Mara Hoberman — 2013

Benoît Maire's diverse oeuvre, which includes film, performance, writing, installation and painting, is characterized by erudite philosophical and art historical references. Focusing on a series of small sculptures, Maire's first solo exhibition in Paris presents puzzling, seemingly functional, objects in sleek Plexiglas vitrines, on rustic wooden surfaces, and through documentary-style photographs. Ambiguously-or perhaps simultaneously-tools, weapons, and quasi-scientific instruments, these works of art are part of Maire's ongoing examination of how theory...