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Catherine Perret

b. 1956

French philosopher

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Born 1956. Catherine Perret is a French linguist, art historian, translator and philosopher.

Catherine Perret (born 9 July 1956 in Paris) is associate professor of modern and contemporary aesthetics and theory at Nanterre University (Paris X). She obtained her Ph.D. in philosophy and is known for her work on Walter Benjamin, most notably by her book Walter Benjamin ou la critique en effet. Dr. Perret was the director of the Art of Exhibition Department at Paris X. She served as a program director at the Collège International de Philosophie from 1995 to 2001. She is a recipient of the prestigious title Chevalier des Palmes académiques. She collaborated with Bernard Stiegler in Ars Industrialis. Dr. Perret is currently responsible for the Centre de recherche sur l'art, philosophie, esthétique (CRéART - PHI) at Paris X.

Reference books and texts Walter Benjamin sans destin, Ed. La Différence, Paris, 1992, rééd. revue et augmentée d'une préface, Bruxelles, éd. La Lettre volée, 2007. Marcel Duchamp, le manieur de gravité, Ed. CNDP, Paris, 1998 Rapport "(non publié) pour le Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication : L'art contemporain et la question de son exposition (2001). Les porteurs d'ombre, mimésis et modernité, coll. L'extrême contemporain, Ed. Belin, Paris, 2002. Olivier Mosset, la peinture, même, éditions Ides et Calendes, Lausanne, mars 2004. Non Compatibles, Une peinture sans qualités, une exposition de Catherine Perret, éditions Les Presses du réel, Dijon, 2006

Art exhibitions curated Unlimited Space 1, Paris, Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire, Avril-Juin, 2000 Unlimited Space 2, Bruxelles, Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire, Janvier-Mars, 2001 Tableaux-Ecrans, Paris, Bruxelles, Galerie les Filles du Calvaire, Février-Avril, 2004 Non Compatibles, une peinture sans qualités, Toulon, Villa Tamaris, Novembre-Janvier, 2005 Fetish and Konsum, Stuttgart, Akademie Solitude, Mai-Juin, 2008

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Lycée Louis-le-Grand
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University of Paris
Awards
Knight of the French Order of Academic Palms

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French philosopher

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Catherine Perret was born on 9 July 1956 in Paris.

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Catherine Perret is a linguist, art historian, translator and philosopher.

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Catherine Perret is French.

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· Wikipedia: Catherine Perret

· Wikidata: Q2942032

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