Anna Blessmann selected exhibitions and projects
![Happy Endings Bar 2010 Neon, wood, metal, perspex, MDF, fabric, glass, paper and paint Dimension variable In collaboration with Peter Saville Installation view FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims (30 September 2010 – 2 January 2011)](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/61ea582172cc93031be63a75dd46ea4c13236d69d25a7687ece7ff58b688d3e7/Swing-Project_01.jpg)
![Happy Endings Bar 2010 Neon, wood, metal, perspex, MDF, fabric, glass, paper and paint Dimension variable In collaboration with Peter Saville Installation view FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims (30 September 2010 – 2 January 2011)](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7bc52abec0367151ca50c7d2f7f77679980c6d273ebd1e4726bd4e9958662603/Swing-Project_02.jpg)
![Happy Endings Bar 2010 Neon, wood, metal, perspex, MDF, fabric, glass, paper and paint Dimension variable In collaboration with Peter Saville Installation view FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims (30 September 2010 – 2 January 2011)](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1d2c89f154fe5ad4c2c9c9378955a66e37baf696fc3c404073f905b844df13ef/Swing-Project_03.jpg)
![2 Tiered Box 2010 Wood, MDF, blue velvet, perspex mirror, UV light and paint 217 × 217 × 360 cm In collaboration with Peter Saville Installation view FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims (30 September 2010 – 2 January 2011)](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/65ea6346a9663f230449ce873ec1766a8b237359f5607fff85193c2c39a8a9cc/Swing-Project_04.jpg)
![2 Tiered Box 2010 Wood, MDF, blue velvet, perspex mirror, UV light and paint 217 × 217 × 360 cm In collaboration with Peter Saville FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims (30 September 2010 – 2 January 2011)](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e7ae77a5466a6b7f46c1bbb6ed4e52f429d0c90700987f9aa1df52611d794790/Swing-Project_06.jpg)
![2 Tiered Box 2010 Wood, MDF, blue velvet, perspex mirror, UV light and paint 217 × 217 × 360 cm In collaboration with Peter Saville FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims (30 September 2010 – 2 January 2011)](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eaa67264c27614da134017ebb9692c2ff92d3a0c4dde32229bd60a8d89400af5/Swing-Project_05.jpg)
![Strap in Mirror Corner 2010 Latex, perspex, leather, metal, wood, MDF and paint 170 × 170 × 210 cm In collaboration with Peter Saville Installation view FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims (30 September 2010 – 2 January 2011)](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/10526e2e7942c2ccccd04899b78f4748e5ed23744379f7dda029fc6b8f252164/Swing-Project_07.jpg)
![Strap in Mirror Corner 2010 Latex, perspex, leather, metal, wood, MDF and paint 170 × 170 × 210 cm In collaboration with Peter Saville FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims (30 September 2010 – 2 January 2011)](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/788a13f390e668777c5551c745167eedbb8f22e7104aef5d74758609898551d5/Swing-Project_08.jpg)
![Purple Box 2010 Perspex, wood, MDF, fluorescent tubes, fabric and scent 220 × 220 × 370 cm In collaboration with Peter Saville Installation view FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims (30 September 2010 – 2 January 2011)](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8449512f678f06d86fb82ec7e1ce5eed9c7e019b98777640ce8b97ca7a15b752/Swing-Project_09.jpg)
![Purple Box 2010 Perspex, wood, MDF, fluorescent tubes, fabric and scent 220 × 220 × 370 cm In collaboration with Peter Saville Installation view FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims (30 September 2010 – 2 January 2011)](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ef1315f587db60e6fe4f96c5a125cd7a95bb57e8e693d3ccab9e4458cede6808/Swing-Project_10.jpg)
![Purple Box 2010 Perspex, wood, MDF, fluorescent tubes, fabric and scent 220 × 220 × 370 cm In collaboration with Peter Saville FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims (30 September 2010 – 2 January 2011)](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/86e0175eabfa34363c3fd02ddf4f6ceaa2bc5f141855fe943e7d6f8931c64057/Swing-Project_11.jpg)
