Cristina de Guillot

Exhibition of Cristina de Guillot
Friday, March 26th - Friday, April 16th

WHAT IF...

“Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.”- Carl G. Jung

Human forms in my works attend to conduct the spectator to the construction of a story that is always complementing for other parallel stories. They disclose some clues through the use of written words embedded or even hidden, as well as iconographic references - never simple reproductions of original works, that is not of my interest -, allusions, winks, glimpses, breaths, recurrent quotes, subversions or footnotes. Some of these clues come from masterpieces and are incorporated into my work, which holds an own path and telos and plays freely the postmodern game of appropriation. Thus, I feel entitled to declare: “I’m everything I see, I don’t hide my influences, but rather play with them, and by that way, grant them a body, a being”.
Cristina de Guillot


Born in 1969, Cristina de Guillot has a long artistic career.
She is part of the young generation of creative artists in Venezuela....
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Saturday, April 10 - 10.00 am to 13.00 pm
Cristina de Guillot will give two master classes on the techniques of collage at the Alliance Française.
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JEUDI 8 AVRIL - 18 H à l'Alliance Française
Entrée libre

POÉSIE ET ACTION
Présentation du film de Abdelkrim Bahloul LE SOLEIL ASSASSINÉ
Par Raid Zaraket (Université Paul Valéry - Montpellier III)
Introduction par Ralph Heyndels (Université de Miami)
Rencontre suivie d'un pot amical

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Marché aux puces
avec l'Alliance Française et la Societa Dante Alighieri
Saturday, April 10 - 9.00 am to 2.00 pm

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Movies - 7.00 pm
Every week, immerse yourself in the wonderful world of cinema in the company of actors and directors that have marked the history of French cinema (in French).
Participation $5

Tuesday, April 6th - 7.00 pm
Le temps des porte-plumes de Daniel Duval (2005)
avec Jean-Paul Rouve, Anne Brochet, Annie Girardot...
Eté 1954... Pippo, 9 ans, secret et indépendant, est recueilli par Gustave et Cécile, un couple d'agriculteurs qui vit dans l'Allier. C'est la période des travaux des champs et la perspective d'une nouvelle vie pour le petit garçon. Marqué, Pippo trébuche dans ce nouveau monde. Certains personnages autour de lui l'attirent et le séduisent. Les barrières cèdent peu à peu, Pippo se construit.

Tuesday, April 13rd - 7.00 pm
Michou d'Auber de Thomas Gilou (2006)
avec Gérard Depardieu, Mathieu Almaric et Nathalie Baye
Messaoud, un jeune garçon d'origine arabe de 9 ans, est placé en famille d'accueil dans le Berry profond. On est en 1961, les évènements d'Algérie battent leur plein. Gisèle, sa mère adoptive, par peur du contexte anti-arabe qui sévit dans la région, décide de travestir l'identité de l'enfant. De Messaoud il devient Michel, "Michou". Gisèle cache aussi la vérité à son propre mari, Georges, un militaire à la retraite. Petit à petit, une complicité s'établit entre Georges, Gisèle et Michou.

Thursday, April 22nd - 7.00 pm
Les enfants du marais de Jean Becker (2001)
avec Jacques Villeret, Jacques Gamblin, André Dussollier, Michel Serrault
Riton vit au bord d'un étang marécageux avec ses trois gosses et le souvenir de sa première femme. Depuis 10 ans, son pote Garris veille sur lui. Ils vivent de petits métiers et ont quelques amis. Garris rencontre Marie. Après une rixe, il sauve une fois de plus son vieux Riton. Mais un jour, inéluctablement, il devra le quitter pour prendre la route.

Tuesday, April 27th - 7.00 pm
Vipère au poing de Philippe de Broca (2004)
avec Catherine Frot, Jacques Villeret, Jules Sitruck
En 1922, après le décès de leur grand-mère paternelle qui en avait la charge, un jeune garçon et son frère Ferdinand retrouvent leurs parents revenus de Chine. Mais les relations avec la mère, vite surnommée "Folcoche", association de "folle" et de "cochonne", vont prendre une tournure cauchemardesque. Celle-ci n'hésitera pas à tondre les deux enfants, à mal les nourrir et à leur planter sa fourchette dans leurs mains.

DISCOVER ARTISTS’ WORLD / BIENVENUE CHEZ LES ARTISTES

An interactive program of 10 sessions in French to meet and discover artists in their own workshops, in galleries or in private collections, under the leadership of Martine Buissart, museum curator, public collection curator and expert in contemporary art.The group (10 to 15 participants) will meet at the Alliance Française or at on site - Thursdays from 5pm to 7pm.

15 avril : A l'occasion de son passage à Miami, rencontre et conversation avec l'artiste français Carmelo Zagari.

