Arthur Fouray: Relations
before ARTS (1)
before ARTS, 1991–2011
Pre-Natal (6)
A Painting on the Wall, 2012–2013
Baby, 2013
RENENSMaster of Arts HES-SO in Fine Arts (inferred)
‘diploma l’elac Renens, Switzerland 2013’; ‘Diploma écal Renens, Switzerland 2015’ – Master of Arts HES-SO in Fine Arts. Why inferred: both quotations name a diploma from Renens, where I studied at ECAL: the Bachelor in 2013, the Master in 2015.Pre-Natal Phase, 2013
THROUGH NICOLAS DEGRANGEBOOM
'Group show with Paul Limoujoux and Nicolas Degrange'; 'Nicolas Degrange' – BOOMVoid Drawing, 2012
a + o – (3)
Entourage, 2014
BABY BLUEAccrochage Vaud (inferred)
“‘Baby Blue Cocktail’”; ‘MC (Baby blue) 2016 acrylic, cotton duck, ladder’ – Accrochage Vaud. Why inferred: the same baby blue, once in a cocktail and once in a painting; neither page mentions the other.THROUGH JULIEN GREMAUDM
'364 pages 2015 Publisher: Micronaut Editor: Julien Gremaud Text: Arthur Fouray' – Mmmm (3)
M, 2015
DECOMPOSES INTOArt Hur Fou Ray
"Décomposition des quatre syllabes de mon prénom et de mon nom de famille"INCLUDESSynallagma Show
"Synallagma Show Exposition collective Quark Genève, Suisse 2014”INCLUDESLife is a Bed of Roses, (un roman)
"Life is a Bed of Roses Exposition collective Fondation Ricard Paris, France 2015”INCLUDESMaster of Arts HES-SO in Fine Arts
"Master en Arts Hes-So en Arts Visuels Diplôme écal Renens, Suisse 2015”SAME TYPEFACESP+
'FRANKLIN GOTHIC EXTRA COND (LAWRENCE WEINER)' · 'BARBEDOR COM BOLD (MOUSSE MAGAZINE)' · 'STENCIL LT (LEO CASTELLI - ILEANA SONNABEND)'; 'Franklin Gothic Extra Condensed Shows' · 'BARBEDOR STD BOLD Relations' · 'Stencil LT Contexts' – P+MM, 2016
Arthur Fouray (17)
Synallagma Show, 2014
SHOWS#aaafff
'#aaafff (B.A.A.) 2014’#aaafff, 2014–2017
Osmosis, 2015
SHOWS#aaafff
'#aaafff (cendrier)'Spectre, 2015
IS LIKE#aaafff
'Like the #aaafff, the canvas-objects are all monochrome'SHOWS#000fff
'In the case of #000fff polyvision, Spectre proposes a variant of the rule'THROUGH ANDY WARHOLrt4a
'Andy clearly refers to Warhol's Silver Clouds'; "'Arty Fouray' kept the measure of Andy Warhol's name: four letters, then six." – rt4aSHOWS#aaafff
'#aaafff (STUDIO MODERNES)'SAME ECAL MASTEREnding Explained
'Master of Arts HES-SO in Fine Arts Diploma écal Renens, Switzerland 2015’; 'ECAL Master of Arts HES-SO in Fine Arts' – Ending ExplainedTHROUGH STÉPHANIE MOISDONLife is a Bed of Roses, (un roman)
"in the programme directed by Stéphanie Moisdon" – Chronology; "conceived by Stéphanie Moisdon" – Life is a Bed of Roses, (un roman)SHOWS#aaafff
'#aaafff (Mach 6)'BOOM, 2015
SHOWS#aaafff
'#aaafff (Mur Grec)'THROUGH NICOLAS DEGRANGESuite
'Nicolas Degrange'; 'Suite Nicolas Degrange 23.04–15.05.2016 Organised by Silicon IVIalley' – SuiteSPELLS#aaafff
'Art Hur Fou Ray m ART#AAA mm HUR FFF FOU#000 RAY FFF'SPELLS#000fff
'Art Hur Fou Ray m ART#AAA mm HUR FFF FOU#000 RAY FFF'LINKS TOBiography, #aaafff, #000fff, Curriculum Vitae
SAME GALLERY3 years, smart move
'Three-person show Joy de Rouvre Geneva'; 'Group show Galerie Joy de Rouvre Geneva' – 3 years, smart moveSHOWS#aaafff
