{"node_view":"\u003Carticle class=\u0022node\u0022\u003E\n  \u003Ch1 class=\u0022node-title\u0022\u003EContesting Art History\u003C\/h1\u003E\n\n  \n          \u003Csection class=\u0022field field-name-field-description field-type-textauthor field-label-above\u0022\u003E\n    \t\u003Cdiv class=\u0022field-label\u0022\u003EDescription\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n        \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field-item even \u0022\u003E\u003Carticle class=\u0022filtred_html\u0022\u003EI tried to introduce in Catherine Macchi\u2019s art history class for adults a certain distance and a critical opinion of art history as our society has elaborated it. I tried to re-qualify  adults that were being treated like children, or to keep in check an adult talking to other adults as if they were children supposed to adopt the dogma faithfully.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDuring class I passed around a 12th century document to compare it with Matisse\u2019s \u201cDance\u201d.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn the studios of the EMAP (City School for the Visual Arts), a student posing nude in a corner, a still life, a landscape, a sculpture, a cutout or even an empty canvas, will always interest someone, who will wonder who did that, and say whether he or she likes it or not etc. But an unannounced anonymous performance goes totally unnoticed no matter how many people are present.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis action is similar to another action performed during a group visit by Catherine Macchi at the Villa Arson. I signed a circle of light coming from outside, that was making a perfect hole in Mark Lewis\u0027s work \u003Cem\u003EChamps d\u2019\u00e9oliennes (Field of Wind Turbines\u003C\/em\u003E) shown on a big screen. I stuck a small label \u201cHerv\u00e9 Courtain light circle on December 9, 2001 at 3:23 PM\u201d in front of the group and Catherine Macchi, who saw in this only the whim of an opportunistic spirit. The label remained several months after the end of Mark Lewis\u0027s exhibition.(Appropriation \u2013 restitution)\u003C\/article\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n        \u003C\/section\u003E\n      \n    \u003Csection class=\u0022field field-name-field-concepteur field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above field-personne\u0022\u003E\n  \t\u003Cdiv class=\u0022field-label\u0022\u003ECreator\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n  \t  \n\n              \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field-item even \u0022\u003EHerv\u00e9 Courtain\u003C\/div\u003E\n        \n\n    \t  \u003C\/section\u003E\n  \n    \u003Csection class=\u0022field field-name-field-executant field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above field-personne\u0022\u003E\n  \t\u003Cdiv class=\u0022field-label\u0022\u003EPerformer\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n  \t  \n\n              \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field-item even \u0022\u003EHerv\u00e9 Courtain\u003C\/div\u003E\n        \n\n    \t  \u003C\/section\u003E\n  \n    \u003Csection class=\u0022field field-name-field-organisateur field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above field-personne\u0022\u003E\n  \t\u003Cdiv class=\u0022field-label\u0022\u003EProducer\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n  \t  \n\n              \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field-item even \u0022\u003EHerv\u00e9 Courtain\u003C\/div\u003E\n        \n\n    \t  \u003C\/section\u003E\n  \n\n    \t\u003Carticle class=\u0022node-effectuation\u0022\u003E\n  \u003Ch1 class=\u0022effectuation-title\u0022\u003E\u003C\/h1\u003E\n\n  \n    \u003Csection class=\u0022field field-name-field-topologie field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above\u0022\u003E\n  \t\u003Cdiv class=\u0022field-label\u0022\u003ETopology\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n  \t  \n\n              \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field-item even \u0022\u003Eadministration\/hospital\/community center\/school\/university\u003C\/div\u003E\n        \n\n    \t  \u003C\/section\u003E\n  \n    \u003Csection class=\u0022field field-name-field-lieu field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above\u0022\u003E\n  \t\u003Cdiv class=\u0022field-label\u0022\u003EPlaces\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n  \t  \n\n              \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field-item even \u0022\u003EEMAP-Villa Serge\u003C\/div\u003E\n        \n\n    \t  \u003C\/section\u003E\n  \n\n    \u003Csection class=\u0022field field-name-field-date-de-debut field-type-text field-label-above\u0022\u003E\n  \t\u003Cdiv class=\u0022field-label\u0022\u003EStarting date\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n  \t  \n\n              \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field-item even \u0022\u003E2002\u003C\/div\u003E\n        \n\n    \t  \u003C\/section\u003E\n  \n\n    \u003Csection class=\u0022field field-name-field-address field-type-addressfield field-label-above\u0022\u003E\n  \t\u003Cdiv class=\u0022field-label\u0022\u003EAdress\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n  \t  \n\n              \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field-item even \u0022\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022street-block\u0022\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022thoroughfare\u0022\u003E32 avenue Malaussena\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022addressfield-container-inline locality-block country-FR\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022locality\u0022\u003ENice\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022country\u0022\u003EFrance\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n        \n\n    \t  \u003C\/section\u003E\n  \n    \u003Csection class=\u0022field field-name-field-contexte field-type-text-long field-label-above\u0022\u003E\n  \t\u003Cdiv class=\u0022field-label\u0022\u003EBackground\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n  \t  \n\n              \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field-item even \u0022\u003ECatherine Macchi\u2019s studio, art history\u003C\/div\u003E\n        \n\n    \t  \u003C\/section\u003E\n  \n\u003C\/article\u003E  \n\n    \u003Csection class=\u0022field field-name-field-site-internet field-type-link-field field-label-above\u0022\u003E\n  \t\u003Cdiv class=\u0022field-label\u0022\u003EWebsite\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n  \t  \n\n              \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field-item even \u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/courtain.herve.free.fr\/index.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/courtain.herve.free.fr\/index.html\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n        \n\n    \t  \u003C\/section\u003E\n  \n\n    \t\u003Carticle class=\u0022node-document\u0022\u003E\n  \n      \u003Cfigure style=\u0022width:300px;height:225px;\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg class=\u0022image grid_small\u0022 path=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/grid_small\/public\/images-documents\/COUR2002_HIST_COUR_MIXT_01.jpg\u0022 src=\u0022http:\/\/dev.performance-art.fr\/\u0022 width=\u0022100\u0022 height=\u002275\u0022 alt=\u0022double page du cahier \u00ab Travaux pratique N\u00b0 2 \u00bb avec notes manuscrites, photocopie de \u0026quot;La Danse\u0026quot; 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