The sun comes in whenever it wants

An exhibition of the work of Sky Hopinka at LUMA Arles. This publication includes essays by Flora Katz, Vassilis Oikonomopoulos and Diana Flores Ruíz. An interview with Sky Hopinka by Andrea Lissoni and Filipa Ramos.

Every copy is unique: it is composed of seventeen booklets, fifteen of which are randomly bound. Published in an edition of 700 copies, each cover features a different excerpt from the video work Mnemonics of Shape and Reason (2021).

On the occasion of a visit to the exhibition at the MRAC Occitanie / Pyrénées-Méditerranée entitled Honey I rearranged the collection, Jérôme Dupeyrat and Thierry Chancogne continue their discussion of the controversial relationships that exist between art and Graphic Design, based on a historical collection of “artists’ posters”.

          The artist’s poster or affiche is at once the traditional medium used to advertise artistic events, produced by the artists themselves, the historical medium of a certain passion for French-style painted posters and the desire of a particular artistic practice to democratize art, the symptom or symbol of potential new relationships between Graphic Design and art in an era where artists have acquired a new graphic culture and Graphic Designers a new artistic ambition.

          The thematic exchanges nourished by theoretical, artistic, and graphic references taken from recent and contemporary history are punctuated by thoughts from Mathias Augustinyak, based on his experiences with designing posters for artists, artist posters, artistic posters, and the art of the poster.

Authors: Thierry Chancogne, Jérôme Dupeyrat, Mathias Augustyniak
Feat John Baldessari, Richard Hamilton, Jenny Holzer, Allan Kaprow, Christophe Lemaitre, M/M (Paris), Michael Riedel, Sturtevant