Thu-Van Tran and Joël Andrianomearisoa in the 18th Lyon Biennale

Almine Rech is pleased to announce that artists Thu-Van Tran and Joël Andrianomearisoa have been selected to participate in the 18th Lyon Biennale 'Passer d’un rêve à l’autre / To pass from one dream to another'.

Taking Robert Filliou’s Principles of Poetic Economy (1976) as a point of reference, the biennale explores how artistic practices engage with economic life through labour, exchange and care, as well as through the ways value is produced and understood. Developed across several emblematic sites in Lyon, the exhibition is shaped by the city’s long history as a centre of trade, industry and finance. Contemporary works are shown alongside historical artworks, archival materials and objects, creating a set of encounters that situate artistic practice within broader political, social and material conditions and propose a reconsideration of how economies are imagined.

"It’s impossible to ignore: thinking about social and political change rarely gets very far without attention to economic relations. Inspired by artist-economist Robert Filliou’s reflections on how economies are imagined and organised, this edition of the biennale surveys practices that examine established forms of exchange and cooperation and consider how they might be otherwise. In a city renowned for its commercial and industrial influence, it asks how art can make visible the assumptions that underpin economic life and open them to negotiation."
— Catherine Nichols, guest curator