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7/10/2003

Fiac 2003

Expo - Hall 4, Paris

FALL'S LEADING INTERNATIONAL MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR , OCTOBER 9 - 13, 2003

CITYWIDE CELEBRATION IN PARIS TO MARK FIAC's 30TH ANNIVERSARY

175 World-Renowned Galleries from 22 Countries to Exhibit Works on View by Nearly 1,000 Artists of the 20th and 21st Centuries 70,000 International Collectors, Art Professionals, Journalists and Visitors to Attend

This October, one of the world's most important modern and contemporary art fairs will celebrate its 30th anniversary. The Foire Internationale d'Art Contemporain (FIAC) will be held from October 9 through 13 at the Porte de Versailles, while celebrations throughout Paris will commemorate FIAC's 30-year history of discovering and exhibiting first-rate modern and contemporary art. What began 30 years ago as a gathering of 80 dealers in the old Bastille train station with 9,000 attendees has grown to become one of the most important events on the international art calendar. FIAC 2003 will welcome 70,000 visitors, including collectors, curators, museum professionals and journalists, providing them with an international perspective on the world's best modern and contemporary art. With 175 exhibiting galleries based in 22 countries, FIAC 2003 will include museum-quality modern, contemporary and cutting-edge art in every medium - from paintings, sculpture and works on paper, to photography, video and installation - by nearly 1,000 artists.

The fair will be divided into five sections: Solo Shows; Group Shows; and Editions; as well as the critically-acclaimed Perspectives and Video Cube sections. The Editions section offers prints, photographs and editioned sculpture, providing visitors to the fair with more affordable buying opportunities. Perspectives is FIAC's annual exhibition of emerging artists, represented this year by 18 cutting-edge galleries. The Video Cube, launched at FIAC in 2001, displays works by nine video artists selected by a jury of international art professionals in a 4,000 square-foot space at the center of the fair.

SPECIAL EVENTS AND PROGRAMS AT FIAC 2003
FIAC 2003 will feature a number of events and programs celebrating FIAC's 30th year, including:

x{2022} Special '30 Years of FIAC' exhibitions, performances, installations, and projects by participating galleries
x{2022} 30th Anniversary Party attended by artists, celebrities, and business & government leaders
x{2022} An exclusive soirée at Maxim's to celebrate FIAC's 30th birthday, featuring a special performance of Le Dancing by David Rosenberg, with dancers Florence Augendre, Foofwa d'immobilité, Luc Favrou and Lisa Rosenberg
x{2022} Bal Jaune Soirée, a festive event planned, decorated, and run by top contemporary artists organized by Ricard S.A. and Beaux Arts Magazine
x{2022} 33 solo exhibitions, including shows from modern artists (Jean Arp, Roberto Matta, Victor Brauner) and contemporary artists (Thomas Ruff, Yayoi Kusama, and Erwin Olaf), as well as 18 thematic exhibitions

VIP Collectors Program
FIAC's signature program for international collectors, Parcours Privé will offer VIP guests a privileged view of the dynamic French art scene with a series of special tours and events including behind-the-scenes museum visits, and advance exhibition previews. New to Parcours Privé this year, Art Taste is a series of gourmet food and wine tastings sponsored by Nicolas Feuillatte Champagnes, Kaspia Caviar, Illy Café and Richart, the chocolate designer who has created a new treat for FIAC's 30th birthday.
Café des Arts: Panel Discussions and Talks
To underscore its commitment to artists, FIAC's Café des Arts will offer over a dozen panel discussions and talks on the single theme, The Artist's Word, featuring key players from art institutions and the media. Among the topics will be: Art in the City led by Laurence Bossé and Hans Ulrich Obrist, and Chinese Artists and Globalization led by Jérôme Sans.

October in Paris
This fall, Paris will offer FIAC visitors rare opportunities to see masterpieces of modern and contemporary art. In addition to the fair, there will be a variety of notable exhibitions on view in Parisian museums. Highlights include: Alors la Chine ?, Jean Cocteau and Roni Horn at the Centre Georges Pompidou; Chen Zhen at Palais de Tokyo; Edouard Vuillard and Gauguin in Tahiti at the Grand-Palais; Jean-Michel Basquiat at the Musée Maillol.

The Year of China in France
This year's FIAC is marked by a strong presence of Chinese art in response to 'The Year of China in France,' a cultural exchange that will run from October 2003 through July 2004. FIAC 2003 will offer an unparalleled opportunity to discover contemporary Chinese art, both in galleries from China and in European and American galleries exhibiting work by Chinese artists.

Exhibiting countries
FIAC 2003 demonstrates both cultural and geographical diversity, with more than half of the exhibiting galleries from outside France. This year's galleries come from 22 countries in Western and Eastern Europe, North and South America, Asia, and the Middle East. This year FIAC 2003 welcomes galleries from five new countries: Cuba, Canada, Luxembourg, Japan, and Portugal. Almost 30 percent of the galleries at FIAC 2003 are first-time exhibitors.

PERSPECTIVES
Created in 1996, Perspectives takes the pulse of the hottest trends in the art world today. With the support of the Espace Paul Ricard, this year's Perspectives will show work by nearly 60 emerging international artists from 18 galleries. With 11 of the galleries participating for the first time, the selection for 2003 is marked by its geographic diversity with galleries from 13 countries on four continents (Europe, Asia, Africa, and America).

VIDEO CUBE
This year marks the third annual presentation of FIAC's Video Cube, a 4,000 square-foot installation of new or recent video works by nine artists from around the world. Selected by a professional jury, each video is screened continuously at the fair in an individual booth. The artists on view will be Pierre Huyghe (Roger Pailhas, Marseille), last year's winner of the prestigious Hugo Boss prize awarded by the Guggenheim Museum; French-born, Brooklyn-based artist Stephen Dean (Xippas, Paris), whose video Pulse was exhibited in the 2002 Whitney Biennial; Olga Kisseleva (Quang, Paris); Yang Fudong (ShanghArt, Shanghai); Mark Lewis (Cent 8, Paris); Tania Mouraud (Rabouan Moussion, Paris); Joao Onofre (I-20, New York); Jun Nguyen Hastushiba (Mizuma Art, Tokyo); and Sven Pahlsson (Spencer Brownstone, New York). During the fair, a panel of curators, critics and key members of the art community will award a special FIAC prize of 5,000 euro to the most compelling new video work. Previous winners were Wan Janwei in 2001 and Sebastian Diaz Morales in 2002.

What:
FIAC 2003 - 30th annual Foire Internationale d'Art Contemporain

When:
Open to the public from Thursday, October 9 - Monday, October 13, 2003 Preview for media/art professionals, Wednesday, October 8, 2.p.m. to 10 p.m.

Hours:
Thursday, October 9: 12 noon to 10 p.m
Friday, October 10: 12 noon to 8 p.m
Saturday, October 11 and Sunday, October 12: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Monday, October 13: 12 noon to 6 p.m.

Organization:
Reed Expositions France
11 rue du Colonel Pierre Avia, BP 571 - 75726 Paris Cedex 15
Tel:33 (0) 1 41 90 47 80 Fax: 33 (0) 1 41 90 47 89

Where:
Hall 4, Paris Expo, Porte de Versailles

Access:
Metro: Line 12, station : Porte de Versailles
Line 8, station: Balard
Bus: Routes PC, 39 and 49
Parking: Porte de Versailles

Public information
33 (0) 1 41 90 47 80

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