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Vorms (Anne)

Centre Presse

Centre Presse March 20, 2000 TITRES: At "La Menuiserie" in Rodez "Cannon Fodder", a book "orchestrated" by A. Vorms TEXTE … From March 24 to April 28, this compilation will take the form of an art exhibition at "La Menuiserie". This show is orchestrated by a Parisian artist, Anne Vorms, who also felt the need to pay homage, in her own way, to all these men, and women who sacrificed themselves. She has used children's games to make war games that question and disturb our good conscience…
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Centre Presse March 25/26, 2000 TITRES: When Art and History cross paths at La Menuiserie The Algerians in the French Army as told by Ali Hadjar and seen by Anne Vorms LEGENDE: Ali Hadjar's book of homage and Anne Vorms' cruel games together in one show. TEXTE Anne Vorms has been working for some 10 years on an impressive collection of objects made from a variety of materials (of which many are games) dedicated to the Africans enlisted in the French army. Ali Hadjar spent 4 years putting together his book of homage "to the Algerians who wrote 130 years of French history with their blood." The book's title is quite clear: "La Chair à canon" (Cannon Fodder). Neither knew each other. Jeanne Ferrieu united them in this show which is both artistic and didactic, and in every aspect: enlightening. At La Mensuierie until April 28.
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La Dépêche March 29, 2000 TITRES: Ali Hadjar and Anne Vorms are exhibiting at La Menuiserie The other battle field Pinned, mummified, caught, tossed about on the savage chess board of war, the valiant little Senegalese and Algerian soldiers are pulled from oblivion by a remarkable exhibition that combines didactic documents and art works. TEXTE We are in 1914. The magazine "L'Illustration" publishes a drawing representing a good black soldier in a hospital bed and the caption "It 'shor'iz good! Keletiki Taraoré receives a gift after having shed his blood for France". Today, after the blood shed, the heavy tribute paid by foreign soldiers to the French army still triggers anger and comments. The "Jeux de Massacre" (War Games) exhibition at La Menuiserie in Rodez uncompromisingly reminds us of the indifference in which this long forgotten chapter of history has fallen. This exhibition brings together Ali Hadjar and Anne Vorms. The former has patiently assembled a considerable amount of documents (from which this page from "L'Illustration" is taken) which he has been showing for years, through the use of didactic panels. This collection has now taken on the shape of a self-published quasi-exhaustive book "La Chair à Canon" (Cannon Fodder - The history of the Algerians in the French Army from 1854 to 1954). Get Involved! As an artist, Anne Vorms obsessively dissects the history of the Senegalese infantrymen. Contacted by Jeanne Ferrieu, Anne and Ali decide to collaborate and put together their War Games. The coming together of the didactic and artistic aspects is flawless, and the result is astonishing and successful. Hanging from a tree of words, biting quotes accompany butterfly boxes where little soldiers are ruthlessly pinned. "Racist! Here are your spooks, your spades, your jigs, your niggers, your coons!" Anne Vorms pins down one after another these helpless silhouettes in rat traps, dart boards, football fields… "Your story and that of your brothers is buried in the catacombs of man's conscience." On tiny chess boards, pebble-like soldiers reel, little pawns are picked up and disposed of. "Get involved!" With her cruelly playful and lucid approach, the artist gives Ali's documents a frightening efficiency. The revived, enlightened, uprising memories of so many wars grab you by the throat.
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Midi Libre March 27, 2000 TITRE: "War Games" at La Menuiserie TEXTE … A few months ago Ali Hadjar published "La Chair à canon" (Cannon Fodder), a book made up of historical iconographical documents, the result of 4 years' research, an emotional compilation of the history of the Algerians in the French army between 1854 and 1954. Through the intermediary of Jeanne Ferrieu, Ali met Anne Vorms, a young Parisian artist who has also devoted much of her work on the Africans enlisted in the French army. Jeanne Ferrieu has united their visions and sensitivities at La Menuiserie in a show that is both moving and merciless. "France has forgotten its soldiers. One talks about the colonial troops, the zouaves… Who recognizes these faces, these men who symbolize the French blood shed for France." questions Ali Hadjar. "One talks about the zouaves… We recognize these men through their uniforms, but no one recognizes them as individuals…" adds Anne Vorms. Images d'Epinal*, a bowling alley, a blue, white and red dart board, a merry-go-round, tic-tac-toe boards, pinball machines… Anne Vorms uses these children's games in order to talk about these men, and the fact that they are not recognized. Also in this show is the portrait of a proud Algerian infantryman marching with his head up high through the ruined city of Berlin.


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