Politics are personal. Spencer Ashby, Harm van den Dorpel, Bruno Zhu at Exo Exo

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Daniele Milvio
February 9 - 12, 2017

16 Zach_Version_1.1
Nicholas Steindorf
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ssaliva/Early Holography/AllPass/Hasar de Doria
December 9, 2016
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Video Night at Exo Exo
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October 21, 2016
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Triplication
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October 1 - 8, 2016
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15 Presented by Exo Exo and Lodos
Michael Debatty, Noah Barker
June 23 - 30, 2016

14 Пикник на обочине (Piknik na obochine)
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May 12 - 19, 2016
curated by Florent Delval

13 Concert for solista and other sad stories
Beatrice Marchi
March 4 - 11, 2016

Just Lifelike Enough
Joey Villemont, Zoe Barcza, Olga Pedan, Bradley Davies, Julian Tromp, Hilda Stammarnäs
December 7, 2015 - February 28, 2016
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Never Land Alone
Isaac Lythgoe, Jack Lavender
January 23 - February 27, 2016
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February 4 - 7, 2016

12 Dawning
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December 10 - 18, 2015

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November 28 - 29, 2015
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11 Politics are personal
Spencer Ashby, Harm van den Dorpel, Bruno Zhu
October 23 - 30, 2015
curated by Domenico de Chirico

10 Where is the love
Yves Scherer
September 17 - 24, 2015

Loop of Faith
Bending Binding
September 5 - 27, 2015
curated by Exo Exo @ Passebery, Galerie Gutharc, Paris

9 Sorry I slept with your dog
Aline Bouvy
July 9 - 16, 2015

Check XXe
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April 25 - May 9, 2015
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8 What Are You Going To Do If They Don't Believe You
Andrés Ramirez
March 14 - 20, 2015
curated by Clara Guislain

Zombie Routine
Bending Binding, Skye Chamberlain, Hadrien Gérenton, Beatrice Marchi, Jaakko Pallasvuo, Jana Schröder
March 12 - 28, 2015
curated by Exo Exo @ New Galerie, Paris

7 i cut out the mug and went to the bottle
Strauss Bourque-LaFrance, Loup Sarion
January 16 - 23, 2015
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Crystal Bark
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December 12 - 13, 2014
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Uffe Isolotto
November 8 - 9, 2014
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Wolf Cuyvers
October 20 - 26, 2014
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A Grotto
Renaud Perriches
October 09 - 16, 2014
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September 25 - October 02, 2014
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Un Coucher de Soleil
Adam Cruces
September 12, 2014
XOXO '1

6 Screensaver
Nick Bastis, Antoine Donzeaud, Jean-Baptiste Lenglet
June 26 - July 4, 2014
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How You Could Have Become a B.A.S.E Jumper
Maxime Bichon
June 19, 2014
XO talks

5 Suddenly this overview
Balkis island..., Glen Baxter, Sophie de Bayser, Romain Cattenoz, Matthieu Cossé, Corentin Grossmann, Hendrik Hegray, Sophie Lamm, Plonk et Replonk
May 14 - 21, 2014
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4 One from the heart
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March 21 - 28, 2014
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3 Tout arrive
Florian Auer, Pauline Beaudemont, Davide Cascio, Nicolas Giraud, Nicholas Kashian, Laurent Kropf, Béla Tarr
January 16 - 23, 2014
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2 I would prefer not to
Ghislain Amar, Ugo Cerina, Andrés Ramirez
November 8 - 15, 2013
curated by Clara Guislain and Elisa Rigoulet

1 Re-place
Cyril Aboucaya, Antoine Donzeaud, Matthieu Palud, Clara Stengel
September 12 - 19, 2013
curated by Elisa Rigoulet

11 Politics are personal

Spencer Ashby, Harm van den Dorpel, Bruno Zhu
curated by Domenico de Chirico

Opening Friday October 23rd, 6pm - 9pm
Exhibition October 23rd - 30th, 2015 (by appointment)
Exo Exo 10 ter rue Bisson 75020 Paris

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Politics are personal, installation view
Spencer Ashby, Harm van den Dorpel, Bruno Zhu

Harm van den Dorpel, Assemblage(chain), 2012
Digital print on hand cut synthetic glass, spray paint
100 x 100 x 100 cm

Politics are personal, installation view
Harm van den Dorpel, Bruno Zhu

Bruno Zhu, Three Legged Table with Books and Glass of Water, 2015
Digital print on matte paper, aluminium foil, chicken wire
70 x 140 cm

Politics are personal, installation view
Harm van den Dorpel, Bruno Zhu

Politics are personal, installation view
Spencer Ashby, Bruno Zhu

Bruno Zhu, Spoils (bunny), 2015
Print mesh canvas with metal eyelets, nail
25 x 100 cm

Spencer Ashby, Spine freak, 2015
HDV, sound
3’18’’

Politics are personal, installation view
Spencer Ashby, Harm van den Dorpel

Harm van den Dorpel, Assemblage(chain), 2012
Digital print on hand cut synthetic glass, spray paint
100 x 100 x 100 cm

Jacques Derrida (1930-2004), filosofo francese.

Per Jacques Derrida la «questione dell'animalità» rappresenta «il limite su cui sorgono e prendono forma tutte le altre grandi questioni [...].

L’esibizione seduttiva di Harm van den Dorpel affronta la «questione». Ciò avviene secondo tre cammini. Il primo cammino è dato dall’erotismo delle forme. Il secondo cammino è costituito dalla generosità dei volumi. Il terzo, infine, è la struttura corposa del lavoro.

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Antonin Artaud (1896-1948), commediografo, attore e regista teatrale, scrittore francese.

Antonin Artaud scrive: «Dal dedalo di gesti, atteggiamenti, grida lanciate nell'aria, da evoluzioni e giravolte che non lasciano inutilizzata nessuna parte dello spazio scenico, si sprigiona il senso di un nuovo linguaggio fisico basato su segni e non più su parole »
Antonin Artaud. Le Théâtre Balinais, in: Opere Complete, Paris, Gallimard, 1964, vol. IV, p. 65

Bruno Zhu, in effetti, non trascura nessuna parte dello spazio espositivo. Nell'immaginario, il suo erotismo è iconico, fatto di gesta. Il lavoro, nella sua fisicità, da intendersi come "segno", non trascura il concetto di movimento.

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Yukio Mishima (1925-1970), scrittore, drammaturgo, saggista, attore, regista e poeta giapponese.
Temi ricorrenti della sua produzione sono il mito della forza e dell'eroismo, l'erotismo, il legame inscindibile fra sensualità e violenza, tra bellezza e morte.

Spencer Ashby è costantemente a confronto con un ego che è assai narcisistico. Nel suo lavoro, l'autocelebrazione, come leitmotiv, è metaforicamente un richiamo a certe "pratiche" di autocompiacimento.

D.d.C.