Claire Fontaine France, b. 2004
The collective artist Claire Fontaine takes a position that challenges the art system's conventions by strongly criticizing the notion of authorship. Claire Fontaine was founded in Paris in 2004 by the Italian theorist Fulvia Carnevale and the British artist James Thornhill, who took the name of a well-known French stationery company. The artist duo use existing forms and fills them with political content giving them the existential use value that she pursues, she transforms familiar images into powerful tools to tackle the deep crisis of the contemporary world.
Claire Fontaine has held solo exhibition at numerous art institutions including Atelier Hermès, Seoul (2024), Hypermaremma (2024), Palazzo Ducale di Genova, Genova (2019), Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin (2017). They participated in Biennale di Venezia (2024), Troppenmuseum, Amsterdam (2023), Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn (2023), MAXXI, Rome (2022), and Kaunstraum Memphis, Linz (2021).
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Claire Fontaine
For All: Chocolate, Lemonade, and the Party at Suwon Art Museum 15 April 2025Gallery Baton is pleased to announce Claire Fontaine participates to a Group exhibition , For All: Chocolate, Lemonade, and the Party at Suwon Art Museum,...Read more -
Claire Fontaine
60th Venice Biennale: Stranieri Ovunque - Foreigners Everywhere 20 April 2024Gallery Baton is pleased to announce Claire Fontaine participates to 160th Venice Biennale: Stranieri Ovunque - Foreigners Everywhere. Foreigners Everywhere(2024) is displayed at Arsenale, Italy....Read more -
Claire Fontaine
Beauty is a Ready-made, Atelier Hermès Seoul 22 March 2024Gallery Baton is pleased to announce Claire Fontaine participates to a Solo exhibition , Beauty is a Ready-made at Atelier Hermès, Korea. Claire Fontaine Beauty...Read more