After Pheidias is a book published in the context of the eponymous show (Galerie Derouillon, Paris, March 2025). As a curator, a position of authority he questions along the way, Ben Broome decided to show artworks found in the flea markets of Paris, their last stop before either the trash or becoming part of someone’s domestic decoration.
For this book, Ben Broome speaks to three artists—Isabelle Cornaro, Olukemi Lijadu & Zazou Roddam—to explore the parameters of a “market practice”; artists who use the informal economies of markets as a point of departure for the creation of their work. Markets as sites of inspiration or points of departure for art-making exist in relation to an individual’s knowledge. Though he initially refers to flea markets, the question of the art market soon emerges. With this in mind, both are at play.
Except from Editor’s note Antoine Clauss
Publication produced on the occasion of the exhibition After Pheidias, curated and authored by Ben Broome at Galerie Derouillon from March 8 to April 5, 2025.
All images courtesy of Ben Broome and Galerie Derouillon © Grégory Copitet © Youna Virus if not mentioned
Edited by Arcane Press
Antoine Clauss
Louis Dufreche
22 rue du Buisson Saint-Louis, 75010, Paris
Published by Arcane Press and Galerie Derouillon
An edition of 100 copies
Printed in March 2025 by Suisse imprimerie in Paris
