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"A free spirit, Friedrich Nietzsche wrote, is someone who ""thinks otherwise than is expected of him in consideration of his origin, surroundings, position, and office, or by reason of the prevailing contemporary views"" (Human, All Too Human,1878). As the German philosopher saw it, one must seek to become ""untimely"" and remain a ""stranger"" to one's time in order to question its premises. This view to states of alienation unites the positions of fourteen young Luxembourgish artists in Freigeister, the publication accompanying the celebrations on occasion of the fifteenth anniversary of the Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean. In recent years, Luxembourg's art scene has grappled in a wide variety of ways with the challenges that come with the small yet economically successful country's ongoing transformation. Charting realities between the familiar and the unknown, the artists featured in Freigeister employ photography, painting, and installation as well as film, sculpture, printmaking, and performance art to paint a carefully considered but by no means dispassionate portrait of today's society in an effort to build bridges between identity and the future."

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A graduate of the Curating Contemporary Art course at the Royal College of Art in London, Christophe Gallois (born 1978) has been curator/head of exhibitions at Mudam Luxembourg since 2007. Nathalie Roelens is a professor for French Literature at the University of Luxemburg. François Thiry is an architect and urban designer. Based in Luxembourg since 2005, he is the owner and principal of Polaris. Marie-Noëlle Farcy is a curator specialized in contemporary art. Art critic and curator Magali Nachtergael lectures on literature and contemporary art at Université Paris 13. Specializing in visual culture, photography, and contemporary art, her work treats literature in the media age and artists' writings. Clément Minighetti is the Chief Curator at the Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg (MUDAM). Valérie Tholl is head of public services at MUDAM Luxembourg. Carole Schmit is an architect and Guest Professor of Architecture at the University of Luxembourg. Sarah Beaumont is curator and writer on contemporary art. Jean Portante (born 19 December 1950 in Differdange) is a Luxembourg writer who resides in Paris. He has written novels, stories, plays, journalistic articles, and poetry, and has been widely translated.

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