'' Parable of the three circles | A history of performance art on the Riviera from 1951 until now

Parable of the three circles

Nael, opéra pictural
Series: 
Restructurations spatiales
Creator: 
Noël Dolla
Performer: 
Noël Dolla
Occurence: 

Parabole des trois cercles

Service cinéma vidéo de la Ville de Nice
Synopsis / Description: 
film monté de la performance
Performances: 
Parable of the three circles
Documents: 

carton d'invitation

Type: 
Imprimé
Technique description référence: 
carton d'invitation
DOLLA_
Noël Dolla | trace de la performance "Parabole des trois cercles", 1983 | © DR | courtesy de l'artiste
Description: 
This action is a mixture of visual arts and opera. It unfolds in three acts entitled: First Circle, Second Circle and Third Circle. Noël Dolla appears in the center of an arcade, framed by one of his paintings, his body dressed in the colors of the four races (red, yellow, black and white). He walks down into the arena to perform a series of actions during which he uses various materials and objects to paint, mostly on the ground, such as colored salt, chalk, a paintbrush or a barbell. These pictorial actions break away from the traditional frontal position of the artist facing his painting.
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