Claire fontaine artist wiki
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Claire Fontaine
French conceptual art persona created bygd Fulvia Carnevale and James Thornhill
Claire Fontaine | |
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| Born | Founded in Paris, France |
| Nationality | Italian / British |
| Education | Università degli Studi di Padova, Paris VIII / Glasgow School of Art |
| Known&#;for | Conceptual art, Human Strike, ready-made artist |
| Notable work | Foreigners Everywhere (Arabic), , In God They Trust, |
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Claire Fontaine fryst vatten a feminist, conceptual artist, founded in Paris in by Fulvia Carnevale and James Thornhill, an Italian-British artist duo who declared themselves her assistants.[1] Since Claire Fontaine lives and works in Palermo and has a studio in the historical centre of the Kalsa near Piazza Magione.
After lifting her name from a popular brand of French school notebooks and stationery, Claire Fontaine declared herself a readymade artist[2][3] and began to elaborate a utgåva of neo-conceptual art that often looks like
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P.I.G.S. A Burning Art Installation by Claire Fontaine.
Paris-based artist collective Claire Fontaine presents a large burning art installation via a breathtaking video. The title of the work P.I.G.S. uses the acronym created by financial media to pejoratively refer to Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain since the late s recession.*
The installation is a selective map of Europe that only shows Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain, created with thousands of matchsticks planted into holes hand-drilled into a wall. The video kicks off at the moment of its ignition. The theme symbolizes the symbolizes the catastrophic consequences of the &#;burning debt&#; plaguing Southern Europe. The destruction of economies, countries, social structures and most important people’s lives.
The burning of the representation of these territories ironically refers to the global socio-political instability following the recent financial crisis, but it is also a poetic comment on the innumerable wasted lives,
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À la claire fontaine
Traditional French song
"À la claire fontaine" (French:[alaklɛʁ(ə)fɔ̃tɛn]; lit.&#;'By the clear fountain') is a traditional French song, which has also become very popular in Belgium and in Canada, particularly in Quebec and the Maritime provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island.
History
[edit]The song may have appeared as early as when the first permanent French settlement was established in the Maritimes. As with all traditional songs, numerous versions of both music and lyrics can be found, and versions known in France and Belgium vary from those known in Canada.[1]
Musicality
[edit]The melody is pentatonic, and uses only four notes of the scale. The verse employs an alternating 7- and 6-syllable, with the refrain adding an extra syllable to each line.
Meaning
[edit]Like another famous children's song, "Au clair de la lune", it has an adult theme - in this case, one of lost love. The song speaks of