Mathieu Mercier : everything but the kitchen sink /
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| Author / Creator: | Mercier, Mathieu, 1970- |
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| Imprint: | Köln : Snoeck, c2015. |
| Description: | 184 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Language: | English French German |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10339837 |
| Summary: | Objects on a higher level <p>Lamps, furniture, bicycles, typography, museum pedestals--the work of Mathieu Mercier, winner of the Prix Marcel Duchamp (2003), born 1970 in Conflans-Saint-Honorine, and now living in Paris, moves confidently between art and everyday culture. He keeps referring back to the work of his heroes Marcel Duchamp and Piet Mondrian. Yet, Mathieu Mercier does not want to make inaccessible art, but works that are »instantly descriptive and attractive«. The banal everyday objects he presents are indeed at first simply beautiful. Mercier speaks in this regard of »sublimation«, of a finishing process that guides the objects to a higher level. The targeted change of position, the permanent exchange between high and low, raises the question as to the status of things between functionality and artistic purposelessness. Mathieu Mercier skillfully reflects the concepts of Western culture of the 20th century in the field of tension between modern architecture, design and visual arts.</p> <p>Exhibitions:<br> LOK Kunstmuseum St.Gallen, 23/8-9/11/2014<br> Villa Merkel Esslingen, 13/12/2014-22/2/2015<br> </p> |
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| Item Description: | Exhibition catalog. On the occasion of an exhibition held at LOK/Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, August 23 - November 9, 2014; Villa Merkel, Galerien der Stadt Esslingen, December 13, 2014 - February 22, 2015. Book has special paperback binding with only one side fixed to the book (spine not attached). |
| Physical Description: | 184 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9783864421204 3864421209 |