'#aaafff (CAR)'THROUGH FRÉDÉRIC GABIOUDRob a Robe
'Frédéric Gabioud, Arthur Fouray, Baker Wardlaw'; 'Frédéric Gabioud' – Rob a RobeKiefer Hablitzel Prize, 2016
SHOWS#aaafff
'#aaafff (autruche)'SHOWS#000fff
'#000fff (univision) (Kasimir I)'MORELP+I Drawings (inferred)
‘Morel (P.A.S., C.B.S.F.T.) 2016’; ‘The Invention of Morel (1940) by Adolfo Bioy Casares’ – P+I Drawings. Why inferred: Morel is the name in both; neither page names the other.Les Lèvres nues, 2016
SHOWS#aaafff
'Lauren (#aaafff) 2016 acrylic, cotton duck, bed base'THROUGH CÉSAR CHEVALIER, NOÉMIE VULPIANCluster
'Special thanks to César Chevalier, Noémie Vulpian …'; 'Cluster César Chevalier Noémie Vulpian 10.12.2016–14.01.2017 Organised by Silicon IVIalley' – ClusterAccrochage Vaud, 2016
2080, 2017
SHOWS#000fff
'#000fff (Natural Vision) (IFP)'SHARES MARIENBADSCREEN
'Last Year at Marienbad'; "'L’Année dernière à Marienbad'" – SCREENTHROUGH ALFREDO ACETOWelcome to the art world
'Alfredo Aceto'; 'Alfredo Aceto had long promised to exchange or give me one of his ceramics' – Welcome to the art world3 years, smart move, 2017
SHOWS#000fff
'#000fff (4:3)'Caravan, 2017
SHOWS#aaafff
'Torres (Pyrrole) is preceded by a work from the aaafff series'Greffes, 2017
SHOWS#aaafff
'senza titolo / (X5m4mjB-1) (#aaafff) 2017’SCREEN (1)
SCREEN, 2017
IS BASED ONSpectre
'SCREEN Based on a true story: Spectre'Silicon Malley (9)
CCI, 2015
ALSO AT SILICON MALLEYGuitare, Tanpura et Tabla électronique
"Myriam Stamoulis 21h 16.05.2015 Organised by Silicon IVIalley" – Guitare, Tanpura et Tabla électroniqueALSO AT SILICON MALLEY1 (Robin Lebey)
"1 Robin Lebey 30.05–21.06.2015 Organised by Silicon IVIalley" – 1 (Robin Lebey)1 (Robin Lebey), 2015
ALSO AT SILICON MALLEYSuite
"Suite Nicolas Degrange 23.04–15.05.2016 Organised by Silicon IVIalley" – SuiteSuite, 2016
ALSO AT SILICON MALLEYCluster
"Cluster César Chevalier Noémie Vulpian 10.12.2016–14.01.2017 Organised by Silicon IVIalley" – ClusterCluster, 2016
ALSO AT SILICON MALLEYfree time
"free time Demelza Watts 01.04–23.04.2017 Organised by Silicon IVIalley" – free timefree time, 2017
ALSO AT SILICON MALLEYBREAK (FEAST)
"BREAK (FEAST) Lauren Coullard 15.09–12.11.2017 Organised by Silicon IVIalley" – BREAK (FEAST)BREAK (FEAST), 2017
CONTINUESThey Hover over Me
'I organised her first solo show, BREAK (FEAST), 2017, at Silicon Malley' – They Hover over MeALSO AT SILICON MALLEYOn Italian Museography
"EPFL Studio Master I organised with Silicon IVIalley" – On Italian MuseographyOn Italian Museography, 2018
ALSO AT SILICON MALLEYDEMANDS & SUPPLIES
"Matthieu Laurette Opening 24.08.2020 25.08–20.09.2020 … Organised by Silicon IVIalley" – DEMANDS & SUPPLIESDEMANDS & SUPPLIES, 2020
DOC! (9)
Guitars, 2016
Rob a Robe, 2016
THROUGH LAUREN COULLARDBREAK (FEAST)
'Lauren Coullard'; 'BREAK (FEAST) Lauren Coullard 15.09–12.11.2017 Organised by Silicon IVIalley' – BREAK (FEAST)Road Rage, 2017
SHARED ORGANISERSLa Nuit juste avant les forêts
'Programme directed by Corentin Canesson, Arthur Fouray & Eva Vaslamatzi'; 'Programme directed by Corentin Canesson, Lucas Erin, Arthur Fouray & Eva Vaslamatzi' – La Nuit juste avant les forêtsTHROUGH KIM FARKASTournures
