Bertrand Lavier
dal 22/4/2004 al 29/5/2004
Segnalato da
22/4/2004
Bertrand Lavier
Yvon Lambert, Paris
An exhibition of four scenes. In the first room, a large ceramic square of four by four meters replicates a life size detail of a basket-ball court. Second scene: these works are comprised of decorative textiles stretched over large frames. In the next room, Mark Rothko s work Four Darks in Red (1958) is projected in loop onto the wall, first having been filmed on a fixed surface. Fourth scene: in the largest exhibition room, Bertrand Lavier has installed a new series of neon works. This series precisely recreates to the same scale the emblematic works of Frank Stella from the 60 s.
Yvon Lambert is pleased to announce Bertrand Lavier s next exhibition.
First scene
In the first room, a large ceramic square of four by four meters replicates a life size detail of a basket-ball court. In this work, Composition bleue, jaune et blanche (2003), the use of a ceramic medium magnifies the colours. The material s fragility totally contradicts the solidity of a real court and evokes the sense of fragility in all reality.
Second scene
These works are comprised of decorative textiles stretched over large frames. Bertrand Lavier has partially replicated the design in paint onto the material. These textiles then become Tableaux d'ameublement (2004) (Furniture paintings) where the decorative and the painting interact playfully with one another.
Third scene
In the next room, Mark Rothko s work Four Darks in Red (1958) is projected in loop onto the wall, first having been filmed on a fixed surface. The film rediscovers, paradoxically, the frozen aspect of a painting that has, unlike a usual film, no end and no beginning.
Fourth scene
In the largest exhibition room, Bertrand Lavier has installed a new series of neon works. This series precisely recreates to the same scale the emblematic works of Frank Stella from the 60 s. These works are like paintings in neon, and through this medium, the pieces have fundamentally changed in nature. The first work of the series, Ifafa III, is currently on display in the Playlist exhibition at Palais de Tokyo.
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