Je t'aime, Paris
Artist:
Audrey Nervi
Date:
2004
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Materials:
Oil paint, Canvas
Dimensions:
52 x 36.4 x 3 cm
Collection:
Lafayette anticipations - Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin
Domain:
Peinture
In this contemporary still life, Audrey Nervi paints a portrait of a trivial object she found in a Parisian street. The absence of a human figure focuses the eye on the appearance and colour of this form that sits majestically in the centre of the canvas. Probably deemed to be useless or out of fashion, what appears to be a discarded item acquires a new meaning through the artist’s pictorial work: the detail of the adhesive tape on which the inscription “I love you” appears in red capital letters highlights the importance of this object to which a new status has been conferred. Against the backdrop of our political and social reality, the seemingly trivial presence of this form takes on meaning and becomes evocative. Overcoming the divide between what deserves to be represented and what does not, the canvas bears witness to the rejection of those who live on the fringes of society but who find refuge in Audrey Nervi’s works.
Text written by Elea Dargelos as part of the partnership between the École du Louvre and Lafayette Anticipations – Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin.
Text written by Elea Dargelos as part of the partnership between the École du Louvre and Lafayette Anticipations – Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin.
Exhibition
Antidote 2
La Galerie des Galeries, Paris (France)
from 27 Oct to 09 Dec 2006
La Galerie des Galeries, Paris (France)
from 27 Oct to 09 Dec 2006