Written in French
All the artists of the Louvre in a single book!
This volume, conceived by Christian Boltanski and Jacques Roubaud, explores the poetic potential of the list: effects of accumulation, montage, Oulipian wordplay...
Writer Jacques Roubaud first presents, with humor and finesse, a collection of thematic lists-the one devoted to food confirms the playful spirit that animates the book: BOUDIN Eugène
CALLAMARD Charles-Antoine
CARPACCIO Vittore
PANNINI Giovanni Paolo [...] -
compiled from a directory defined by Christian Boltanski, which includes both artists featured in the Louvre's collections and museum employees. The list of "Louvre inhabitants" thus questions the notions of anonymity and celebrity: among all these names, who is an artist? Who is not?
This directory is accompanied by a series of photomontages created by Christian Boltanski, which combine self-portraits of artists with the faces of Louvre staff members.
French
160 pages
Co-published by Éditions Dilecta / Louvre éditions
