Benjamin Locreille

Born in Charleville-Mézières, Benjamin Locreille trained in theater and film in Paris before working internationally in the luxury and haute cuisine sectors. A graduate with a master's degree in contemporary art history, he writes as a conduit, at the crossroads of investigative journalism and personal reflection. He divides his time between France and the United States.
Maybe There Will Be a Party is his first book.

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Benjamin Locreille - Maybe there will be a party

Perhaps there will be a party

Meet Felix Gonzalez-Torres

Foreword by Jennifer Flay

Foreword by Carl George

Perhaps There Will Be a Party is not a book about Felix Gonzalez-Torres. It is a book against forgetting.

At a time when minority rights are faltering and memory is being rewritten, Benjamin Locreille wrote in a state of urgency.
A minority in his very being, Felix Gonzalez-Torres has profoundly shaken up contemporary art by introducing love, loss, and fragility. He has contrasted tenderness with self-effacement.
And tenderness prevailed.
Her story is rooted in exile and 1980s New York. Bodies, desire, fear. Then silence.

For a year, Benjamin Locreille met those who loved him. He wanted to understand — to meet him through their eyes — and to be able, in turn, to watch him live.
Maybe there will be a party. Maybe it's now...
Rainfolk's Diaries : Benjamin Locreille nous livre un livre-enquête qui transforme la mémoire d’un artiste disparu en un acte politique et poétique d’une rare intensité.

Stéphane Larue News : Un livre-enquête intime et politique sur l’un des artistes les plus marquants du XXe siècle.

Maman Tornade : J’ai trouvé ce livre original car il ne raconte pas seulement la vie d’un artiste : il montre aussi comment les souvenirs des autres construisent une mémoire collective. Le récit est parfois émouvant et pousse à réfléchir sur l’art, la disparition et l’importance de transmettre les histoires.

It ARTBag : Ce très joli livre pour un ouvrage qui dès les premières pages nous embarque et nous donne à penser qu'il s'agira autant d'une élégie que d'une déclaration d'amour à l'artiste confidentiel qu'est Felix Gonzalez-Torres.

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