Art Of The Day Weekly
#511 - from 19 April 2018 to 25 April 2018
Il Lee, MBL 1302, 2013, 84,5 x 63,5 cm, ball pen on paper. © Charly Gosp. Courtesy of artist and Art Projects International New York et Collection BIC.
Bic at all levels
PARIS – The 4 color ballpoint pen, sold in the 1970s, is highly ranked in the world of design of the 20th century, as well as the older Cristal, from 1950. These writing instruments, all of the Bic brand - the abbreviation of the name of the Baron Bich-, were used over the five continents. They have become objects of a cult today, and artists take ahold of them- concretely or allegorically, and weave legends of their qualities. The current exhibition brings together names still unknown to the public at large, from Sara Abdu to Tatiana Wolska.
• La Collection Bic, at the 104, from 14 April to 13 May 2018.