Work from the Collection

Au-delà du flash, te fouiller (l'éclisse)

Date: 2009-2010
Medium: Painting
Materials: Wooden box, Marouflaged canvas
Collection: Lafayette anticipations - Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin
Domain: Peinture
In a bare, twilit composition, a black eye seems to be watching the viewer. It is accompanied by an abstract motif cut out of the canvas. The enigmatic work is reminiscent of surrealist creations that juxtapose heterogeneous elements. The title, Au-delà du flash, te fouiller (l'éclisse), induces a poetic shift between the text and the image. The artist thus relies on the contrasts between language and the sensation produced by the work, abstraction and narration, representation and emotion. Niels Trannois' artistic practice goes beyond painting to make the artistic process visible and to inhabit the surrounding world, just like this eye staring at its surroundings.

Text written by Valentine Brégeon as part of the partnership between the École du Louvre and Lafayette Anticipations – Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin.

Exhibitions

Antidote 7
La Galerie des Galeries, Paris (France)
from 06 Oct 2011 to 07 Jan 2012
Antidote 6
La Galerie des Galeries, Paris (France)
from 14 Oct 2010 to 08 Jan 2011