http://x-initiative.org/blog/2009/06/22/no-soul-for-sale/
Lucie Fontaine is presenting a sample of her activities as gallery owner. In doing so she commissioned a series of small-portable works to artists Riccardo Beretta, Lupo Borgonovo, Valerio Carrubba, Cleo Fariselli, Enza Galantini, Alessandro Roma, Marcella Vanzo and Mauro Vignando—together with ephemeral interventions by Alice Mandelli and Marcello Martin, Lucie Fontaine’s ghostly comrades. All the artists invited have been already involved in Lucie Fontaine’s operations, constituting the core of her Milan’s rendezvous. Inspired by Duchamp’s Boîte-en-valis, Lucie Fontaine put her employee Alice Tomaselli in charge for this mission, asking her to make the whole environment ‘suitable’ for her suitcase. In addition, Lucie Fontaine asked Galantini to transform the suitcase—the support—in a work of art. All the oeuvres will be displayed on a surface that is mocking the marbled floor of Lucie Fontaine’s space in Milan. The booth will also feature portfolios of the artists and DVDs of Lift by David Robbins that will be screened during NO SOUL FOR SALE’s program of videos, lectures and performances.
Alessandro Roma, Il mondo intero era umido e oscuro, 2009. Mixed media on paper, 28 x 33 cm. Courtesy the artist and Lucie Fontaine, Milan.
Marcella Vanzo, Wannabe, 2008. Cut out from Vogue page, the Valentino Ball, 27 x 20 cm. Courtesy the artist and Lucie Fontaine, Milan.
Mauro Vignando, Dwellers in Darkness, 2009. Books, 19,2 x 13,5 x 2,2 – 21,3 x 13,5 x 0,6 – 22,2 x 14,7 x 1,7 cm. Courtesy the artist and Lucie Fontaine, Milan.
Cleo Fariselli, Untitled (from the ongoing project Lights), 2009. Solar radiometer on photographic print, 13,5 x 12,5 x 17 cm. Courtesy the artist and Lucie Fontaine, Milan.
Valerio Carrubba, Guy Debord Oeuvres Cinématographiques Complètes, 2009. Six posters: High resolution-digital print on 255 g satin paper, each 60 x 42 cm. Courtesy the artist.
Lupo Borgonovo, Osso Sacro, 2009. Bronze, 20 x 15 cm. Courtesy the artist.
Riccardo Beretta, Sentieri nel ghiaccio, 2006. Blank Moleskine notebook, blue ink 21 x 13,5 x 1,5 cm. Courtesy the artist and Lucie Fontaine, Milan.
Lucie Fontaine, installation view at No Soul For Sale, X-initiative, New York.
Lucie Fontaine, installation view at No Soul For Sale, X-initiative, New York.
Lucie Fontaine, installation view at No Soul For Sale, X-initiative, New York.
Lucie Fontaine, installation view at No Soul For Sale, X-initiative, New York.
Lucie Fontaine, installation view at No Soul For Sale, X-initiative, New York.
Lucie Fontaine, installation view at No Soul For Sale, X-initiative, New York.