On Kawara, Le Consortium, Dijon, 1985 [Studio Bruno Tonini, Gussago (BS). Art: © On Kawara]

NICOLAS CECCALDI - 'Hymne à la joie’ @  Le Consortium, Dijon (2017)

Picking up on the inverted cross, stylized transitioning from Gothic to Baroque, and remixing classical music.

"Through the appropriation of authentic religious artifacts and the typically gothic and baroque stylistic treatment, Nicolas Ceccaldi evokes satanism in its ecclesiastical version which originates in the foundation of the Church of Satan by Anton LaVey in 1966. [...] the satanic motif exceeds the framework of occultism to become a kitsch allegory of artistic practice as professional activity."