J’ai oublié mon parapluie

Johan Grimonprez, Galerie Kamel Mennour 2007
Upon a proposal by Charlotte Léouzon

J’ai oublié mon parapluie allows us to better understand the Belgian artist’s metaphorical vocabulary and his narrative paths. In effect, this furtive installation should be considered a thought in progress. It consists of a mise en abime of original drawings laid out on the pages of the artist’s own book Looking for Alfred.

Using video, audition photographs, literary quotations and articles based on fact, J’ai oublié mon parapluie mixes both original and copy, truth and fake. The work can be seen as a never-ending rebus, a project faced with its own commentary, like the infinite reflections of two mirrors showing the duplicate of a duplicate of a duplicate…