Deux poids, deux mesures
Artist:
Jean-Marie Perdrix
Date:
2015
Medium:
Sculpture
Materials:
Melted plastic waste, Goat hair
Dimensions:
Variable dimensions
Collection:
Lafayette anticipations - Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin
Deux Poids, Deux Mesures (2015) is a work inspired by the pre-industrial production processes of Burkina Faso’s bronze workers. Two composite elements made of melted plastic inlaid with goat hair are placed on the floor. They tell the story of the longstanding collaboration between the artist and a family of bronze craftsmen who, to avoid the high cost of lost wax, used one of the most common materials: the plastic waste that litters the streets and natural environments. Jean-Marie Perdrix, who trained with these craftsmen and continues to produce with them, goes even further in the revaluation of this substance by making it the very material of his work. In his exploration of the relationship between the mineral and the living, he has taken goat skins destined for djembe, turned them inside out and shaped them into bags, transformed for the occasion into moulds for melted plastic. By seeking to “explore very different social, political, economic, and cultural situations” through his work, Jean-Marie Perdrix has developed a sculptural practice that he defines as pragmatic, conditioned by the materials and the context of production specific to each space and time.
Exhibition
POP UP Truck
Galeries Lafayette, Paris (France)
from 03 Jun to 04 Jun 2016
Galeries Lafayette, Paris (France)
from 03 Jun to 04 Jun 2016