Dust Specks On The Sea

In 1964, French President Charles de Gaulle visited Martinique, Guadeloupe, and French Guiana on an official state visit. Flying in an airplane over the Caribbean Sea, de Gaulle described the islands as “dust specks on the sea”. De Gaulle’s famous quote evokes the almost otherworldly mystery of an aerial view of the Caribbean

archipelago, while at the same time revealing a deepseated hierarchical perspective of the region stemming from France’s history as a powerful colonizing force in the Caribbean.

Dust Specks On The Sea presents various approaches to subject matter, sculptural materials, and processes that speak to contemporary art making by artists of this region, evincing their participation in an expanding, globalized artworld and putting pressure on notions of who is at its “center” and who is on its “periphery”. The medium-specific, sculpturebased exhibition presents artwork in a distinctive, integrated way, evoking a network of ideas around heritage, history, identity, community, and politics.

La Ferme du Buisson

Centre for Contemporary Art

allée de la Ferme

77186 Noisiel

France

Opening hours

from wednesday to friday

2:00 pm – 6:00 pm

saturday and sunday

2:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Admission

free

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Note: All information as per press release.