Sculpture, 400 x 400 cm.
© Nicola L. Courtesy of Collection Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Bretagne, Rennes. Photo: M HKA
Collection: Collection Fonds régional d'art contemporain Bretagne, Rennes.
Tapis gris pour cinq personnes was first activated during "SaltoArte", the performative opening night of the exhibition "Je/Nous.Wij/Ik" (Museum van Elsene, Brussels, 23 May - 13 July 1975). At this groupexhibition, two works by Nicola were shown; La Chambre en Fourrure, which was first shown in 1970 in the Galleria Apollinaire in Milano, and in the basement Nicola placed four banners on two poles, as if for a demonstration. The banners each contain a sentence: Nous voulons voir [we want to see], Nous voulons sentir [we want to smell], Nous voulons entendre [we want to hear], Nous voulons toucher [we want to touch]. The stylised heads seem to want to get their message across by wriggling with great difficulty through the canvas.
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> Exhibition: Museum in Motion. M HKA, Antwerp, 16 September 2022 - 08 January 2023.
> Exhibition: Museum in Motion - Nicola L. M HKA, Antwerp, 16 September 2022 - 08 January 2023.