Détournement de fonds publics (Misuse of public money)
2006
Marianne Costa . écrivain . Ariane James-Sarazin . Directrice des Musées d'Angers . ex-directrice des expositions à la Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
Ministry of Culture
This catalogue was published for the Détournement de fonds publics exhibition, commissioned by the Ministry of Culture and curated by Ariane James-Sarazin, chief curator of Musées d’Angers, former Director of Exhibitions at the National Library of France.
From the remarkable collections of the National archives, Anne Cindric chose documents or items (Marie-Antoinette’s final letter, the Secret Service report on Hitler...) For juxtaposition with her own works. Each pair was associated with a dual label, one historical, written by Ariane James-Sarazin, one literary, contributed by the writer Marianne Costa.
“The archives and Anne have in common the appearance of young women of impeccable decency to whom one would unhesitatingly entrust the history of France, our history… Both of them are totally authentic… But don’t be too sure! A Hitchcockian appearance conceals a “great cauldron boiling with imperceptible and vast Humanity”.Ours.Which they extricate, often in contradiction with our recollection, from a comfortable but spineless oblivion.”