Ragazzo
(2002) 2:42 min.
A bucolic backdrop lends a stark contrast to a startling masked figure, that of Carlo Giuliani, activist killed during the demonstrations in Genoa, Italy in July of 2001. The artist moves to and fro in the foreground, attempting to make a photographic portrait of Giuliani. Space is defined – literally – by the artist’s position to the subject, and figuratively by the position of the viewers to the potent historical image of Giuliani.

4'33'' (AMOR)
(2007) 4:33 min.
Proportion and spectacle create a deafening tension in Ganne’s 4’33”(AMOR). Attention is diverted from the action on the playing field during a soccer match and shifted instead to the growing frenzy of the spectators.

4'33'' (PORN)
(2007) 4:33 min.
A blurred and pixilated image of a woman moving in and out of the frame, she stares at an unknown source, swaying to and fro seductively.

4'33'' (WORK)
(2007) 4:33 min.
A seemingly useless action brings into focus the surrounding context.

JEAN-BAPTISTE GANNE

Born in 1972, France, Jean-Baptiste Ganne lives and works in Nice. He studied at Villa Arson, Nice and was a resident artist at Rijksakademie in Amsterdam in 2003-2004 and in Villa Medici in Rome until April 2007. With various modes of expression as photography, writing, performances, video and installations, the activities of Jean-Baptiste Ganne are articulated around the “representation of politics and the politic of representations” He illustrated Marx’s Capital chapter by chapter (The Illustrated Capital, 1998-2003), he has been on strike (cooking) for six days during open studios in Rijksakademie (The Cookist, 2003) or decided to spread out his production budget converted to ten cents coins in Rome (Senza Titolo (All that Glitters is Gold), 2007). He exhibited with WHW in Zagreb (2001) published with Fotohof in Salzburg (2003), showed at Ellen de Bruijne Project in Amsterdam (2005 and 2006) and conceived ‘El albergue holandès’ at La Station in Nice (2006) as well as participating in many internationally renowned exhibitions.

Solo shows

2006                       

El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha & Pierre Menard, autor del Quijote,

M4 gastatelier & Agentur, Amsterdam, NL.

2003                       

Das Illustrierte Kapital, Fotohof, Salzburg, A. (publication)
Villa Arson, Nice, F. (publication)

2001                       

Le Capital Illustré, Galerie Le Lieu, Lorient, F.

2000                       

Le Capital Illustré, Galerie Françoise Vigna, Nice, F. (publication)

1998                       

Tango potencìal,  Nice Fine Arts, Nice, F. (Èdition CD)

Selected Group Shows:

2007                       

World Factory, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, USA.

2006                       

L’égosystème, La Station, Le Confort Moderne, Poitiers, F.
Che Fare ? Notte Bianca, Villa Medici, Roma, I.
What A Finger Is To The Moon, Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam, NL.
El albergue holandès, La Station, Nice, F. (publication)
Caravane d’artistes, Centre Soleil d’Afrique, Bamako, Mali.

2005                       

Social Scupture, Ellen De Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam, NL.
                        Just Duet / Duo Juste  (Ganne / Larson ), Galerie de l’ERBA, Rouen, F.
Invisible Script, W139, Amsterdam, NL.
Fleurs de Ganne et Araki,  Galerie Hitomi Bushi d’eau, Paris, F.

2004                        

Fabbrica dell'immagine, Villa Medici, Roma, I. (publication)
Open Ateliers, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, NL.
2003                        

Livres, Imprimés et Maquettes, BNF Richelieu, Paris, F.
                       Open Ateliers, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, NL.

2002                      Politics,  Impakt Festival (diffusion vidéo), Utrecht, NL.
                        I am sure I have seen that somewhere before, M21, Langenlois, A.

2001                       

Collective Jukebox 3.1, Moving Sound Instalation.                                                                                    Provisoirement / Provizorno, Art Radonica Lazareti,  Dubrovnik,  Cr.
                        Centre Régional d’Art Contemporain, Sète, F. (publication)
                        Höchsteistung, Shed im Eisenwerk, Frauenfeld, CH.
                        What, How and For Whom ?, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Wien, A. (publication)

2000                       

Main Basse, Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain, Nice, F (publication)
                        Espace Lausannois d’Art Contemporain, Lausanne, CH.
                        Sto, Kako y za Koga?, Dom-HDLU, Zagreb, Cr.
                        Les dames de la côte, C-Art Gallery, Dornbirn, A..
                        Ateliers Boissons, Marseille, F. (publication)

1999                       

Clin d’œil, Fotohof, Salzburg, A..
                        Drive in, La Station, Parking de l’archet, Nice, F. (publication)

1998                       

Pas d’orchidées pour Miss Blandish, Galerie F. Vigna,  Nice, F.
                        La dolce vista, Galerie Neon, Bologna, I.

Formation:

Ecole Nationale de la Photographie, Arles, 1992 / 1995; Villa Arson, Nice 1995 / 1997.                       

Grants and residencies:

Aide à la Création, DRAC PACA, 1999; Post-diplôme, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Marseille, 2000; Bourse du CNAP, Aide à la première exposition, 2000; Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, with the help of AFAA and DAP, Amsterdam, 2003 / 2004; Académie de France à Rome, Villa Medici, April 06 / April 07.