LAMARCA ARCHIVES
Founded by Beatriz Lamarca as an extension of her broader artistic practice, Lamarca Archives catalogues objects once reserved for the intimacy of the artist’s private domestic life. Formerly used, lived with, and kept for herself, these belongings are photographed, described, indexed, and made available to be seen or purchased by caring collectors. The form is procedural; what it holds is personal. Prices are determined not by material worth but by sentimental value.
Through the documentation and sale of Beatriz Lamarca’s personal belongings, Lamarca Archives explores the relationship between memory, emotional value, and material culture. Situated between autobiography and conceptual practice, the project considers everyday objects as documents of lived experience, each carrying the trace of a particular time, attachment, and life.
Emerging from a lineage of artistic practices centred on collecting, autobiography, and the archive, Lamarca Archives extends these traditions beyond exhibition. Rather than preserving objects within the museum or gallery, Lamarca imagines her own interpretation of the concept store: a place where fragments of a life circulate through collecting. Each object becomes a vehicle for transmission, allowing memory and biography to continue through new custodians.
The project unfolds through traditional weekend markets across Paris, where a carefully designed booth presents a changing selection of Japanese ceramics, antique glasses, vases, shells, collected stones, books, magazines, clothing, shoes, and other personal belongings. Arranged as playful, elegant altars, these compositions reflect the artist’s visual universe while transforming the act of shopping into an encounter with an evolving archive.