“An exhibition is a temporary realization of something that we want to be perceived on a level beyond what
is visible.” [1]

There is a gentleman dressed in his mother’s sari sitting among us. […]

Hemali Bhuta, 10/09/21, 6.33 PM, Indigo on paper, 20 x 25 cm, 2022

« “Ah! Only a madman would believe that I am not you!” wrote Victor Hugo in the preface to his Contemplations in 1856. A century and a half later, Markus Hansen's photographic series Other People's Feelings Are Also My Own invites us to consider this statement once again, and to give it our full attention. »

Markus Hansen. Other People's Feelings are also my Own. 2004 -2015. Video still. Courtesy of the artist.

« Few forms, simple forms, powerful forms: the works of Vincent Lamouroux demonstrate just how uncompromisingly attached to form this artist is. »

Vincent Lamouroux. Néguentropie. 2012. Installation view. Abbaye de Maubuisson, FR. Courtesy of the artist.

PARIS, LA 16 – a tenth anniversary special—focuses on the dual themes of fashion and writing. Fashion is the creative field where the representation of self goes into effect: the image. Writing is a method, a language, that gives birth to the inner-self: thought. In both cases it is a question of self-expression in relation with others, in image and in thought. It is our way to make sense with the rest of our community. But what happens now in the aftermath of the technological revolution, now that we realize we all share a common time and space together?

« A. C.: his magazine feels like a very personal dream becoming true.

A. A. ­C.: It most definitely is. A dream I could never have articulated on my own. With the help of the editorial team, and the artists' works, the magazine has come to life in a way I could have never anticipated. In its original materialization, it was an 18 page 'zine... now at 200­plus pages, it is much bigger, more beautiful and inspiring than I could have ever dreamt. »

« This is the final installment in the  Artists on Diaries series curated by artist Mary Temple,in which guest authors comment on contemporary diary practices. »

Mary Temple. 1.21.09 (detail). (From the series Currency, 2007-2012). Archival ink on paper. 2009, Courtesy of the artist.