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Whether by taste or by necessity, artists have, since modern times, readily resorted to recycled materials, especially those from the world of packaging and transport. As early as the 19th century, oil paintings on cardboard appeared – a less expensive medium than canvas, allowing for quick pochades on the spot.

In the 20th century, the notion of reuse, of recovery, became predominant and a catalyst of inspiration. We see it in Picasso who, from 1912, abandons traditional sculpture and begins his series of Guitars, innovative assemblies of “poor” materials: wood, cardboard, that. He was then followed by Henri Laurens and Picabia, who in turn composed assemblages in the same spirit.

Later, in the tradition of Marcel Duchamp’s ready-mades, Warhol imposed his Brillo Box laundry detergent cartons and other transport packaging for Campbell’s Soup or Kellogg’s Corn Flakes in the 1960s, which he erected as works of art. The packaging was thus perceived as an artistic practice in its own right, and Warhol invited the viewer to change his or her perception of these boxes, which were destined for transport and then for disposal. This change of perception is such that they thus switch from low art to high art, from modest art to great art, from the utilitarian to the creative via pop art. Produced between 1974 and 1987, Warhol’s Times Capsules series goes even further, with a surprising sequence of 612 moving boxes, filled with various personal souvenirs of the artist, methodically classified by theme, and then closed and sent to a warehouse.

Rodrigo TORRES
Objeto em Trânsito
Davide STUCCHI
Confident Led I and Confident Led III
Raphaël DENIS
La loi normale des erreurs : coffre n°7 (princeps)
Grand carton déployé
Christian RENONCIAT
Grand carton déployé
Benjamin SABATIER
IBK’s Box XIII
CHRISTO
Package on Dolly (project)
Riba Pierre - Stèle à la lune rousse
Pierre RIBA
STÈLE À LA LUNE ROUSSE
Ricardo BREY
Keep your lamp trimmed
David KRACOV
Pushing the envelope
Laurence JENK
Bonbon drapeau Europe
Nathalie ELEMENTO
Re-positionnable
Elemento Nathalie - État d'éveille
Nathalie ELEMENTO
État d’éveille
Elemento Nathalie - État de veille
Nathalie ELEMENTO
État de veille
Renonciat Christian - Carton déchiré en deux
Christian RENONCIAT
Carton déchiré en deux
Renonciat Christian - Grande enveloppe
Christian RENONCIAT
Grande enveloppe
Claude VIALLAT
Rencontre d’atelier
Chou Yu- Cheng- Bubble, air of Bubble
Chou YU-CHENG
Bubble, air of Bubble
Robe noire du Chaman Zita-Niya
Stéphanie-Maï HANUŠ
Robe noire du Chaman Zita-Niya
Fornaro Sylvain - Bande de garantie
Sylvain FORNARO
Bande de garantie
Clémentine CARSBERG
Monument d’archives
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Jean-Pierre SCHNEIDER
Cartons 27 VIII 03
Schneider Jean-Pierre - Le carton du 27 XI 03
Jean-Pierre SCHNEIDER
Le carton du 27 XI 03
Jean-Pierre SCHNEIDER
Le carton du 30X04/ à l’ordre du jour 30×04
Pouyu Jorge Luis Hernandez - La Estacion Roja
Jorge Luis Hernandez POUYU
La Estación Roja
Barrios Rafael - Vertical dislocado en tres tiempos
Rafael BARRIOS
Vertical dislocado en tres tiempos
Silberman Malvina - Série _Céline Carton_ - Sans titre - Edition 1_10
Malvina SILBERMAN
Sans titre, série Céline Carton
Antoinette OHANNESSIAN
J’écoute la radio
Wallen Mapondera
Wallen MAPONDERA
Members Only (Private Party)
Mark Dion Water Fawl
Mark DION
Water Fawl / Water Foul
Richard Fauguet, PPE
Richard FAUGUET
PPE (Picasso pour enfants)
Osvaldo Gonzalez - Chápelos of Reconcilialtion
Osvaldo GONZALEZ
Chapel of Reconciliation
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Kevin ROUILLARD
Extrait – Tôle, Choc (2)
Vincent MAUGER
La chose et son objet
Benjamin SABATIER
Home Work (red Blazer, red Saint-Émilion et red Naphtol)
Benjamin SABATIER
Home Work (brilliant yellow green)
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Benjamin SABATIER
IBK’s Scotch Tower XII
Xenakis Makhi - Les créatures bleues
Mâkhi XENAKIS
Les créatures bleues
Andrea Bowers
Andrea BOWERS
Marianne is a Transfeminist (Originally from a poster for The National War Loan of France, illustrated by Georges Scott, 1917)
Joris VAN DE MOORTEL
A room full of OSB
Recycsac Plasticipatif
COLLECTIF DE FEMMES
Recycsac Plasticipatif
De Beir Dominique - Il fait grand bleu
Dominique DE BEIR
Il fait grand bleu
Christo - Projet pour l'avenue des champs élysées
CHRISTO
Wrapped Trees, Projet pour l’Avenue des Champs-Élysées
Couple croix de RAJAPOST
Christian JACCARD
Couple croix de RAJAPOST
Roudine Noëlle - Vague à l âme
Noëlle ROUDINE
Vague à l’âme
Salazar Francisco- Construction dans le vide n°8
Francisco SALAZAR
Construction dans le vide n°8
Pantin Patrice - Empreinte de sable
Patrice PANTIN
Empreinte de sable
Ciris VELL
Eclipse grise / Ascension
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Laurent BAUDE
Série Tapage nocturne 2/2
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Laurent BAUDE
Série Tapage nocturne 1/2
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Laurent BAUDE
Un carton sous le soleil
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Odile DE FRAYSSINET
Grise cet été
Tapies Antoni - Deux noirs et carton
Antoni TÀPIES
Deux noirs et carton
Schneck Antoine - RAJA
Antoine SCHNECK
Centre de distribution RAJA
Scherer - Hey man let s jam 2
David SCHERER
Hey man let’s jam 2
Bourlier Marc - Série Pictogramme-2
Marc BOURLIER
Série Pictogramme 1/2
Bourlier Marc - Série Pictogramme
Marc BOURLIER
Série Pictogramme – Pictogramme n°30 2/2
Edelmann Yrjo - Stringed night parcel
Yrjö EDELMANN
Stringed night parcel
Klasen Peter- Volant Corrosif_ Inflammable_ F4V_ C.4
Peter KLASEN
Volant Corrosif/ Inflammable/ F4V/ C.4
Ivan Sigg - Créateur Partisan - Concubin
Ivan SIGG
Créateur – Partisan – Concubin
Fillioux Pauline - Un jour ou l'autre
Pauline FILLIOUX
Un jour ou l’autre
OMO perles de parfum - Suzanne Husky
Suzanne HUSKY
OMO perles de parfum – Série Douceurs de fleurs
Soupline - Suzanne Husky
Suzanne HUSKY
Soupline – Série “Douceurs de fleurs”
Dash - Suzanne Husky
Suzanne HUSKY
Dash – Série Douceurs de fleurs
Bastien JOUSSAUME
Balise à roulettes
Recycle Group
RECYCLE GROUP
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