A legendary Parisian collection of minimalist and conceptual art, and its evocative installation in the home of collector Ghislain Mollet-Vieville This book documents the scrupulous recreation, inside MAMCO Geneva, of a flat owned between 1975 and 1992 by Parisian collector and self-described agent d'art Ghislain Mollet-Vieville. Mollet-Vieville's apartment on the rue Beauborg showcased his incredible collection of minimalist and conceptual art; the flat served flexibly as home, gallery and crossroads of international contemporary art. Featuring works by Victor Burgin, Dan Flavin, Donald Judd, Carl Andre, Claude Rutault, Art & Language, John McCracken and Lawrence Weiner, Mollet-Vieville's collection, and its display in his apartment, defined a radical approach to collecting and played an important role in publicizing the work of these artists in France. MAMCO acquired Mollet-Vieville's groundbreaking collection in 2017; The Apartment is the first publication to celebrate and study Mollet-Vieville's collection and its faithful reinstallation at MAMCO Geneva as a "period room" of contemporary art history. The Apartment features an analysis of each work included in the installation, an interview with Mollet-Vieville conducted by Lionel Bovier and Thierry Davila, and an essay by Patricia Falguieres.

Book Information
ISBN 9781942884484
Author Thierry Davila
Format Paperback
Page Count 132
Imprint MAMCO Geneva
Publisher Distributed Art Publishers