Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster

Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
astrocytes (edition), 2021
(Dedicated to Diane Arbus)
2 sheets of paper (A4), ink, cardboard folder
certificate of authenticity
(On view is a prototype)
edition of 50 and 5 A.P.
This edition was conceived in relation to Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster’s installation astrocytes (2021), presented at Jan Mot, Brussels from October 9th to November 27th, 2021.
“A few years ago, I had a vision of a constellation of rings occupying the gallery space in an unusual way, which means making it impossible to walk through the space and look at the exhibition as usual. I imagined the circulation space, the central void becoming the most important aspect, somehow reversing attention to another dimension. […] The words which are part of astrocytes and engraved on the rings are extracted from a kind of « virus diary » which is a series of notes/quotes collected almost every day about our pandemic/syndemic time.”
(Fragment from a conversation between Dominique Gonzalez Foerster and Julia Wielgus, summer 2021)
The work is ideally presented on a wall, with both pages fixed each with 2 slim nails. The order of pages is interchangeable.
Please note that the installation view represents the prototype.
In its final version, visible on the further images, the paper used is Clairefontaine Simili Japon 130g for the edition and for the folder/certificate Fedrigoni Nettuno 210g. Both elements are UV printed.
The images represent the edition with signed and numbered folder for no. 4/50 + 5 A.P.
Please contact the gallery, to verify which edition number is for sale.
€ 350 (incl. VAT, excl. shipping)