ART(ist)

ART(ist) #7

Benjamin Loyauté

In 2018, Rubis Mécénat invited Benjamin Loyauté to present, for his first solo exhibition in France, the latest chapter of his work-in-progress, Experiencing the ordinary. With this exhibition, presented at the Palais de la Porte Dorée, Paris, and inaugurated for Nuit Blanche, the artist pursues his meditation on the magic of the ordinary and the importance of the intangible heritage in our societies, through a work that intertwines film, installation, sculpture and performance.

In the continuation of the exhibition, Rubis Mécénat supported Benjamin Loyauté’s newest book What Have You Found Out So Far?, published by Dilecta in September 2019, an epic and evolving story to be shared which decrypts the artist ‘s multifaceted work through daily life, magical objects and animism, which allow us to connect with our individual and collective history.

Benjamin Loyauté

Benjamin Loyauté is a French artist and design critic. In 2015 he designed the Hypervital exhibition as general curator of the Saint Etienne Design Biennial.

A former researcher and curator, he has taken part in a number of international events: Design contre Design, Grand Palais, Paris; Biennale internationale du design, musée des arts modernes et contemporains, Saint-Étienne; National Museum of China, International Design Triennial, Beijing; Power Station of Art, Shanghai; MAD Paris and Brussels; Design Basel, Miami.

Benjamin Loyauté has also been a guest lecturer (Geneva University of Art and Design; Tsinghua University, Beijing, etc.) and has published numerous essays, including After Design (2010), Old is Back (2009), Reasemotion (2011), The Aesthetic Consciousness (2015), and others. In 2012 and 2013, he was a member of the Design Miami Basel jury for the Designers of the Future prize. He was also a jury member for the Design Intelligence Award.