'Kim Farkas'; 'Grichka Commaret Kim Farkas' – TournuresTHROUGH MATTHEW LUTZ-KINOYPlates
'in Granada in 2022, on a trip with Matthew Lutz-Kinoy' – PlatesTHROUGH MATTHEW LUTZ-KINOYBowls
'in Granada in 2022, on a trip with Matthew Lutz-Kinoy' – BowlsTHROUGH MATTHEW LUTZ-KINOYSmall Bowls
'in Granada in 2022, on a trip with Matthew Lutz-Kinoy' – Small BowlsSo Leggère, 2017
Tournures, 2018
Ending Explained, 2018
Pierre Joseph, 2018
They Hover over Me, 2025
LUMA (9)
NEXT CHAPTERHans Ulrich Obrist Archives Chapter 2: Etel Adnan, LUMA Arles
'Hans Ulrich Obrist Archives Chapter 2: Etel Adnan' – Hans Ulrich Obrist Archives Chapter 2: Etel Adnan, LUMA ArlesSAME CHAPTERHans Ulrich Obrist Archives Chapter 1: Édouard Glissant, LUMA Westbau
'Hans Ulrich Obrist Archives Chapter 1: Édouard Glissant'; 'Hans Ulrich Obrist Archives Chapter 1: Édouard Glissant' – Hans Ulrich Obrist Archives Chapter 1: Édouard Glissant, LUMA WestbauTHROUGH ETEL ADNAN, SIMONE FATTALThey Hover over Me
'Etel Adnan Simone Fattal'; 'an echo of what Simone Fattal wrote of Etel Adnan's paintings' – They Hover over MeSAME CHAPTERHans Ulrich Obrist Archives: Gustav Metzger, LUMA Westbau
'Hans Ulrich Obrist Archives Chapter 4: Gustav Metzger'; 'Hans Ulrich Obrist Archives: Gustav Metzger' – Hans Ulrich Obrist Archives: Gustav Metzger, LUMA WestbauNEXT CHAPTERHans Ulrich Obrist Archives Chapter 6: Zaha Hadid, LUMA Arles
'Hans Ulrich Obrist Archives Chapter 6: Zaha Hadid' – Hans Ulrich Obrist Archives Chapter 6: Zaha Hadid, LUMA ArlesSAME CHAPTERHans Ulrich Obrist Archives: Maria Lassnig, LUMA Westbau
'Hans Ulrich Obrist Archives Chapter 5: Maria Lassnig'; 'Hans Ulrich Obrist Archives: Maria Lassnig' – Hans Ulrich Obrist Archives: Maria Lassnig, LUMA WestbauMusic (12)
godart, Unreleased 2008–2014, 2008–2014 (released 2025)
INCLUDESWe Are the Extraterrestrials
'We Are the Extraterrestrials [2009]'INCLUDESMonsters
'Monsters [2009]'INCLUDESTo Japan
'To Japan [2010]'INCLUDESGaleries
'Galeries [2012]'INCLUDESEcco Beach (a + o –)
'Ecco Beach (a + o –) [2013]'We Are the Extraterrestrials, 2009 (released 2025)
Monsters, 2009 (released 2025)
To Japan, 2010 (released 2025)
Galeries, 2012 (released 2025)
AIR DE PARISPierre Joseph (inferred)
“Air de Paris, dix-huit heures cinquante”; ‘the now historic exhibition les ateliers du paradise, the first exhibition of Air de Paris, in Nice in 1990’ – Pierre Joseph. Why inferred: Air de Paris appears in both; neither page names the other.Ecco Beach (a + o –), 2013 (released 2025)
NAMESa + o –
'Ecco Beach (a + o –)'Accelerate, 2022
Chiquito, 2022
SAME SCORENikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade Op. 35, Half-Speed Version
'Scheherazade, Op. 35: I. The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship'; 'Scheherazade, Op. 35: I. The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship' – Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade Op. 35, Half-Speed Versionrt4a (21)
SOUNDS ASBeware of Curator - Smithson Cultural Confinement
