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Eric Fonteneau: La Bibliothèque

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Eric Fonteneau: La Bibliothèque
Start:
February 5, 2012
End:
February 7, 2012
Updated:
February 1, 2012
Venue:
FIAF Gallery
Address:
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22 East 60th Street , New York, NY, 10022, United States
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In La Bibliothèque, contemporary French artist Eric Fonteneau creates a trompe l’œil library.

 

Thousands of graphite and charcoal rubbings of book bindings, souvenirs copied at libraries during Fonteneau’s travels in Europe and America, line the walls of the site-specific installation. Fonteneau plays with the idea of real versus imagined and memory versus record, while hinting at the impending end of print in our increasingly digital world.

 

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