Tacita Dean: Geography Biography

  Best known for her contemplative films, often shot in a single sequence, Tacita Dean's work is a veritable praise of slowness. Moving away from films with commentary in the 1990s, she has since favored discreet soundtracks that further intensify the minimalism of her narratives. Her work has been the subject of retrospectives at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (Melbourne), Dia: Beacon (New York) and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York). This artist's book was co-published by the Bourse de Commerce – Pinault Collection, Éditions Dilecta and the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia on the occasion of the exhibition Tacita Dean, Geography Biography at the Bourse de Commerce in Paris, from 24 May to September 11, 2023, and the Tacita Dean exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia in Sydney, from December 8, 2023 to March 3, 2024. The artist's atmospheric poetics are reflected in the curves of the architecture of the Bourse de Commerce. In particular, she wi