Au jour le Jour is not an exhibition, much less a project, it is an artist s response to a crisis, through action. By setting up my studio and exhibiting my practice for two months at the Nave of the Grand Palais, the artist is brought to the fore and given a voice once again, and the moments and sensations that are usually purely private are made public.
Franck Scurti
Often created from objects and materials found in cities, Franck Scurti s works are made from materials that have no monetary value. He then redefines and recomposes them turning them into rebuses whose meaning must be decoded. Emblematic of this ap- proach is the work De la Maison au Studio (2012) created from shoelaces tied together and punctuated with small waste items picked off the ground. One work still in the compo- sition process is this line measuring more than 45 metres long and suspended from the bell-tower in the nave. The line is then enlarged day after day as the artist moves between his home and his workplace, the Grand Palais.
This studio shows us the far from spectacular small details and vagaries of day-to-day and in a context of social distancing, opened a space enabling links to be established be- tween the artist, the work and the public.
During the summer, with the support of the Engie Foundation, 400 children and families were invited to visit the nave and exchange with Franck Scurti and his team. Walking tours "In the footsteps of the great men of the Grand Palais" were also offered as part of our educational and social partnerships.
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