France 2024
Cruzet actively intertwines sculpture, installation and textual intervention that frequently address his own diasporic experience.
Title: Attila cataracte ta source aux pieds des pitons verts finira dans la grande mer gouffre bleu nous noyâmes dans les larmes marées de la lune
Commissioner: Institut français
Curator: Céline Kopp, Cindy Sissokho
Artist: Julien Creuzet
Julien Creuzet is a visual artist and poet who actively intertwines these two practices via amalgams of sculpture, installation and textual intervention that frequently address his own diasporic experience. Inspired by the poetic and philosophical reflections of Aimé Césaire and Édouard Glissant on creolization and migration, Creuzet’s work focuses on the troubled intersection of the history of Martinique and the events of European modernity.
Creuzet spent most of his childhood in the Caribbean, at the crossroads of African, Indian and European culture. His life and personal experiences permeate a body of work displaying a diversity of materials, stories, forms and gestures.
The artist will propose a totally new project for the French Pavilion. It will be supported by the Institut français, which will operate the pavilion on behalf of the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs and the French Ministry of Culture.
VENUE:
Giardini
OPENING TIMES:
Apr 20 – Sept 30 Tue – Sun, 11am – 7pm
Sept 30 – Nov 24 Tue – Sun, 10am – 6pm
ADDRESS
Giardini, Giardini, Castello, 30122, Venice, Italy
