Carsten Hölier

摘要

The principle of collaboration is an extremely delicate device in artistic creation. Even more so when the artist is as sensitive and out of step with contemporary practices as Carsten Holler is. Yet he decided to dedicate his latest solo show to this subject-perhaps because it's his fifth exhibition in the spaces of the gallery Air de Paris, and the place itself is one of the few in the world to remain a workshop and not just a showcase. The quality of these invitations to collaborate, beyond all utilitarian logic, is the nexus we need to pay attention to. Holler eliminates narcissism, avoids the gesture and, more probably, gets rid of the tic of working with two hands. With other colleagues, this can lead to split personalities, or even schizophrenic production. True to the scientific attitude we associate with him, Holler turned to different fields of specific interest: one artist (Philippe Parreno), one architect (Francois Roche), one photographer (Attilio Maranzano), one perfumer (Ben Gorham), one model maker (Rigobert Nimi) and, rounding out the list, one taxidermist (Yves Gaumetou).