From November 3, 2024 to January 12, 2025

• Press Release

• Liam Gillick and Noah Barker in conversation with Florence Bonnefous


It’s an exhibition built like a conversation, a game of dominoes that unfolds within different temporalities. It features three artists who use references to language (in art and political philosophy), coding and, in particular, maritime codes, to evoke complex political realities. With conceptual and formal ease, they cast a powerful critical eye on unbridled post-modernity.

The project began with a conversation about a work by Ronald Jones, an artist who was decisive for Liam Gillick, who knew him well, and for Noah Barker, who organized his first solo show since 1998 at Empire in New York.


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C’est une exposition qui s’est construite comme une conversation, un jeu de dominos qui se déploie dans des temporalités différentes. On y côtoie trois artistes qui se servent de références au langage (en art en en philosophie politique), au codage et en particulier aux codes maritimes, pour évoquer des réalités politiques complexes. Avec une aisance conceptuelle et formelle, ils exercent un puissant regard critique sur la post-modernité débridée.

Le projet a débuté lors d’une conversation autour d’une oeuvre de Ronald Jones, artiste qui fut déterminant pour Liam Gillick qui l’a bien connu, et pour Noah Barker qui a organisé sa première exposition personnelle depuis 1998 chez Empire à New York.




Exhibition views: Barker Gillick & Jones, Air de Paris, Romainville, 2024. Photo: Marc Domage.



Exhibition views: Barker Gillick & Jones, Air de Paris, Romainville, 2024. Photo: Marc Domage.



Exhibition views: Barker Gillick & Jones, Air de Paris, Romainville, 2024. Photo: Marc Domage.



Exhibition views: Barker Gillick & Jones, Air de Paris, Romainville, 2024. Photo: Marc Domage.



Exhibition views: Barker Gillick & Jones, Air de Paris, Romainville, 2024. Photo: Marc Domage.



Exhibition views: Barker Gillick & Jones, Air de Paris, Romainville, 2024. Photo: Marc Domage.



Exhibition views: Barker Gillick & Jones, Air de Paris, Romainville, 2024. Photo: Marc Domage.



Exhibition views: Barker Gillick & Jones, Air de Paris, Romainville, 2024. Photo: Marc Domage.



Exhibition views: Barker Gillick & Jones, Air de Paris, Romainville, 2024. Photo: Marc Domage.



Exhibition views: Barker Gillick & Jones, Air de Paris, Romainville, 2024. Photo: Marc Domage.



Exhibition views: Barker Gillick & Jones, Air de Paris, Romainville, 2024. Photo: Marc Domage.



Exhibition views: Barker Gillick & Jones, Air de Paris, Romainville, 2024. Photo: Marc Domage.



Exhibition views: Barker Gillick & Jones, Air de Paris, Romainville, 2024. Photo: Marc Domage.



Exhibition views: Barker Gillick & Jones, Air de Paris, Romainville, 2024. Photo: Marc Domage.



Exhibition views: Barker Gillick & Jones, Air de Paris, Romainville, 2024. Photo: Marc Domage.



Exhibition views: Barker Gillick & Jones, Air de Paris, Romainville, 2024. Photo: Marc Domage.



Exhibition views: Barker Gillick & Jones, Air de Paris, Romainville, 2024. Photo: Marc Domage.









Noah Barker
A New Concept in Sailing
1969/2023
mousse, fibre de verre, époxy, nylon, polyester, pin laminé, acajou, acier inoxydable, fabriqué par Jonas Buchholz et Gert Martin à partir de dessins de James R.Drake (en collaboration avec Fred A. Payne, Jr, vice-président des opérations techniques, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Hoyle Schweitzer du service juridique). opérations techniques, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Hoyle Schweitzer de Legal Billing Systems, Inc. Allen Parducci, professeur de psychologie, UCLA), présentées dans l'article « WINDSURFING ». dans le document WINDSURFING : A NEW CONCEPT IN SAILING, présenté lors d'un symposium de l'Institut américain d'aéronautique et d'astronautique et publié par The RAND Corporation.
458 x 427 cm
Unique
Photo: Marc Domage




Noah Barker
Juniper
2024
Mixed media on blotter paper
16,5 x 16,5 x 7,5 cm
Unique
Photo: Marc Domage









Liam Gillick
Our Broken Ships
2024
Aluminium powercoated multicoloured
200 cm x 45 x 85 cm
Unique
Photo: Marc Domage



Liam Gillick
We the Sailors
2024
Aluminium powercoated multicoloured
200 cm x 45 x 85 cm
Unique
Photo: Marc Domage



Liam Gillick
Terre Haute Mer
2024
Black vinyl on wall (in French or English)
Variable dimensions
Unique
Photo: Marc Domage



Liam Gillick
Ronald Jones Advice for a Singular Artistic Solution for The Trial of Pol Pot
2024
Four kakemono banners, blockout print on velum-tex
150 x 60 cm (each)
Edition of 3
Photo: Marc Domage



Liam Gillick
Documentary realisation zone
1977
Video
14 min. 35 sec.
Photo: Marc Domage







Ronald Jones
Untitled
(Four works from International maritime code)
(Stop what your doing and watch my signals, i am lost communicate with me)
1986
Four framed photographic prints
36,8 x 48,8 cm (each)
Unique
Photo: Marc Domage



Ronald Jones
Untitled
(Four works from International maritime code)
(Stop what your doing and watch my signals, You are going in the direction of grave danger)
1986
Four framed photographic prints
36,8 x 48,8 cm (each)
Unique
Photo: Marc Domage



Ronald Jones
Untitled
(Four works from International maritime code)
(I am disabled please communicate with me, You are going in the direction of grave danger)
1986
Four framed photographic prints
36,8 x 48,8 cm (each)
Unique
Photo: Marc Domage



Ronald Jones
Untitled
(Four works from International maritime code)
(I want to communicate with you, You are going in the direction of grave danger)
1986
Four framed photographic prints
36,8 x 48,8 cm (each)
Unique
Photo: Marc Domage