​Le Courrier Cauchois february 13th/février 2015

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Artist's residence at the Jean-XIII high school

High school students reveal their works

  "Over the last 2 weeks, sciences students at the Jean-XXIII high school were able to express their different passions by experimenting an artistic practice. The artist porte renaud guided them so they understand the notions and stakes in contemporary art, especially the notion of movement which was expressed in the projects they invented." This is an extract of the text presenting the exhibition, written by the group of students in charge of its organization.

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  The Jean-XXIII private high school takes part in the Iconoclasses project for three years, in collaboration with the Duchamp gallery, which aims at "making students think about visual arts, and more particularly about contemporary sculpture, but also showing them concretely the artist's creative approach, the relation created with the public, the process of creating an exhibition, from its development to its communication plan", Guillaume Dando summarizes, a teacher of French language, in charge of the project.

  He invited this year the visual artist porte renaud, from 26th January to 6th February in a residence. The artist, who lives and works in Berlin, has come back to France for 6 months to participate and exhibit his artworks in various residences (Yvetot, Poitiers art school and Le Mans). porte renaud extended his stay for a few days in Yvetot to guide the students in the exhibition's vernissage on Tuesday afternoon.

On the job

  During this residence, porte renaud invited the students to participate in a creation of him by inventing on their own the shape they wanted using plaster, salt and pigments. A good opportunity to start being on the job. These shapes, reworked by the artist, will all be suspended on a cable to form a "participative artwork entitled Flock" and presented during the final exhibition of the Iconoclasses project, next September at the Duchamp gallery.

B  ut the exhibition presented until 20th February will gather the artworks produced by the students only, that they created in small groups during the workshops porte renaud organized. The "water key" represents the art of reusing adhesive tape to explore the notions of water, lightness, etc. The "makeshift shelter" is a participative installation inviting the visitors to leave a print in turn... The students had a great imagination. It was the first time they invited and worked with an artist. They all enjoyed the experience, despite the stress they had about succeeding the oral exam in French language over the same week.

  The exhibition is open to the public for free. You just have to contact the Jean-XXIII high school at 02.35.95.04.85.

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Last Tuesday, a few hours before the vernissage of the exhibition organized by the Jean-XXIII students, the group, their teacher and the artist were working hard to finish their exhibition.

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