When Energy Becomes Form (Arabic Edition) /Anglais - Pierre/janicot

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Résumé :
The Art of Oil in the works of BP group for the Black Gold Museum's inaugural exhibition

>Founded in the early 1980s, BP is a French artist collective formed by Renaud Layrac, Fr?d?ric Pohl, and Richard Bellon. The group emerged spontaneously after discovering British Petroleum stickers, which they adopted as their signature. Since then, BP has focused exclusively on the petroleum world, creating installations using industrial objects such as barrels, gas pumps, and automotive materials. Their work explores themes of appropriation, reuse, and environmental critique, often incorporating used oil as a medium. BP's distinctive practice challenges the aesthetics and ethics of fossil fuel culture through subversive, site-specific interventions rooted in material transformation....

Biographie:
is a graduate of the ?cole nationale sup?rieure des Arts D?coratifs (ENSAD), Paris. He now works as an art consultant for exhibitions and museums, as a curator, and artistic director.
Arnauld Pierre is Professor of Art History at Sorbonne University. His field of research encompasses the sources, and the imaginary of modernity considered in the wider field of scientific and visual culture.

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Sommaire:
Christian Janicot Curator...