Prix Meurice for Contemporary Art 2011/2012

Louidgi Beltrame

Born 1971, lives in Paris.
Louidgi Beltrame's work documents modernist architecture and its remains, at the same time deconstructing the formal and narrative structure of film as a medium with its own specific syntax. Taking architecture as a narrative, his work - composed of videos which are as much documentary as fiction, and architect's drawings - constructs a system of analogies between the languages of architecture and film.

Project :
L'Observatoire is an archaeological study in the wake of two major works by the American artist Robert Morris (b. 1931 in Cleveland). Beltrame's project is a mono-channel video installation that will connect Morris's two works, both part of his Anti-Form aesthetic and his rejection of the white cube gallery space in the 1970s.

Exhibitions :
Zona Maco 2012, Mexico City, Mexico; Statement, Art Basel, Switzerland. Under discussion: solo shows in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paolo, Brazil.

Keys :
Vidéo et Après, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, September 2011.
Energodar, Fondation Ricard, Paris, 2010
Les Eglises, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Chelles, 2010
Brasilia/Chandigarh, Galerie Jousse Entreprise, Paris, 2008
Project Room, Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Strasbourg, 2008
The City as a Script, Pinchuk Art Center, Kiev, 2007
L'Atelier du Jeu de Paume, Paris, 2006
Ondas Tropicais, Les Nuits Tropicales, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 2006
Vertical Island, Archive Gallery, Toronto, Canada, 2003