LOUIS VUITTON – ASTRALIS

Posted on 2014-02-03

Since time immemorial, artists have experimented with visionary experience by diving into the Astral depths. Nevertheless, this distinctive act of creation is rarely tackled. Astralis, the 23rd exhibition at Espace Culturel Louis Vuitton, takes visitors on a journey into this strange reality by exploring unfathomable and inaccessible worlds. They are the great purveyors of visions.

The ‘Astral’, another term for the ‘Invisible’, conjures up celestial, elusive, and otherworldly themes. It touches on both a journey within ourselves, and the mind’s journey outside of the body. These mysterious dimensions have led to some troubling scientific research and are finding a remarkable resurgence in artists’ works. Astralis is devoted to exploring these questions, visions, and artistic powers by turning a contemporary art exhibition into a kind of initiatory journey designed by a dozen international artists who have created their own landscape and antechambers.

Artists involved –
Marion LAVAL JEANTET and Benoit MANGIN, David ALTMEJD, Rina BANERJEE, BASSERODE, Charley CASE, Damien DEROUBAIX, Jean-Luc FAVERO, Vidya GASTALDON, Siobhàn HAPASKA, Myriam MECHITA, Chloé PIENE, Børre SAETHRE.

Exhibition runs from February 7th to May 11th, 2014

Espace Culturel Louis Vuitton
60 Rue de Bassano
75008 Paris
France

www.louisvuitton-espaceculturel.com