MARIANNA KENNEDY
SUPERSONIC MEDIAEVAL
PLVR PRESENTS AN EXHIBITION CURATED BY
TILDA SWINTON
CHRISTIE’S FRANCE, 9 AVENUE MATIGNON, GALLERIES
FROM MAY 5 – 11, 2025.
THE EXHIBITION IS BOTH A SMALL RETROSPECTIVE AND A PERSONAL HOMAGE BY TILDA WHO AS CURATOR DRAWS ON HER PARTICULAR VIEWPOINT AND UNDERSTANDING TO ASSEMBLE A SELECTION OF ARTEFACTS FROM MARIANNA’S STUDIO AND HOME, RANGING FROM A CONSOLE DATED 2024 TO HER MOST RECENT WORKS.
THIS FORM OF CREATIVE CURATORSHIP ENABLES A FRESH VIEW OF AN ARTIST’S OEUVRE, AS FOR INSTANCE IN WES ANDERSON’S ‘SPITZMAUS MUMMY IN A COFFIN AND OTHER TREASURES’ AT THE KUNSTHISTORISCHE MUSEUM IN VIENNA IN 2018 OR THE AR TIST VACLAV POZAREK’S UPCOMING RETROSPECTIVE OF DIEGO GIACOMETTI AT THE BÜNDNER KUNSTMUSEUM IN CHUR, SWITZERLAND.
FOR THE MAIN ROOM AT CHRISTIE’S AVENUE MATIGNON, TILDA HAS CONCEIVED TWO SMALL STAGE SETS, A CHOREOGRAPHED MISE-EN-SCÈNE OF MARIANNA’S SPITALFIELDS WORLD. BEHIND THIS LIES ANOTHER SMALLER SPACE – A ‘FUNDUS’ OR PROPS ROOM – WHERE A COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST’S WORK AWAITS USE BY THE REQUISITEUR FOR THE NEXT SET DESIGN.