“Audio rt4a, Beware of Curator – Smithson Cultural Confinement, 2022”BEWARE OFP+I Drawings (inferred)
‘Beware of Curator’; ‘Beware of artist(s)’ – P+I Drawings. Why inferred: they share the words ‘Beware of’ and nothing more.SOUNDS ASThis Is Not a Tender World
'Audio rt4a, This Is Not a Tender World, 2022’Chiquito, 2021
SOUNDS ASChiquito
'Audio rt4a, Chiquito, 2022’Accelerate, 2022
SOUNDS ASAccelerate
'Audio rt4a, Accelerate, 2022’BORROWS THE COLOUR OF#aaafff
'I painted the square blue note directly onto the neon-yellow canvas, in the colour code of the #aaafff painting series'Barcode Signature ID, 2022
Call, 2022
Conservatism kills, 2022
Dunno, 2022
Duty, 2022
THROUGH MARCEL DUCHAMPCurriculum Vitae
'Marcel Duchamp's Self-Portrait in Profile (1957)'; 'Inspired by Duchamp's La Boîte verte (1934)' – Curriculum VitaeFoundation, 2021–2022
IDEA, 2022
Lutz, 2022
MLKP+II MLK40 (inferred)
‘Matthew Lutz-Kinoy’; ‘P+II MLK40 2024’ – P+II MLK40. Why inferred: the same three letters, and they are his: MLK40 is a set of drawings I made for Matthew’s fortieth birthday.Scandale Drama <3, 2022
Toxic Masculinity, 2022
Plates, 2022–2023
MMMM (inferred)
‘Mmm 2022–2023, Ceramic’. Why inferred: one of the plates is titled Mmm; its page does not refer to M or to mmm.FEASTBREAK (FEAST) (inferred)
‘Feast 2022–2023, Ceramic’. Why inferred: one of the plates is titled Feast; the link is that word alone.Bowls, 2022–2023
Small Bowls, 2022–2023
Welcome to the art world, 2023
P+ (10)
P+, 2024–present
INCLUDESP+I Drawings
“P+I Drawings”INCLUDESP+II MLK40
“P+II MLK40”INCLUDESP+III HUO25
“P+III HUO25”INCLUDESP+ IV — Lascaux
“P+IV Lascaux”INCLUDESP+ V — Golden
“P+V Golden”INCLUDESP+ VI – Water Yam
'P+ VI – Water Yam'INCLUDESP+ VII – Rouge Noir
'P+ VII – Rouge Noir'INCLUDESP+ VIII – GR33C3
'P+ VIII – GR33C3’P+I Drawings, 2024
P+II MLK40, 2024
P+III HUO25, 2025
HUO25Hans Ulrich Obrist Archives Chapter 5: Maria Lassnig, LUMA Arles (inferred)
‘P+III HUO25 2025’. Why inferred: HUO25 is Hans Ulrich Obrist, 2025; I gave him the deck for his birthday. The link to this chapter is his name alone.P+ N – Playing Labels, 2012
ORIGIN OFP+
'The original deck of P+.'P+ IV – Lascaux, 2026
P+ V – Golden, 2026
P+ VI – Water Yam, 2026
P+ VII – Rouge Noir, 2026
P+ VIII – GR33C3, 2026
IN CHARGE OFHans Ulrich Obrist Archives Chapter 1: Édouard Glissant, LUMA Arles
'in charge of the Hans Ulrich Obrist Archives'LINKS TOChronology
EXPLAINSSpectre
'The painting I made for it, #000fff (Polyvision) (Spectre), takes its name from Abel Gance's three-screen process for Napoléon'LINKS TOCurriculum Vitae, before ARTS, A Painting on the Wall, #aaafff, Entourage, M, Spectre, Osmosis, Life is a Bed of Roses, (un roman), BOOM, CCI, Kiefer Hablitzel Prize, Accrochage Vaud, Les Lèvres nues, Rob a Robe, Caravan, 2080, SCREEN, Greffes, Road Rage, Ending Explained, Pierre Joseph, DEMANDS & SUPPLIES, Hans Ulrich Obrist Archives Chapter 1: Édouard Glissant, LUMA Arles, Hans Ulrich Obrist Archives Chapter 2: Etel Adnan, LUMA Arles, Hans Ulrich Obrist Archives Chapter 3: Agnès Varda, LUMA Arles, Hans Ulrich Obrist Archives Chapter 4: Gustav Metzger, LUMA Arles, P+, Hans Ulrich Obrist Archives Chapter 5: Maria Lassnig, LUMA Arles, They Hover over Me, Hans Ulrich Obrist Archives Chapter 6: Zaha Hadid, LUMA Arles, Hans Ulrich Obrist Archives: Maria Lassnig, LUMA Westbau, Biography