![Original Soundtrack by Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert for Swing Project 1 Tracks: Inside and Outside 12-inch vinyl plus additional mix CD featuring Factory Floor Limited edition of 500](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f4fa16965a79aaa621da56bc72704b585739c67f9d9c113f7e950865006f5a37/Swing-Project_12.jpg)
![Swing Project 1 2009 Acrylic on printed paper 30 × 42 cm](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/172201cbb9e0f0261983fb8766f928b580c7dc6b2132f7a138168feadb4a86da/Swing-Project_13.jpg)
![Purple Box 2009 Felt pen on coloured cardboard 21 × 30 cm](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aed30f9430b39635ee63571da38668ab682d2f3a7c6cb244734154b705451422/Swing-Project_14_full.jpg)
![Purple Box 2009 3D Rendering](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/029e088c23407acb47bd09f4ed32e20f4119b184352d0e2d14eca65599ec5afe/Swing-Project_15.jpg)
![Swing Project 1 2009 Felt pen on cardboard 21 × 30 cm](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3a1af94be2a504e5ec31af500003898d535e2a5131f77fc963558656bd663801/Swing-Project_16_full.jpg)
![Two Tiered Box 2009 Acrylic on printed paper 15 × 21 cm](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b4bce445f4c4b43d0d733919d9d74bc5d64790576a91bf575f8efac4b27891d9/Swing-Project_17.jpg)
![Strap-in-Mirror Corner 2009 Mirror card and acrylic on paper 30 × 42 cm](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/908eb85eb82682e68c736323a978bc4b4c9a88e57421701097eccd90dd81c2b2/Swing-Project_18_crop.jpg)
The starting point for the Anna+Peter collaboration is the observation that contemporary art,
in a world where all artistic disciplines are now inextricably linked, should, from now on,
be addressed as a philosophy of society rather than in relation to the idea of form itself.
It is not through the object but rather through the exchange that we can experience today’s
world. Indeed, the work developed by Anna Blessmann and Peter Saville has moved very close
to conceptual art, abandoning the creation of forms to rearrange and re-evaluate cultural
contexts and positions.
Florence Derieux
in a world where all artistic disciplines are now inextricably linked, should, from now on,
be addressed as a philosophy of society rather than in relation to the idea of form itself.
It is not through the object but rather through the exchange that we can experience today’s
world. Indeed, the work developed by Anna Blessmann and Peter Saville has moved very close
to conceptual art, abandoning the creation of forms to rearrange and re-evaluate cultural
contexts and positions.
Florence Derieux
![Purple Box 2010 Expérience Pommery #11 Installation view (group show) Une Odyssé: les 30ans du Frac-Champagne-Ardenne, Reims (15 November 2013 – 20 June 2014)](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a666e29f6aace1e3c44f8eaffd27d97952a56b54bded02141518f2b944cf3f70/Swing-Project_19.jpg)
![Happy Endings Bar 2010 Dimentions variable Installation view (group show) Expérience Pommery #11 Installation view (group show) Une Odyssé: les 30ans du Frac-Champagne-Ardenne, Reims (15 November 2013 – 20 June 2014)](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/461dda3445ea7687f0548ceec060cabdaad4ab94ab5d7fe99f47c311e18dc200/Swing-Project_20.jpg)
For the celebration of its 30th anniversary the permanent collection of FRAC Champagne-Adenne will be on display, above and underground, in three different spaces and previously unseen areas of the absolutely spectacular Pommery Estate. The show, curated by Florence Derieux, begins in the reception area with the neon scenography by Matali Crasset and some historical pieces of Robert Adams, Robert Filliou, Dan Graham, General Idea, among others, together with a great tribute to Raymond Hains. This prepares the visions for the 30 meters underground parcours where on-site installations by contemporary French and international artists are on display in the cellars and the walls of the dark and endless corridors are occupied by video projections by Dara Birnbaum, Cyprien Gaillard, Mircea Cantor just to mention a few names. A real labyrinth or an Odyssey, as the tile of the show points up, which has its roots in Ancient Greece and leads to unknown paths and adventures, views and voices, explorations and interpretations. A journey that opens our eyes on the history of an institution, leading us to a lost ‘Calypsos Island’.
Klea Charitou
Photos: Frac Champagne-Ardenne and Hoi Chi Ng
Klea Charitou
Photos: Frac Champagne-Ardenne and Hoi Chi Ng
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