Where Are We Going?
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Curated by
Alison M. Gingeras
The title was taken from a work by Damien Hirst, who himself borrowed it from Paul Gauguin. This ironic work presented in the exhibition raises the issues of destination, origin and reason - the foundations of metaphysics. In light of the renewal of forms and contextual issues involving contemporary art, it also questions the meaning of François Pinault's enterprise. Since 1970, the undertaking has involved bringing together artists and works from this post-war blended family, which, between abstraction and figuration, minimalism and Arte Povera, reinvented existential questioning in art.
"Where Are We Going?” is at the heart of the Pinault Collection. This first exhibition was held in the place that in 2006 marked the start of Pinault’s Venetian chapter and his commitment to thoroughly modern art addressing the issues of his time.
Artworks in the Where Are We Going? exhibition
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Untitled (Blood)
1992
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Concetto spaziale
1958
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Spazio Luce
1960
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Filtro e rete
1962
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Untitled
1965
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Forgotten Dream
2000
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Hanging Heart (Red/Gold)
1994-2006
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The Fragile Truth
1997-1998
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High level of cats
1998
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Elephants
2001
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Infinity
2001
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Smoke Screen
1990-1995
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Balloon Dog (Magenta)
1994-2000
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Moon (Light Blue)
1995-2000
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Inochi
2004
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Vintage Violence
2004-2005
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Your Wave Is
2006
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Les Grands Ensembles
1994-2001
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Mimesi
1975-1976
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Direzione
1968
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Flies in a Jar
1994
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Esprit de finesse
1966
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Floor Pole Prop
1969
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Rosa-Blu-Rosa
1967
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Untitled
1992
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Number
1972
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Pivetta
1974
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Delocazione
1998
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Figura di profilo
1962
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Pellemondo
1968
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Albero di 7 metri
1980
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N° 10
2005
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2000
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Hut
1998
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Frozen
2003
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The Devil on Earth
2005
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Vivisection
2004
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Lamp Room
1992
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Untitled
1961
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Untitled Study
1958
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Series#17 (White)
2003
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Untitled
1961
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Series # 1 (White)
2004
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Navy Seals
2003
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Untitled
ca. 1959
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Untitled
1961
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Aluminum Girl
2003
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Track
1996
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Oreiller II
1991
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21 octobre 1988
1988
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