Claire Chazal on the Franceinfo set in 2017. – François Roelants for FTV
Luc Ferry “hates” contemporary art and he has made it known. The former Minister of National Education poured his bile into Passage of the arts on France 5, Monday. “I think it’s 99% a monstrosity of snobbery. People are forced to say that it is great because it is very expensive and they are blown away by the dough. That’s all ! “
A statement that shocked Claire Chazal. “Stop… shut up! », Replied the host in a tone both heartbroken and smiling.
“It sells for very expensive, so it impresses badgers”
“When you see some kind of ridiculous Jeff Koons thing, [la sculpture] Balloon Dog, which sells for 53 million dollars, the guys say to themselves: “If I don’t find that admirable, it’s that I’m a jerk.” It sells for a lot of money, so it impresses badgers. “
“It’s a bit reductive”, tried to oppose the journalist to him before advising his guest to visit the site of the Fondation Cartier to which the show had just devoted a report. A proposal that Luc Ferry did not refuse, adding that he is currently writing … “a book on contemporary art”. Will we be forced to find his prose admirable?