October 22 2025 -> February 15 2026
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The group exhibition ECHO DELAY REVERB: American Art, Francophone Thought examines the transatlantic circulation of forms and ideas through the work of some sixty artists, encompassing a wide range of media and several new commissions. It highlights how American art catalyzed the revolutionary energies of thinkers, activists, and poets – figures such as Simone de Beauvoir, Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida, Frantz Fanon, Jean Genet, Aimé Césaire, Jacques Lacan, Monique Wittig, Pierre Bourdieu, and Édouard Glissant – who transcended genres and profoundly reshaped perspectives on the world. The reception and translation of their work in the United States generated unexpected artistic forms, providing tools for critically engaging with institutions of both art and society. Here, theory becomes an instrument for challenging social, aesthetic, and linguistic norms, opening new ways of seeing and acting in the world.
ECHO DELAY REVERB offers an original exploration of these significant – and often overlooked – exchanges.
The exhibition presents works by several generations of artists, from the 1970s to the present: some demonstrate a direct dialogue between theory and practice, others act as subversive tributes, while still others establish more subtle correspondences. Key historical artists such as Dan Graham, Hans Haacke, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Renée Green, Cindy Sherman, Lorna Simpson, and Glenn Ligon appear alongside younger artists including Tiona Nekkia McClodden, Kameelah Janan Rasheed, Char Jeré, and Cici Wu. By revisiting major figures in recent American art from a fresh perspective, the exhibition sheds new light on their work. Archival materials throughout the show further highlight the individuals, institutions, and publishers that played a crucial role in circulating these ideas in the United States.
