The Ruin of Babel

Artist Bertille Bak questions globalisation, dependence and independence, and the inequalities that result. She denounces a society at the end of its rope, in a sort of parody of the myth of Babel, where the race for growth and infinite gain has replaced the desire to reach the kingdom of God.

"Bertille Bak doesn't analyse society like an anthropologist," was it explained to the press during a preview of the “Abus de Souffle” exhibition at the Jeu de Paume in Paris. "She adds a touch of fantasy, imagination and invention. Her desire to car...

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