Work from the Collection

Untitled (Log with Model of the Universe)

Artist: Peter Coffin
Date: 2005
Medium: Sculpture
Materials: Tree trunk, Spotlights, Plastic
Collection: Lafayette anticipations - Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin

Through works of various forms, Peter Coffin shows an interest in science and its more or less serious derivatives. His conceptual and cross-disciplinary practice questions sensory perceptions and its limits, offering alternative ways of knowing and representing the world that are more experimental and intuitive. Untitled (Log with Model of the Universe) thus recomposes a mathematical and physical allegory of the universe in which the third dimension is symbolized by a hollow tree trunk, while the rotating light beams of a discotheque convey the fourth dimension. This reinterpretation, at once trivial and playful, of a scientific concept contributes to the development of a joyous and personal cosmogony.


Exhibitions

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Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris (France)
from 11 Oct 2019 to 16 Feb 2020
Antidote 7
La Galerie des Galeries, Paris (France)
from 06 Oct 2011 to 07 Jan 2012
DEAF « From the audible to the visible »
Galerie Frank Elbaz, Paris (France)
from 18 Mar to 29 Apr 2006
Antidote 1
La Galerie des Galeries, Paris (France)
from 01 Oct to 29 Oct 2005
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