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Helen Frank, “Quadrilateral portrait of Thieri Foulc,” 2021, cut-up drawing. Photo courtesy of Au Crayon Qui Tue, Éditeur, and bookartbookshop
LONDON: OuPeinPo AND THE ART OF CREATIVE CONSTRAINT

AN AVANT-GARDE GROUP’S SELF-IMPOSED RESTRICTONS SHAPE THEIR UNUSUAL PRODUCTIONS



Homage to Thieri Foulc
bookartbookshop
Pitfield Street, Hoxton
London N1 6HB
October 16–30, 2021


by Nuala Ernest


LONDON — A fascinating exhibition, Homage to Thieri Foulc, is being presented this month at bookartbookshop, in London, on the occasion of the publication by Au Crayon Qui Tue, Éditeur (Paris), of the new book Pour Thieri Foulc (For Thieri Foulc). Foulc (1943–2020) was known as a writer, painter, and publisher, but he did not regard himself as a writer. Instead, he once noted, “I paint with words as others do with pigments, and those who categorize me as a writer have not understood a thing.”

Born in Paris, Foulc was a senior member of College of ’Pataphysics, a conceptual institution conceived of by the French writer Alfred Jarry (1873–1907) that is rooted in the absurb and ironic realms of the imagination and the impossible. Foulc served as the general editor of its Quarterly Notebooks and of The Correspondent of the College of 'Pataphysics.

Achyap, “Isoradialitè (Portrait de Thieri Foulc sur un graphe isoradial),” 2021, digital image. About the constraints placed on the making of this work, Achyap notes: “The lines of Thieri Foulc’s face are traced by the edges of the polygons. Each polygon also fits inside of a circle, each with the same radius, which gives rise to an isoradial graph. The irregularities of the face lead to an irregular polygonal graph. The complexity reflects the richness and sophistication of thought of Thieri.” Photo courtesy of Au Crayon Qui Tue, Éditeur, and bookartbookshop.
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