LISTSP+
'P+, 2024–present Associative system of physical and digital cards'LISTSrt4a
'rt4a, 2021–present Sound, music and image-based practice'LISTSCaravan
'Caravan, 2017 Curated by Yasmin Afschar and Katrin Weilenmann, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau'LISTSSpectre
'Spectre, 2015 Curated by Elisa Langlois, Espace Quark, Geneva'LISTSSCREEN
'SCREEN, 2017 … Tombolo Presses, Nevers, France'LISTSM
'M, 2015 Julien Gremaud, ed., Vevey, Switzerland; Micronaut #8; 364 pages'LISTSLes Lèvres nues
'Les Lèvres nues, 2016 A proposal by Noémie Vulpian and Jarry, DOC!, Paris'LISTSLife is a Bed of Roses, (un roman)
"Life is a Bed of Roses, (un roman), 27 May–4 July 2015 Conceived by Stéphanie Moisdon, Fondation d’entreprise Ricard"LISTSKiefer Hablitzel Prize
'Kiefer Hablitzel Prize (nominee), 2016 Swiss Art Awards, Basel'LISTSAccrochage Vaud
'Accrochage Vaud, 2016 MCBA, Lausanne'LISTSHans Ulrich Obrist Archives Chapter 1: Édouard Glissant, LUMA Westbau
'Co-curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Arthur Fouray'LISTSOsmosis
'Osmosis, 2015 La Placette, Lausanne, Switzerland'LISTS2080
'2080 (MMLXXX), 2017 ZQM, Berlin, Germany'Notions (18)
OBJECT-PAINTINGINSpectre
"Andy and Kasimir are the protagonists of the 'canvas-objects' series"AND INBOOM (inferred)
‘Kasimir (Rose Pâle) 2014’. Why inferred: a Kasimir; its own page does not call it an object-painting.AND INMaster of Arts HES-SO in Fine Arts (inferred)
‘Andy IV 2014’. Why inferred: an Andy; its own page does not call it an object-painting.AND INOsmosis (inferred)
‘Kasimir (Ciel)’. Why inferred: a Kasimir; its own page does not call it an object-painting.MONOCHROMEINCaravan
'as well as monochrome painting'AND IN#aaafff
'You face a monochrome, and its title names what is behind it.'AND INSpectre
'Arthur Fouray practises the monochrome with care and precision'LABELINPre-Natal Phase
'Labels and wall texts became part of the research.'AND INPierre Joseph
'He parasitises keywords and labels'INTERFACEINSCREEN
'The publication acts as an interface'AND INCaravan
'literally at the interface of interior and exterior space'AND IN#aaafff
Earlier website wording: 'the monochromatic expanse transforms into a dynamic interface'AND INCurriculum Vitae
'conceived as a dynamic and interface-driven book'CHROMA KEYIN3 years, smart move
'chroma-key paint'AND INKiefer Hablitzel Prize
'#000fff (univision) (Kasimir I) 2016 chroma-key blue, wall painting'AND INSpectre
'#000fff (polyvision) (Spectre) 2015 chroma-key blue, wall painting'TYPEFACEINM
'(716 posts – 9 Photographs – 4 Verbs – 1 Book – 1 Typeface)'AND INP+
'Franklin Gothic Extra Condensed Shows'AND INConservatism kills
'The restrained black and white and the Helvetica typeface'AND INDunno
'a sentence painted in the manner of Rémy Zaugg, in the Univers 85 he used'VERBINM
