Genuine Picasso
The first artist invited to invest the atypical exhibition space between the historic edifice and the contemporary addition, Bertand Lavier proposes an original and playful “retrospective display” with distinct Duchampian undertones.
In the existing display cases, the artist exhibits objects and forms that he takes from both everyday life and art history, and plays with these in such a way as to question their value through the assemblage (superposition, inversion, puzzles, etc.), the use of a base, samples, etc. The functional dimension of the object is removed; it becomes a sign, matter for thought. The artist humorously reinvests prosaic and industrial objects, and processes; he explores the very nature of the work, and examines notions like the artist’s signature, painting, the original, and the artistic gesture
Source: www.pinaultcollection.com/en/boursedecommerce/bertrand-la...
Genuine Picasso
The first artist invited to invest the atypical exhibition space between the historic edifice and the contemporary addition, Bertand Lavier proposes an original and playful “retrospective display” with distinct Duchampian undertones.
In the existing display cases, the artist exhibits objects and forms that he takes from both everyday life and art history, and plays with these in such a way as to question their value through the assemblage (superposition, inversion, puzzles, etc.), the use of a base, samples, etc. The functional dimension of the object is removed; it becomes a sign, matter for thought. The artist humorously reinvests prosaic and industrial objects, and processes; he explores the very nature of the work, and examines notions like the artist’s signature, painting, the original, and the artistic gesture
Source: www.pinaultcollection.com/en/boursedecommerce/bertrand-la...