L'histoire de la TGAD

Rub shoulders with the capitalist system is not incompatible with the functioning of the VGDA and its division betwen public and private space and its vision rather mecanical and political.

The first appearance on the art market "the real art market" happened in 1994 at the occasion of the contemporary art fair in Cologne. The gallery Art : Concept (e.mail : antoliv@aol.com) presented in the "Unfair" section the first prototype of an office without specific destination within the VGDA.

This office was at the image of the VGDA since it represented altogether a working space open to others as well as a private space.

Since using the paradox as a model acts as one of the paradigm of the VGDA and of life more generally, here the idea is to make it a work of art. How can we create a working space such as an office for instance, that is both open to others and that offers the opportunity to isolation and intimity ?
It only has to pull the curtain and to ask Laurie Anderson question's : what is behind that curtain ?

After being exhibited at the national contemporary art centre "Le Magasin" in Grenoble, the piece of work has been acquired by the French National Contemporary Art funds (FNAC for Fond National d'Art Contemporain); at the moment it is unavailable because ....? (it maybe broken).

The two drawings, ink prints, view of i and r floors which have been
exhibited and sold at the same time, both have lost their colours !
The VGDA is obliged to provide new prints, but still hesitates (to do so).
Ephemeral is life, ephemeral are the works of art.
Flowers fade and prints too (see the VGDA blackboards). (connection with this text further down 1995).


Rub shoulders with the capitalist system is not incompatible with the functioning of the VGDA and its division betwen public and private space and its vision rather mecanical and political. The first appearance on the art market "the real art market" happened in 1994 at the occasion of the contemporary art fair in Cologne. The gallery Art : Concept (e.mail : antoliv@aol.com) presented in the "Unfair" section the first prototype of an office without specific destination within the VGDA.

This office was at the image of the VGDA since it represented altogether a working space open to others as well as a private space. Since using the paradox as a model acts as one of the paradigm of the VGDA and of life more generally, here the idea is to make it a work of art. How can we create a working space such as an office for instance, that is both open to others and that offers the opportunity to isolation and intimity ? It only has to pull the curtain and to ask Laurie Anderson question's : what is behind that curtain ? After being exhibited at the national contemporary art centre "Le Magasin" in Grenoble, the piece of work has been acquired by the French National Contemporary Art funds (FNAC for Fond National d'Art Contemporain); at the moment it is unavailable because ....? (it maybe broken). The two drawings, ink prints, view of i and r floors which have been exhibited and sold at the same time, both have lost their colours ! The VGDA is obliged to provide new prints, but still hesitates (to do so). Ephemeral is life, ephemeral are the works of art. Flowers fade and prints too (see the VGDA blackboards). (connection with this text further down 1995).