Nicolas Trembley, MY CRAFT. Entretien avec Véronique Bacchetta sur l’exposition, l’artisanat, l’art, les hiérarchies culturelles et les typologies, Before publication 11, brochure, 44 pages – single booklet, 17,2 × 23,5 cm, offset, stapled binding, 250 copies – published in the Before publication collection, which gathers the pre-publications of authors’ texts or artists’ inserts, which will appear regularly and as a preview before the final publication, L’Effet papillon II (second volume of L’Effet papillon, 1989 – 2007, catalogue of the Centre d’édition contemporaine published in 2008). Graphic design: Niels Wehrspann, Lausanne. Edition of the Centre d’édition contemporaine, Geneva, 2024. ISBN: 978-2-9701369-9-6
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MY CRAFT. Before publication 11 is a conversation between Véronique Bacchetta and Nicolas Trembley, focusing on his curatorial practice and his growing interest in decorative arts, crafts and ceramics. In this conversation, Nicolas Trembley explains the history of the Japanese Mingei movement, on which he has organised five exhibitions, and its place in contemporary art. This conversation unfolds by examining the role of the exhibition curator; not only in terms of selecting, choosing and building coherent and meaningful collections of works of art and craft objects – sometimes even from everyday life – but also in terms of creating displays and organising the architecture of the exhibition space.
Nicolas Trembley is an art critic and a curator; he lives and works between Geneva and Paris. He has organised several exhibitions on ceramics, the Mingei movement and crafts, including : Art & Craft, Artparis, Grand Palais, Paris (2024); Craft, Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich (2023); Mingei Asia Now, Monnaie de Paris, Paris (2022); Les Céramiques de Wifredo Lam, Musée Guimet, MNAAG, Paris (2022); Expanded Craft, Croy Nielsen, Vienna (2021); The Mingei, Taka Ishii Gallery, Hong Kong (2020); Mingei Now, Sokyo Gallery, Kyoto (2019); Mingei: Are You Here? , Pace Gallery, London and New York (2013-2014); Sgrafo vs Fat Lava: Ceramics and Porcelain Made in West Germany, 1960-1980, Centre d’édition contemporaine, Geneva (2010), subsequently shown at FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, Galerie kreo, Paris, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne, EXD Biennale Lisbon and Alex Zachary Peter Currie Gallery, New York.