The exhibition

Drawing codes: urban notations, intimate writings

curated by Joana P.R. Neves
, exhibition at the Carreau du Temple in partnership with the Centre national des arts plastiques — from 27 to 30 March 2025

Notation is the action of representing with the help of signs; it is used when verbal language is not appropriate. Mathematics, physics, dance, phonetics are all fields that use notations that are as beautiful as they are mysterious for those who do not master their codes. In the field of science, it is more a question of calculations; In the performing arts, notation often represents physical or even sound movement. On a personal level, however, coded entries are often secret. Teenagers invent confidential writings, thus forging fortuitous communications. The queer community has often used symbols to communicate or define itself. In the era of inclusive writing, it is clear that language does not always live up to our desires. The drawing therefore revisits writing, creating notations or reinterpreting them, to lift the veil on a possible world.

 

Violaine Lochu, Dialogue #2, 2015, FNAC 2019-0328, Centre national des arts plastiques
© Adagp, Paris / Cnap, Crédit photo : Fabrice Lindor
Exposition codes dessinés : notations urbaines, écritures intimes

Artists often seize on notation to reinvent it, focusing on its poetic-visual, even revolutionary potential. Jacques Villeglé created his "Socio-Political Alphabet" (begun in 1969) inspired by urban notations, graffiti and amalgamated symbols of revolt. On the other hand, we can also revisit certain so-called abstract works such as notation. It also becomes a tool to appreciate works differently. The exhibition is based on the Cnap's graphic arts collection. It highlights, around the tutelary figures of Ben, Villeglé or Rosemarie Castoro, artists of the younger generations whose work is at the limits of writing, drawing, painting, urban visual culture or poetry.

Artists exhibited:

Ben — Jean-François Bory — George Brecht — Werner Büttner — Carolyn Carlson — Rosemarie Castoro — Henri Cueco — Jean Dupuy — Bernard Heidsieck — Lee Ufan — Violaine Lochu — Marie Morel — Michel Paysant — Henrik Plenge Jakobsen — Marie Ponchelet — Elisa Tan — Pascale Marthine Tayou — Jacques Villeglé — Lawrence Weiner...

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