François Hers

 
A visual conceptual artist, François Hers used for a long time photography to carry out his research before focusing on public action. From 1983 to 1988, he conceived and directed the photographic mission of the DATAR. Director of the Hartung-Bergman Foundation from its creation in 1994 until 2014, responsible for culture at the Fondation de France since 1989, he is the founder of the New Patrons protocol.
 
François Hers - Opération - Nouveaux commanditaires
Opération – Nouveaux commanditaires
2023
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
The protocol and the action of the New Patrons: the radical transformation of the conditions of emergence and appropriation of the art as political act.
François Hers - Lettre à un ami au sujet des Nouveaux commanditaires
Lettre à un ami au sujet des Nouveaux commanditaires
2016
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
Reflecting upon the necessary conditions for the development of the New Patrons Protocol, the French conceptual artist calls for a better involvement of museums as well as for an art history that would relate creative processes with political conditions.
François Hers - Letter to a Friend About the New Patrons
Letter to a Friend About the New Patrons
2016
English edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
Reflecting upon the necessary conditions for the development of the New Patrons Protocol, the French conceptual artist calls for a better involvement of museums as well as for an art history that would relate creative processes with political conditions.
François Hers - Art without Capitalism (The New Patrons)
François Hers, Xavier Douroux
Art without Capitalism (The New Patrons)
2013
English edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
A new model of action to invent new modes of art production and exchange by establishing a direct dialogue between the artist, the citizen-commissioner and the cultural mediator, outside the museum and apart from the art market.
François Hers - L\'art sans le capitalisme
François Hers, Xavier Douroux
L'art sans le capitalisme
2012
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
A new model of action to invent new modes of art production and exchange by establishing a direct dialogue between the artist, the citizen-commissioner and the cultural mediator, outside the museum and apart from the art market (available in English edition).
François Hers - Le protocole
Le protocole
2002
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
Relations between society and artists.
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