Conjoining fabricated excesses literal end to a mean
Artist:
Ser Serpas
Date:
2021
Medium:
Objets trouvés assemblés
Materials:
Textile
Dimensions:
117 cm x 165 cm x 96 cm
Collection:
Lafayette anticipations - Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin
Domain:
Sculpture
The installation Conjoining fabricated excesses literal end to a mean consists of an old rolled-up mattress inserted into the hole in a wooden board, all materials found in the city. The former’s softness and suppleness contrasts with the stiffness and rigidity of the latter. Although she combines these heterogeneous elements without using adhesives or nails, Serpas manages to create a stability, even a harmony between these disparate objects. Where each element has lived independently and then been abandoned and doomed to destruction, the artist creates a new cohesion by highlighting their traces of use and merging them into an assemblage that is both monumental and fragile. The artist considers this time-consuming process of finding and assembling materials as a genuine performance or a private choreography.
Text written by Valentine Brégeon as part of the partnership between the École du Louvre and Lafayette Anticipations – Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin.
Text written by Valentine Brégeon as part of the partnership between the École du Louvre and Lafayette Anticipations – Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin.
Exhibition
Ser Serpas, solo show
Balice Hertling , Paris (France)
from 16 Oct to 04 Dec 2021
Balice Hertling , Paris (France)
from 16 Oct to 04 Dec 2021