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Prochains rendez-vous :
29 avril : Création d'aujourd'hui, patrimoine de demain ?

Registration at Alliance Française : 305 859 8760
AF members: 100$ (or 15$ per session), general public : 170$ (or 20$ per session).

The "Auto-fiction" in Contemporary French Novels
by Laura Wade & Shawn Temple (University of Miami - Department of modern languages and literatures)

On Wednesday April 14, 2010 - 6.30 pm
at the Alliance Française - in English

University of Miami doctoral students Laura Wade and Shawn Temple will speak about two contemporary French novels: Christine Angot’s L’Inceste (1999) and Abdellah Taïa’s Une mélancolie arabe (2008).

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French wines for the Spring
Friday, April 16th at 7 PM
Wine Class in English by Emilio Guerra from Taste Du Vin

Spring is in the air and the vineyards of France are starting to wake up. It is still cold in Alsace and Champagne but pretty soon the vines will start to flower in Bordeaux and the Rhone Valley. April is a great time to open a bottle of wine with a friend or loved one to celebrate the new life that arrives each spring. Come join us for an evening of good wine and good friends while you learn about these fantastic wine growing regions.

Featured Whites: Hugel, Riesling, Alsace Pascal Jolivet, Sancerre Chateau Campuget Rose, Costieres de Nimes
Featured Reds: Drouhin Cote de Beaune, Burgundy Jean-Luc Colombo, Cotes du Rhone Chateau Cruzeau, Pessac-Leognan Bordeaux

Cost: $30.00 per person
Maximum: 24 people

The metamorphosis in Contemporary French Novels
by Melyssa Haffaf & Annaléa Vincent (University of Miami - Department of modern languages and literatures)

On Wednesday April 21, 2010 - 6.30 pm
at the Alliance Française - in English

University of Miami doctoral students Melyssa Haffaf and Annaléa Vincent will speak about two contemporary French novels: Marie Darrieussecq’s Truismes (1996) and Michel Houellebecq’s Les Particules élémentaires (1998).

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Together
A solo exhibition by Alice Raymond

At Galerie Carré Rouge, Alliance française
Friday, April 23 to Friday, May 14
Opening Reception Friday, April 23 - 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm

Born in the suburbs of Paris, educated in Bordeaux Fine Art School and the University of Science of Language of Grenoble, she is currently based in Miami, Florida, after being based in Stockholm (Sweden), Bordeaux (France) and Trier (Germany) in the past.
Since she arrived in Florida, the cosmogony of the Caribbean culture became a perfect backdrop for her work. Like a mangrove swamp, the root sprouts and grows interconnected with other roots.

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Caroline Sageman
Photo : Frédérique Le Calvez

Steinway & Sons

In celebration of Frédéric Chopin's 200th birthday
Alliance Française de Miami is presenting a piano recital by:

Caroline Sageman

Tuesday, April 27 at 6.00 pm
Steinway Piano Gallery
4104 Ponce de Leon Blvd
Coral Gables, FL 33146

Program F. Chopin:
5 Mazurkas, Opus 7 - Polonaise n°1, Opus 26 - Scherzo n°2, Opus 31 - Scherzo n°3, Opus 39 - Valse Posthume n°15 - Andante Spianato & Grande Polonaise, Opus 22

Ticket on sale only at Alliance Française or at 305.859.8760 / $20, $15 Members AF (no sale tickets at the door).

This concert is made possible with the support of Steinway Piano Gallery and with La Délégation Générale de l'Alliance Française in United States and The French Consulate in Miami.

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Rien de personnel
by Mathias Gokalp

Mathias Gokalp

La petite Jérusalem
by Karin Albou

Jaffa
by Keren Yedaya

Romance in a Can - European Film Festival
April 29 - May 9

Thursday, April 29th
Opening Night
Tower Theater, 1508 SW 8th Street, Miami.
7.00 pm: Welcome cocktail
8.30 pm: Premiering “Rien de Personnel” with director Mathias Gokalp and scriptwriter Nadine Lamari in attendance.
$15 at the door.

Saturday May 1st
Documentary and Q&A with Mathias Gokalp
at the Alliance Française Miami
Documentaries made by Mathias Gokalp, in attendance.
10:30 am: Short film and documentary made in Japan
“I am Japanese” "Je suis japonais" (25')
Short film "Hosts in Tokyo" (21')
followed by a Q&A with Mathias Gokalp.

Monday May 3rd
Israeli Evening
At The Alliance Française Miami
In collaboration with the Israeli Consulate of Miami
5.00 pm: La Petite Jérusalem by Karin Albou (94')
7.00 pm: Cocktail
8.00 pm: Jaffa by Keren Yedaya (106')     More
$15 at the door.

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