EVA BARTO, To set property on fire
view from the entrance of the exhibition, Villa Arson,  June – August 2016

image: FRANCOIS FERNANDEZ

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The image above is the unique exhibition view that is available for the solo exhibition of EVA BARTO currently presented at Villa Arson in Nice. Entitled :to set property on fire, the exhibition is based on the rather incredible story of PIERRE-JOSEPH ARSON, the villa owner’s between the end of the 18th century and the middle of the 19th century.

Before becoming the first consul of the city of Nice, PIERRE-JOSEPH ARSON was a successful banker. He met a mathematician called JOSEF HOËNE-WRONSKY, who pretended than he could find the formula for converting an ordinary metal into gold. Interested by mathematics and metaphysics since a long time, ARSON decided to invest all his money in WRONSKY’s work. Of course, WRONSKY never found the formula, and they both found themselves in an epic process.

For :to set property on fire BARTO arranges a series of minimal interventions that examine the mechanism of exchange of goods and values; a system which is hardly trivial and speculative.

If you are in Nice, I really recommend to visit : to set property on fire by EVA BARTO at Villa Arson, Nice until it closes on August 29, 2016.