La Mer, 2016

Video

Ange Leccia revisits one of his most celebrated video works: La Mer. Playing on the sinuous and graphic aspects of waves, the artist transforms the landscape into an abstract and volatile composition evoking the elusive nature of existence, inviting us to see the world in a new way.

Manif d’art would like to thank Musée de la civilisation and Société immobilière Galion.
The artist would like to thank Galerie Jousse Entreprise in Paris.

Facade of the Musée de la civilisation

85, rue Dalhousie
Quebec city

February 17 to March 5
On view in the evening

Ange Leccia

(Paris, France)

Ange Leccia has had several monographic exhibitions around the world, and in particular at the Musée d’art contemporain du Val-de-Marne in 2013. He has also participated in many international arts events including the Venice Biennale (1993 and 2011) and the Documenta (1987). His works are in private and public collections including that of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York), the Centre Pompidou (Paris) and the Seibu Museum of Art (Tokyo). The artist is the director of a research unit at the Palais de Tokyo (Paris). He is represented by the galleries Anselm Dreher (Berlin) and Almine Rech (Paris, Brussels, London).