'4 Verbs'CODE IN rt4a
'A code now stands where a name was' – rt4aSIGNATUREINrt4a
Earlier website wording: 'As a signature, it embodies a paradox'AND INBarcode Signature ID
'Barcode Signature Id 01 2022 Resin, plaster'SENTENCEINPre-Natal Phase
'Taken alone, my pieces could be seen as words; presented together or in groups, they became a sentence.'CONVERSATIONINa + o –
'engage the viewer in a conversation about pop culture'AND INSo Leggère
'contribute to a conversation around the uncertain future'UTOPIAINP+
'a representation, a utopia or a dystopia'WHITE CUBEINPre-Natal Phase
'Brian O’Doherty's writing on the white cube … showed me the weight of the context in which art is presented.'AND INP+I Drawings
“A train, arranged as a white cube”CERAMICINPlates
'Mmm 2022–2023, Ceramic'AND INBowls
'Agreable 2022–2023, Ceramic'AND INSmall Bowls
'Go 2022–2023, Ceramic'AND INWelcome to the art world
'one of his ceramics'ARCHIVEINbefore ARTS
'Archive: 386 images (188 Drawings – 48 Digital Media – 34 Photographs'AND INHans Ulrich Obrist Archives Chapter 1: Édouard Glissant, LUMA Arles
'Hans Ulrich Obrist Archives Chapter 1: Édouard Glissant'AND INCurriculum Vitae
'It constitutes an active archive of an entire production since the age of one, solo or in groups, as an artist or curator.'CURATORINBiography
'is an artist and curator whose practice concerns the systems of narration, production and distribution of art'AND INA Painting on the Wall
'treats the relation between foreground and background from a curatorial point of view'AND INBeware of Curator - Smithson Cultural Confinement
“Cultural confinement takes place when a curator imposes his own limits on an art exhibition”AND INa + o –
'α + ο - is a collaborative curatorial practice'AND INCurriculum Vitae
'Current position: Archivist & Curator at LUMA Arles'RUMOURIN#aaafff
Earlier website wording: 'a cognitive interplay akin to a whisper or rumour'CARDINP+
'collections of cards on this website, which serve as a template for real playing cards'Drag, scroll or use the arrow keys to move through the map. Select a title to open its page.
Relations maps how the works, projects and pages of this site refer to one another: the people, places and series they share, what one shows of another, and the words that come back between them. The quotations come from the pages of the site and from my curriculum vitæ; those marked 'Earlier website wording' come from an earlier version of the page named. A relation marked (inferred) rests on a shared word, name or number that the pages do not connect themselves; the map draws it dashed. The title comes from P+, where each family has its typeface: 'BARBEDOR STD BOLD Relations'.
Relations as a PDF: the whole map on one sheet, 1189 × 629 mm, where each word opens its page. I took the idea of this page from Édouard Glissant's thought of Relation (Poétique de la Relation, 1990).
For the formal record, see the Curriculum Vitæ; for a narrative, the Biography; for the years in order, the Chronology; for the whole site, the Index.