform-ances will coincide with the exhibition.

IN THE LIMELIGHTFOR A NIGHT

Sarah Anne Johnson, CanadaRecommended by Tod Papageorge

Addisu Demissie, EthiopiaRecommended by Sylvain Prunenec

LENKA CLAYTON*

•Great BritainVIDEORecommended by Matthew Herbert

LE CLUB DES CHATS*

•FrancePOP ROCK MUSICSpontaneous candidate

MATT COOK*

•Great BritainSOUND PERFORMANCESpontaneous candidate

SÉBASTIEN COSTE*

•FranceIMPROVISED MUSICRecommended by Alfred Spirli

CHRISTIAN CURIEL•Cuba-USAPAINTINGRecommended by Adriana Varejão

THE CUT-UP CONSPIRACY*

•FrancePOETRY PERFORMANCERecommended by Bernard Heidsieck

FLAVIA DA RIN•ArgentinaPHOTOGRAPHY - PAINTINGRecommended by Guillermo Kuitca

ADDISU DEMISSIE*

•EthiopiaDANCERecommended by Sylvain Prunenec

ANDREW DYMOND*

•Great BritainSOUND PERFORMANCESpontaneous candidate

PAPY EBOTANI*

•Democratic Republic of CongoDANCERecommended by Faustin Linyekula

EDUARD ESCOFFET*

•SpainPOETRY PERFORMANCERecommended by Bernard Heidsieck

ESSAIS*

•FranceDANCE - PERFORMANCERecommended by Emmanuelle Huynh

ALEX FURK*

•Great BritainELECTRONIC MUSICRecommended by Scanner

PAUL GABRIELLI•USASCULPTURE - INSTALLATIONRecommended by Jack Pierson

GANGPOL UND MIT*

•FranceELECTRONIC MUSIC - VIDEOSpontaneous candidate

RONALD GERBER•GermanyPHOTOGRAPHYSpontaneous candidate

XENIA GNILITSKAYA•UkrainePAINTINGRecommended by Boris Mikhailov

VICTOIRE GOUNOD•FranceVIDEORecommended by Bernard Piffaretti

GASPARD GUILBERT*

•FrancePOETRY - PERFORMANCE - DANCESpontaneous candidate

PETER HARKAWIK•USAVIDEORecommended by Wolfgang Staehle

CAMILLE HENROT•FranceVIDEOSpontaneous candidate

RÉMY HÉRITIER*

•FrancePERFORMANCE - DANCERecommended by Mathilde Monnier

ANASTASIA YÜMEKO HILL•USAVIDEORecommended by Gary Hill

MARIA JEREZ*

•SpainPERFORMANCESpontaneous candidate

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artists

JAN-HENRI BOOYENS•South AfricaVIDEOSpontaneous candidate

ROXANE BORUJERDI•FranceVIDEORecommended by Bernard Piffaretti

SIMON BOUDVIN•FrancePHOTOGRAPHYRecommended by Giuseppe Penone

THOMAS BRAUER•USAPAINTINGRecommended by Adriana Varejão

YAIMA CARRAZANA CIUDAD•CubaPHOTOGRAPHY - VIDEORecommended by Carlos Garaiçoa

RAMÓN CEREZO MORÓN*

•SpainFASHIONRecommended by Maurizio Galante

FRANÇOIS CHAIGNAUD*

•FrancePERFORMANCE - DANCESpontaneous candidate

OZLEM ALKIS& PEP GARRIGUES*

•Turkey-SpainDANCESpontaneous candidate

CORY ARCANGEL*

•USAVIDEO PERFORMANCERecommended by Alan Vega

FÉLICIA ATKINSON*

•FrancePOETRY PERFORMANCESpontaneous candidate

CHIARA BANFI•BrazilINSTALLATIONRecommended by Claudia Andujar

RITA BARBOSA•PortugalVIDEOSpontaneous candidate

JONAS BENDIKSEN•NorwayPHOTOGRAPHYRecommended by Raymond Depardon

NATALIA BENEDETTI•Venezuela-USAVIDEORecommended by Jean-Michel Othoniel

Exhibitionand NomadicNights

Selection in the process of being finalised

* Denotes Nomadic Night performers.Calendar of events available on demand.

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LILIANE PHUNG•FrancePAINTINGRecommended by Jean-Michel Alberola

ARIEL PINK*

•USAPOP ROCK MUSICSpontaneous candidate

CHARLOTTE PLANCHE•FranceVIDEORecommended by Nan Goldin

NICOLAS POL•FrancePAINTINGRecommended by Jean-Michel Alberola

FRANCESCA PROIA*

•ItalyPERFORMANCE - DANCERecommended by Romeo Castellucci

RAW-T*

•Great BritainRAP MUSICSpontaneous candidate

WENDY RED STAR•USAPHOTOGRAPHY - INSTALLATIONRecommended by Nancy Rubins

YAËL REICH*

•IsraelFASHIONRecommended by Maurizio Galante

THIAGO ROCHA PITTA•BrazilPHOTOGRAPHY - INSTALLATIONRecommended by Ernesto Netoand Adriana Varejão

