In an ingenious ruse to air some of their impressive ‘new media’ collection, the Centre Pompidou is collaborating with the Musee Rodin to bring us The Body as Sculpture, a show that shakes up a visit to the museum with a room of contemporary video art. The videos are well-placed in this context, matching the physicality of Rodin’s sculptures with an obsession with the body. Three artists appear in this series: Bruce Nauman (Jan), Vito Acconi ( Feb) and Sanja Ivekovic (2 – 28 March). Nauman, well known for his video performances, puts himself in front of the camera, testing the limits of his own body and using it as a medium of expression. Acconi is also the star of his own performances, often in opposition with something other – fighting his own shadow or reflection, rubbing cockroaches on his naked body or mimicking someone else’s actions. The series continues in March with Sanja Ivekovic, whose work questions feminism, identity and the history of her native Croatia as well as staging her own body.
