Texts by Nicolas Couturieux, curator and producer, Stéphanie Lemoine, art historian and journalist, Susana Gállego, senior curator and director of the Musée des Beaux Arts de Nancy and Guillaume Laserre, independent art critic and exhibition curator.
Designed by
Solo.
We want to publish Aryz's second book called PUGNA. This book collects the main body of work produced in the studio from 2016-2019.
"I'm trying to raise funds to publish the book of what I consider my biggest project till date. In 2019 I had the chance to prepare three big exhibitions in France, under the overall name of ‘Pugna´, which means opposition, rivalry between peoples, nations, parties or groups, especially of ideological type.
It all started with an installation at Rouen's St. Eloi, a 16th century temple, followed by a show that took place at Hangar107 also in Rouen. The second show was in Paris organized by Nicolas Couturieux, and a last one happened at the incredible Beaux Arts museum of Nancy. This book compiles all the works that were shown in these three spaces, as well as some extra that weren't exhibited. Besides pictures of the works, the book collects images of the exhibition spaces, of the installation from St. Eloi and some process pictures and sketches of some of the pieces. The book will have introductory texts by Nicolas Couturieux & Stephanie Lemoine, together with some deeper texts by the art critic Guillaume Laserre and Nancy's Beaux Arts museum director, Susana Gallego Cuesta.
For the design, I have partnered again with
Solo, that they will make of this book a piece of art by itself.
Due to the current situation, I’ve tried that even contributing with a little, you get something worth it as an exchange. All the rewards are/will be carefully produced in Barcelona, which makes it easier for us to keep an eye on the process.
...I hope you like the project and thanks in advance for your support !”