“The world as it goes” Voltaire told us… The Bourse de Commerce reveals to us behind the scenes with this mirror exhibition of our society, which, that does not will perhaps not surprise us, does not necessarily give us only an idyllic vision... A slightly apocalyptic artistic angle which presents us as a high point these heads of state in wheelchairs, wandering like ghosts in a macabre choreography particularly disturbing. Here, we almost forget to try to recognize these untouchable political figures who fade behind these hyper-realistic old men signed Sun Yuan and Peng Yu.

A few steps away, the “ready-destroyed” carcass of Bertrand Lavier questions us about the frantic race of our lives, yes, but towards what? Here, a dark room, lined with bags on the ceiling, signed Sturtevant in a pure reinterpretation of the emblematic work of Marcel Duchamp. White faces seem to emerge from the ground in an oversized ballet, the falsely retro photos of Cindy Sherman, a small child's body bearing the face of the greatest war criminal of the 20th century, or a multimillionaire balloon dog... So, how is the world ? Badly, if we are to believe these artists, accustomed to scandals according to some, committed and visionary for others, but above all, deeply connected to their time.

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