January 20 at the French Cultural Centre in Milan opens the first monographic exhibition of Aurélien Froment "Forme della natura, forme della conoscenza, forme della bellezza" (Shapes of the Nature, shapes of Knowledge, shapes of Beauty), curated by Andrea Viliani, director of the Civic gallery foundation – Research center on contemporary times in Trento. The exhibition (showcasing until March 16, 2011) is the fourth event of the contemporary art project "A certain idea of France", a two-year initiative that has been outlined and promoted by the director of the Centre Olivier Descotes and which involves French artists invited by six Italian curators.
Aurélien Froment in Milan
At his first monographic exhibition, the French artist presents two works especially designed for the occasion.

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- 20 January 2011
- Milan

In his artistic work, Aurélien Froment uses various media, from installations to photography, from scultpure to video, in order to take onstage a universe that questions the semantic power of images and the way they originate in time and space. Froment's artworks, inspired by cultural history and collective memory, interact with each other so that the visitor enters an open space-time in which fictional and non-fictional elements mix together.
The exhibition includes two recent video installations – Pulmo Marina (2010) and The Fourdrinier Machine Interlude (2010) – and two works especially designed for the occasion, i.e. If I were a Bell & Un paysage de dominos (A landscape of dominos), the latter being the wallpaper that wraps part of the walls between which the exhibition takes place.
21 January – 16 March 2011
Aurélien Froment. Forme della natura, forme della conoscenza, forme della bellezza
Centre culturel français de Milan, Corso Magenta 63, Milano