Princeton-professor Yve-Alain Bois in conversation with gta Heads of Exhibitions Fredi Fischli and Niels Olsen

Yve-Alain Bois, starting at a very young age, published French articles on Lygia Clark such as “Lygia, l’art hors des enceintes” (art outside the system), f.e. in March 1969 for the newspaper Réforme. Bois asked there “saura-t’elle mettre l’art dans la rue?”, that is: will she be able to bring art to the streets?” Clark lived in Paris at the time where she stayed until 1976, a period full of disruptive but important social reforms. In this episode, Bois tells us about his personal encounter with the visionary artist, how she was involved in writing for the cultural magazine Robho edited by Bois‘ close friend Jean Clay, or also the rather ignorant attitude of the establishment towards contemporary art at the time.

ausstellungen.gta.arch.ethz.ch/en / www.ias.edu/scholars/bois / https://mitpress.mit.edu/9781949484083/an-oblique-autobiography / www.kunsthaus.ch