Claire Astier

Claire Astier is interested in the forms of the common, its variations through time, analyzing the iterations of a recurring question in art: what presence is required of the collective, under what conditions can it be operating in the social and political space today? She is interested in the modalities of production as well as the forms of appearance of the works. Through her research, she addresses the limits of the work and its modes of appearance, collaboration and collective as a process creation and the deconstruction of the demonstration space. In this context, she observes the plastic responses that artists oppose to the widespread automation and pre-scripted spaces and wants her role as a curator to evolve in response to this situation. It is particularly narratives protocols and the idea of change and lability of spaces, works and status that is of interest to her, the fluctuations of ideas throughout history, and how subjects and societies are trying to situate themselves in a historical continuum.

Biography

A graduate in political anthropology before enrolling at the École du Magasin of Grenoble, Claire Astier built her career in the fields of contemporary art self-taught, working with artists, curators and directors of institutions. Without neglecting public institutions and museums, she is particularly involved in centres dedicated to emerging talent and the support and guidance of young artists. Claire Astier is based in Marseille, where she works as an independent curator and art critic.

Recent exhibitions

2015	The Upturn Show #1 Avec Sarah Bahr, Lauren Tortil, Thomas Malenfant, Katia Morel, Jean-Julien Ney Galerie des projets, Lyon Nature Ordonnée#1 - Les Palais, Luce Moreau Accompagnement de la première étape de production du projet The Upturn Show #2 - The talking Room Avec Lauren Tortil, Katia Morel, Jean-Julien Ney Galerie des projets, Lyon
2014	From 199C to 199D, Liam Gillick with Session 23 Co-curating with Paola Bonino, Giulia Bortoluzzi, Selma Boskailo, Neringa Bumbliene, Anna Tomczak Artists : Liam Gillick, Philippe Parreno, Gabriel Kuri, Charles Arsène-Henry, Dominique Blais, Maro Cecotto, Michael Fesca and Anna Bromley, Ugnius Gelguda, Ibro Hasanovic, Anne-Lise Le Gac, Mladen Miljanovic, Ceel Mogami de Haas, Michele Spanghero, Andrius Svilys. MAGASIN – Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Grenoble (France)  Smells like team spirit Writing and editing of the film with Camille Trapier Interviews conducted as part of Session 23 de l'Ecole du Magasin Film and Research based on interviews (the exhibition formats and the notion of authorship in the 90s) with Angela Bulloch, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Pierre Huyghe, Stéphanie Moisdon, Esther Shipper, Eric Troncy, Douglas Gordon, Pierre Joseph, Nicolas Bourriaud, Florence Bonnefous, Barbara Steiner, Benoît Maire, Philippe Perrin, Helmut Draxler, Yves Aupetitallot. Whatever Happens, It Has All Been Worth It Joint Programming with Giulia Bortoluzzi Artists : Barbara Loden, Morgan Dews, Georges Perec, Bernard Queysanne.  Ecole Supérieure d'Art et de Design, Grenoble, Valence (France)
2013	Je préfère être dérangé, Collection Bruno Henry Co-curating with Paola Bonino, Giulia Bortoluzzi, Selma Boskailo, Neringa Bumbliene, Anna Tomczak Artists : Robert Combas, Richard Fauguet, Vincent Gontier, Raphaël Haie, Matthieu Manche, Mathieu Mercier, Anita Molinero, Richard Monnier, Philippe Parreno, Laurent Perbos, Isabelle Crespo Rochas et Stéphane Billot, Raphaël Zarka.  Ecole Supérieure d'Art et de Design, Grenoble, Valence (France)