Alexandre Devals

Philippe Decrauzat’s The Shooting is currently on view within Brion Gysin, le dernier musée at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris ( @museedartmodernedeparis )

Brion Gysin (1916–1986), poet, painter, performer and musician, developed a practice at the intersection of painting and writing, closely tied to the Beat Generation. Co-inventor of the cut-up technique with William S. Burroughs and co-creator of the Dreamachine with Ian Sommerville, he worked through fragmentation, repetition, and altered perception across poetry, experimental film, sound, and visual art. Moving between Paris, Tangier, London and New York, and engaging with underground scenes, his work reflects a constant circulation of forms and ideas.

The exhibition brings together more than 140 works, tracing this trajectory across the avant-gardes of the 20th century and in dialogue with artists such as William S. Burroughs, John Giorno, Keith Haring, Patti Smith and Ramuntcho Matta.

Decrauzat’s The Shooting operates within the formal lineage of the Dreamachine. Its circular structure echoes the device’s rotational logic, translating it into a visual register akin to a looped film reel: an image in continuous motion, engaging perception directly through the interplay of form, rhythm, and optical activation.

Brion Gysin, le dernier musée is Curated by Olivier Weil, with Hélène Leroy, assisted by Juliette Theureau.

On view through July 12, 2026
Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris
11 avenue du Président Wilson, 75116 Paris

Image 1: Philippe Decrauzat, The shooting, 2006. Courtesy of the artist and DEVALS - Photo: Fabrice Gousset
Image 2,3,4,5,6 : Brion Gysin, le dernier musée, MAM (exhibition views) - Photo: Nicolas Borel