Night house at daytime
Artist:
Jean-Pascal Flavien
Date:
2011
Medium:
Various
Materials:
Cement, Stained wood, Tinted Plexiglas, Paper
Collection:
Lafayette anticipations - Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin
This maquette is designed as a building immersed in a constant night. The house is rectangular in plan and has three levels. The first is a concrete garden that constitutes a “Zen garden” in reverse. Black basalt steps lead up to the studio, whose tinted Plexiglas windows only let in dim light. Finally, the “Aztec” roof made of hollow stepped pyramids is an invitation to observe the stars. On the outside, the dark walls of the house resemble a wall seen at night, with reinforcements like a useless, hollow concrete fortification. Like Marcel Duchamp, who gave precedence to the principle of presentation of readymades rather than their nature, Jean-Pascal Flavien’s maquette dissociates the intelligibility of the sculpture from its and comprehension. This habitable sculpture project was presented in 2011 at the Catherine Bastide gallery with photographs, painted metal medallions, and books about the night which, exhibited under smoked Plexiglas, extended the darkness of the house.
Text written by Claire Tallon as part of the partnership between the École du Louvre and Lafayette Anticipations – Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin.
Text written by Claire Tallon as part of the partnership between the École du Louvre and Lafayette Anticipations – Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin.
Exhibitions
Anfang gut alles gut
Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz (Autriche)
from 16 Jul to 16 Oct 2011
Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz (Autriche)
from 16 Jul to 16 Oct 2011
Jean-Pascal Flavien: night house at daytime
Galerie Catherine Bastide, Bruxelles (Belgique)
from 10 Jun to 16 Jul 2011
Galerie Catherine Bastide, Bruxelles (Belgique)
from 10 Jun to 16 Jul 2011