Brognon Rollin

David Brognon and Stéphanie Rollin live and work between Paris and Luxembourg. They began collaborating in 2006 following their meeting at MUDAM Luxembourg.

Working across installation, sculpture, video, performance and photography, the duo has developed a distinctive artistic practice in which human experience is both the primary material and the driving force. Drawing on real-life situations—often marked by complexity—they give tangible form to experiences of time, duration and waiting, always in close dialogue with the material realities of a place and its boundaries, particularly in contexts of confinement. Rather than focusing on centres of power, Brognon Rollin turn their attention to the margins—the ambiguous spaces where society relegates those it marginalises or renders invisible.

Although formally rooted in the legacy of conceptual art through its pared-back aesthetic and rigorous methodologies, their work is above all distinguished by an exceptional capacity for attentiveness and empathy towards the individuals and social realities they encounter. Developed through extensive research, social investigation and long-term immersion, their artistic practice is grounded in observation, dialogue and collaborative creation with the people directly involved. By weaving together facts, objects, anecdotes and symbolic elements, they transform reality into layered poetic narratives, creating polysemic works that invite viewers to perceive what lies beneath—or vibrates beyond—the apparent order of the visible.

Their work is held in numerous public collections, including the Centre Pompidou – Musée National d'Art Moderne (Paris), MUCEM (Marseille), The Israel Museum (Jerusalem), MAC VAL (Val-de-Marne), MUDAM Luxembourg, BPS22 (Belgium), the CNAP (France), MAC'S – Grand-Hornu (Belgium), and the collections of FRAC Île-de-France, FRAC Alsace, FRAC Poitou-Charentes and FRAC Lorraine.

Jury
Xavier Rey, Directeur du Musée national d’art moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris, Président du Jury
Claude Bonnin, Collectionneur, Président de l’ADIAF
Akemi Shiraha, Représentante de l’association Marcel Duchamp
Fabrice Hergott, Directeur du Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris
Fernando Arriola, Collectionneur (Espagne)
Kader Attia, Artiste (France)
Berlinde De Bruckere, Artiste (Belgique)
Karin Hindsbo, Directrice de la Tate Modern, Londres
Martin Bethenod, Directeur du Cnap
Marie-Cécile Zinsou, Collectionneuse (France, Bénin)

Curated by 

Odile Burluraux, conservatrice en chef au Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris

Nicolas Liucci-Goutnikov, conservateur au Centre Pompidou - Musée national d'art moderne et chef de service de la Bibliothèque Kandinsky