Mircea Canto - Centre Pompidou (Bilingual catalogue)

At once poetic, minimal, and metaphysical, Mircea Cantor’s works – be they videos, photographs, drawings, sculptures or installations – have made the artist quite a figure in the new geography of contemporary art.

The artist brings myths, elements from various ancient cultures, into play, without indulging into nostalgia, but paying attention rather to the enduring signs of the past in the present.

For Espace 315, Mircea Cantor has chosen to present four pieces, the last two of which were conceived specifically for this exhibition: Sic Transit Gloria Mundi, 2012; Epic Fountain, 2012; Dont’ judge, Filter, shoot, 2012; Wind orchestra, 2012.