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| N° d'inventaire | 29513 |
| Format | 24 x 28 |
| Détails | 160 p., illustrated, publisher's hardcover. |
| Publication | Paris, 2023 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782900840160 |
This exhibition catalog will accompany the upcoming summer exhibition of the Franciscaines (from June 24 to September 17, 2023), entirely devoted to the links between art and games of chance. The approach, both historical—from the first 17th-century gaming rooms in Venice to the casinos we know, even frequent—and multidisciplinary (contemporary art, painting, ancient games, etc.), will allow visitors to delve into the heart of the history of this world of passion and grasp its challenges.
The work will bring together around a hundred works present in the exhibition through a journey organized into three themes: the particular sociability of these places, often resorts, of thermal baths will be put into context (social events, duels, seduction); the universe of the game will be present through posters, historical objects with a particular design; finally, the personality of the player will be approached through his passion (addiction, excitement, fortune and ruin) and his faults (cheating, superstition, martingale).
Finally, a large part will be given to cinema, because, from its beginnings, the seventh art has taken hold of this subject where suspense, the human and the spectacle play the leading role. Mixing different levels of reading (simple labels, notices, glossary), the work will also be rich in critical texts: Preface by Philippe Augier, mayor of Deauville General text by Sébastien Gökalp, curator of the exhibition On cinema, Thierry Grillet, former director of exhibitions and publications at the Bnf On the history of casinos, in Deauville for Philippe Normand, director of cultural affairs of Deauville and from Venice for Thierry Depaulis, historian of games On art, philosophical approach by Sarah Troche, art historian, doctor, specialist in chance in art and on Duchamp and winning for Didier Semin, art historian On games in contemporary art by Michel Gautier, curator at the Centre Pompidou
The work will bring together around a hundred works present in the exhibition through a journey organized into three themes: the particular sociability of these places, often resorts, of thermal baths will be put into context (social events, duels, seduction); the universe of the game will be present through posters, historical objects with a particular design; finally, the personality of the player will be approached through his passion (addiction, excitement, fortune and ruin) and his faults (cheating, superstition, martingale).
Finally, a large part will be given to cinema, because, from its beginnings, the seventh art has taken hold of this subject where suspense, the human and the spectacle play the leading role. Mixing different levels of reading (simple labels, notices, glossary), the work will also be rich in critical texts: Preface by Philippe Augier, mayor of Deauville General text by Sébastien Gökalp, curator of the exhibition On cinema, Thierry Grillet, former director of exhibitions and publications at the Bnf On the history of casinos, in Deauville for Philippe Normand, director of cultural affairs of Deauville and from Venice for Thierry Depaulis, historian of games On art, philosophical approach by Sarah Troche, art historian, doctor, specialist in chance in art and on Duchamp and winning for Didier Semin, art historian On games in contemporary art by Michel Gautier, curator at the Centre Pompidou
The work will bring together around a hundred works present in the exhibition through a journey organized into three themes: the particular sociability of these places, often resorts, of thermal baths will be put into context (social events, duels, seduction); the universe of the game will be present through posters, historical objects with a particular design; finally, the personality of the player will be approached through his passion (addiction, excitement, fortune and ruin) and his faults (cheating, superstition, martingale).
Finally, a large part will be given to cinema, because, from its beginnings, the seventh art has taken hold of this subject where suspense, the human and the spectacle play the leading role. Mixing different levels of reading (simple labels, notices, glossary), the work will also be rich in critical texts: Preface by Philippe Augier, mayor of Deauville General text by Sébastien Gökalp, curator of the exhibition On cinema, Thierry Grillet, former director of exhibitions and publications at the Bnf On the history of casinos, in Deauville for Philippe Normand, director of cultural affairs of Deauville and from Venice for Thierry Depaulis, historian of games On art, philosophical approach by Sarah Troche, art historian, doctor, specialist in chance in art and on Duchamp and winning for Didier Semin, art historian On games in contemporary art by Michel Gautier, curator at the Centre Pompidou