CLARE ROJAS & ANDREW JEFFREYWRIGHT•USAVIDEORecommended by Barry McGee

SÉBASTIEN ROUX*

•FranceELECTRONIC MUSICRecommended by Georges Aperghis

ARINA ROUZINOVA*

•SwitzerlandPERFORMANCERecommended by Maria La Ribot

YUSUKE SAKAMOTO•JapanANIMATED FILMRecommended by Tabaimo

HANS SELVIG*

•Great BritainELECTRONIC MUSICRecommended by Scanner

SETAREH SHAHBAZI•Iran-GermanyPAINTINGRecommended by Shirina Shahbazi

RANJANI SHETTAR•IndiaINSTALLATIONSpontaneous candidate

MARIKO SHINDO•JapanPHOTOGRAPHYRecommended by Daido Moriyama

DANIEL SILVO•SpainVIDEOSpontaneous candidate

SIR ALICE*

•FranceCONCERT PERFORMANCESpontaneous candidate

QUENTIN SIRJACQ*

•FranceIMPROVISED MUSICRecommended by Fred Frith

SOSOLIMITED*

•USACOMPUTER AND VIDEO PERFORMANCERecommended by John Maeda

YUKO TAKEYAMAJapanPHOTOGRAPHYSpontaneous candidate

THEE STRANDED HORSE*

•FranceFOLK MUSICSpontaneous candidate

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HAM JIN•South KoreaINSTALLATION - SCULPTURERecommended by Sun Jung Kim

SARAH ANNE JOHNSON•CanadaPHOTOGRAPHYRecommended by Tod Papageorge

SAKO KOJIMA•JapanSCULPTURE - DRAWINGRecommended by Yasumasa Morimura

THE KONKI DUET*

•France-Russia-JapanPOP MUSICSpontaneous candidate

TABATA KOUICHI•JapanANIMATED FILM- VIDEORecommended by Hiroshi Sugimoto

ROMAIN KREMER*

•FranceFASHIONRecommended by Gaspard Yurkievich

MAHOMI KUNIKATA•JapanDRAWINGRecommended by Takashi Murakami

CATALINA LEÓN•ArgentinaPAINTING - INSTALLATIONRecommended by Guillermo Kuitca

ELODIE LESOURD•FrancePAINTINGRecommended by Fabrice Hyber

MARTINHA MAIA•PortugalVIDEO - PERFORMANCERecommended by Pedro Cabrita Reis

JUSTIN MANOR•USAVIDEORecommended by John Maeda

AUGUSTO MARBAN•MexicoPHOTOGRAPHY - VIDEORecommended by Fabrice Hyber

ANGELIKA MARKUL•Poland - FranceVIDEORecommended by Christian Boltanski

ERINA MATSUI•JapanPAINTINGSpontaneous candidate

MC PORTIÈRE*

•FranceRAP MUSICSpontaneous candidate

MORIARTY*

•FrancePOP FOLK MUSICRecommended by Macha Makeieff

BLANCA NIETO•SpainINSTALLATIONSpontaneous candidate

JAIME ALBERTO ORTIZLOZANO•MexicoPHOTOGRAPHY - VIDEORecommended by Lothar Baumgarten

BOUCHRA OUIZGUEN*

•MoroccoDANCESpontaneous candidate

THUNSKA PANSITTIVORAKUL•ThaïlandFILMRecommended by Andrei Ujica

AYELEN PAROLIN*

•ArgentinaDANCERecommended by Mathilde Monnier

TED PARTIN•USAPHOTOGRAPHYRecommended by Tod Papageorge

CLÉMENCE PÉRIGON•FranceVIDEO PERFORMANCESpontaneous candidate

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Erina Matsui, JapanSpontaneous candidate

June 24 - October 30, 2005Opening on Thursday, June 23, 2005from 4:00 to 10:00 pm

Press opening with the artists onWednesday, June 22, 2005from 3:30 to 7:30 pm

The exhibition J’EN RÊVE is organizedwith support from the FondationCartier pour l’art contemporain,under the aegis of the Fondation de France, and with the sponsorshipof Cartier.

Linda ChenitAssisted by Hélène CahuzacTel + 33 (0)1 42 18 56 77/65Fax + 33 (0)1 42 18 56 77linda.chenit@fondation.cartier.comimages on line: fondation.cartier.com

261, boulevard Raspail 75014 Paris Tel 01 42 18 56 50 fax 01 42 18 56 52 fondation.cartier.com

Press Information

1. Catalina León, Argentina2. François Chaignaud, France3. The Konki Duet, France-Russia-Japan4. Xenia Gnilitskaya, Ukraine5. David Wampach, France6. Félicia Atkinson, France7. Yusuke Sakamoto, Japan8. Erina Matsui, Japan9. Liang Yue, China

10. Ranjani Shettar, India11. Victoire Gounod, France

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THIRTYTWOBIT.*•FranceSOUND - VIDEO - COMPUTER PERFORMANCESpontaneous candidate

CHARWEI TSAI•TaiwanCALLIGRAPHY ON OBJECTSRecommended by Cai Guo-Qiang

DAVID WAMPACH*

•FranceDANCERecommended by Mathilde Monnier

LAURENCE WASSER*

•France-BelgiumNO-WAVE - DISCO MUSICSpontaneous candidate

THERESA WONG*

•USAIMPROVISED MUSICRecommended by Fred Frith and Joëlle Léandre

LIANG YUE•ChinaVIDEORecommended by Fei Dawei

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