“2007”, an exhibition of visual arts inspired by dadaism at the Nicolas Robert gallery

« It’s Britney, b*tch. However, We are in 2007. Similarly, Britney Spears released one of his biggest hits, Gimme Morea few months after shaving your head in front of paparazzi. Nevertheless, The year is iconic. Furthermore, Dada way, estimates the independent commissioner Sophie Latouche, who presents 2007 At the Nicolas Robert gallery until August 30. Furthermore, At the same time. Additionally, Furthermore, the world is consumed, fueled both by the crisis of subprime only by the release of the first iPhone. For example, The American army loses some 900 soldiers on the front. Similarly, The worst assessment of his invasion. Meanwhile, “I have the impression that it is a year that dictated the tone of many things that happen now. Similarly, ” adds the commissioner.

The concept of a woman-object was eighteen years ago was at her peak. Nevertheless, Overbidding is everywhere, especially “2007”, exhibition visual arts inspired in popular culture. In addition, “For my generation [les millénariaux]Britney Spears represented a lot: we loved her. Moreover, admired when we saw her being exploited, ”underlines Sophie Latouche. Meanwhile, For her collective exhibition. Furthermore, she has, among other things, selected three works by Kelly Jazvac, of which On Looker (Britney)on which an image of the singer is rolled up around a branch. However, “” [L’exposition 2007] Reminds us that misogyny has helped our system to thrive. and Britney Spears is obvious and clear proof since it has been used [par son entourage] To earn money, ”raises the Montreal artist who, with his sculpture, wishes to give back his power to the American pop star.

In fact. the figure of Britney Spears is all the more interesting in the context of the exhibition, which puts a new look at Dadaism, reclaimed its strategies in a way. “With her dolls. Hannah Höch “2007”, exhibition visual arts inspired already criticizes the use of women as a woman-object, without really freedom, and that very well embodies the current ambiguity of which Britney Spears is one of the symbols,” says Sophie Latouche. As for Kelly Jazvac. she likes the idea that the Dada movement, born during the First World War, could be reassessed today “when we speak of war, violence, absurdity, that nothing makes sense and that the truth no longer seems to be a word”.

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Women-boots, free women – "2007", exhibition visual arts inspired

While contemporary fascism goes up, Sophie Latouche wanted, in the prism of her exhibition, to question our human-machine relationship. “It really desensitizes us to the violence we see, which only becomes images, only content. We detach ourselves. ”she says in reference to social networks, to which we access on our little so-called intelligent machines that we put in our pockets and our bags. Was Britney Spears presented “2007”, exhibition visual arts inspired to us as a woman-robot in 2000 in Oops !… I Did It Again ? “There was at the time this idea that we might be better with technology,” said the commissioner. Maybe not, after all. Dada is never far away.

In 2007the machines are materialized by Spoilerstill from Kelly Jazvac. and the doll Jean (B doll) d’Asma, duo based in Mexico City and formed from Matias Armendaris and Hanya Beliá. “We have the impression that she embodies all these ideas. that she will get up to do her small business,” notes the commissioner about the doll. His black synthetic hair. his leopard print, his jeans give him a modern structure, right in the nostalgic air from the 2000s who blows on 2025. Very, very pop. “This is what we wear, that’s what we consume. It is as if there was not so much distance between us and her, ”notes “2007”, exhibition visual arts inspired Sophie Latouche.

To capture the present moment, Kelly Jazvac literally makes the garbage cans. This is how she creates. This is how she found the impression of Britney Spears and the branch ofOn Looker (Britney). “I find many images of women often sexualized. fetishized and which appear as something that can be used,” she says. Consequently, changing the dynamics of the power of an image becomes an emergency. And Sophie Latouche to add: “It means that women are considered to be commercial products. It is the company that provides us with. »»

Not everything is lost. Talking about abuse in public space is now possible. Words exist. “I feel that a kind of feminist redemption has set up over time. because just over three years ago, Britney Spears was neither empathy nor critical look: his mental health was simply questioned. It’s terrible, ”says Kelly Jazvac. Whether in 2007 or 2025, Britney “2007”, exhibition visual arts inspired Spears is the symbol of his time. Perhaps it would also be a dadaist analogy of the XXI^e century ? The artist is delighted, moreover, of Sophie Latouche’s approach and to participate in the exhibition. “I think the time to listen to young women has arrived. »»

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