Jean Claracq

Amande Dionne

Venue

LUGDUNUM - Museum & Roman Theaters

Lyon

Born 1991 in Bayonne, France.
Lives and works in Anglet, France.

Inspired by Lugdunum’s architecture and collections, Jean Claracq’s three paintings are trompe-l’oeil depictions of lacerated posters similar to those on billboard sites in the contemporary landscape. Like archaeological strata, the layers of the images, disturbed by multiple tears, throw up fresh associations between figures from digital culture and those from the classical tradition. Reminiscent of the aesthetics of travel advertising, Tout doit disparaître is presented as a fictionalized tourist attraction. Above men absorbed in their screens, an ancient bas-relief reproduces a procession of sexy soldiers of capitalism doing their shopping, while a plane tows a poster with slogans of markdowns and destocking.

Also on view in The many lives and deaths of Louise Brunet at the macLYON.