Rancinan and Gaudriault a Spirit of Time

SPIRIT OF TIME. The Spirit of Time is its epic breath, the sublime peak of our unfolding era…

Contemporary history in its wild acceleration is driven at a relentless pace by a humanity that confronts itself directly with today. It has stumbled directly into the Anthropocene epoch of immediacy and the technological period of urgency. Distance from ongoing events has been abolished. Distinction has become an act on a tightrope. Humanity seems increasingly more alive than alive, struggling breathlessly to regain its foundational position. It is not at ease with the past, the present is almost obsolete, it has eyes only for the world to come, but it struggles to understand what kind of world it will be.

And yet, humans have been pursuing the same questions tirelessly since the beginning of time. The history of art bears witness to this. From century to century, artists whisper to each other the same universal and timeless themes: exile, identity, beauty, power, the meaning of history… The meaning of history, indeed…

In these photographic tableaux, in these writing installations, the scripted realities oscillate between theatricality and testimony of our times. They are part of a historical continuum and reveal truths about the world we inhabit. Thus, the artistic work that captures the spirit of an era does not merely document reality; it transfigures it, explores it, and raises the question of what it means to „be alive“ in a world in perpetual transformation.

GÉRARD RANCINAN

Gérard Rancinan is an international artist whose photographic work is exhibited in the most prestigious museums worldwide and is part of major contemporary art collections. Deeply engaged with his time, he strives to be an attentive witness through the artistic transposition of staged photography and experimental works, always imbued with contemporary reflection. Rancinan has received numerous prestigious awards and has also been named Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters.

CAROLINE GAUDRIAULT

Caroline Gaudriault is an international curator for prestigious museums and a French author of artistic books and essays, translated into multiple languages. She creates literary installations to make visible a content. Journalist for many years for international magazines, she has analyzed major societal events. She collaborates with international thinkers and artists and has authored works with figures such as American political scientist Francis Fukuyama and French artist Pierre Soulages.

Gérard Rancinan and Caroline Gaudriault have been intertwining their artistic perspectives for over twenty-five years. They develop artistic projects together, fostering a dialogue that begins with photography and writing and extends into installations and cinematic works.

Main museums exhibitions:

Centre d’Art Le Cellier, City of Reims, 2024
Musée Lympia, Former Penal Colony, City of Nice, 2024
Musée des Beaux-Arts, City of Chartres, 2024
Le Corbusier Foundation, Maison La Roche, Paris, 2022
Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Mohammed VI, Rabat, Morocco, 2021
Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum, Bratislava, Slovakia, 2019 – “Democratia,” See+ Gallery, Beijing, China, 2018
Submarine Base, Bordeaux, France, 2016
Urban Spree, Berlin, Germany, 2016
Castel of Gaasbeek, Brussels, Belgium, 2016
Accademia delle Arti del Disegno, Florence, Italy, 2016
National Portrait Gallery, London, Great Britain, 2015
Couvent des Cordeliers, Paris, France, 2015
Oceanographic Museum of Monaco, Monaco, 2015
Himalayas Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China, 2014
Louvre Lens Museum, France, 2013 – 2018
Quai d’Orsay, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Paris, France, 2013 – 2015
Pinault Foundation and the City of Dinard, France, 2014
Oscar Niemeyer Museum, Curitiba, Brazil, 2014
Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris, France, 2013
Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum, Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia, 2013 – “The Trilogy of the Moderns” Londonewcastle Project Space, Shoreditch, London, Great Britain, 2012 – “Wonderful World” Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy, 2012
Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands, 2011
City of Barbizon, France, 2010
Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France, 2009
Palazzio delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy, 2009
Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 2008
Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris, France, 2000

Location: Danubiana, Čunovo, Slovakia
Date: from 01.05.2025 – 26.10.2025

Opening hours:

Monday – closed
Tuesday – Sunday from 10:00 am – 6:00 pm

Entrance fee:

Adults – €12
Family (2 adults and 2 children/students) – €25
Pensioners (over 62) – €6
Students – €6
Children (under 6) – Free
Members of the Danubiana Club – Free

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