Mathilde Supe

2023

Artist Novel, 20,5 x 14 cm, 239 p., language: English, publisher: Sternberg Press, ISBN 978-3-95679-655-5.
Materials: ink, paper

Collection: M HKA, Antwerp (Inv. no. B 2031/851).

Literary synopsis

While studying at the Fine Arts School in Paris in 2013 and having to complete an internship abroad, Mathilde Supe, a 24-year-old student, contacted Keren Cytter to be her assistant. The latter, who had just left Berlin for New York, accepted the offer. Supe embarked on a journey to New York City, where she had never set foot, barely speaking English, without a work permit, and without contacts. From this incredible adventure, she transcribed every detail of hardship and learning in a novel that took the form of a logbook and followed the evolution of one young artist’s view of another established artist.

 

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