JOHAN GRIMONPREZ + CHARLOTTE LÉOUZON

BRUXELLES, BELGIQUE + NEW YORK, ÉTATS-UNIS

YOUTUBE-O-THÈQUE: MAYBE THE SKY IS REALLY GREEN, AND WE’RE JUST COLORBLIND, 2009-2010

MULTIMEDIA INSTALLATION
VARIABLE DIMENSIONS
COURTESY OF SEAN KELLY GALLERY, NEW YORK + ZAPOMATIK, BRUXELLES / BRUSSELS

Johan Grimonprez was born in Roeselare, Belgium in 1962, and currently lives in Brussels and New York. He achieved international acclaim with his film essay, Dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y, which premiered at Centre Pompidou, Paris, and Documenta X, Kassel in 1997. The film explores how airplane hijackings since the 1970s have changed the course of news reporting, eerily foreshadowing the events of September 11th. Grimonprez’s projects have been featured in major exhibitions and museums worldwide, including the Whitney Museum, New York, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, and Tate Modern, London. His film productions have also traveled the main festival circuit from Telluride, Los Angeles, and Rio de Janeiro, to Tokyo and Berlin. His work is included in numerous collections such as the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan, the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, and the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark.

Charlotte Léouzon is a Paris-based curator and talent scout specializing in new media and film. She founded the independent label VA VOOM (www.va-voom.tv) in 2008, capitalizing on fifteen years in jour- nalism, fashion, and art. She has previously worked as correspondent for Libération whilst creating sev- eral cultural programs for Radio France Vaucluse. She has also written for Jalouse, DS, Dépêche Mode and Beaux Arts. She has been collaborating with Grimonprez since 2006.

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HOURS
MAY 1 TO JUNE 13, 2010
WEDNESDAY TO SATURDAY, 12 P.M. TO 5 P.M.