Red Dead - Tchéquie
Artist:
Audrey Nervi
Date:
2006
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Materials:
Oil paint, Canvas
Dimensions:
20 x 28 x 3 cm
Collection:
Lafayette anticipations - Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin
Domain:
Peinture
From her trip to the Czech Republic, Audrey Nervi brought back a snapshot of what appears to be a human body curled up on the ground, wrapped in a red and black sleeping bag. Washed up in the frame, the subject remains anonymous. After surreptitiously capturing it with her camera, the artist chose to represent it in paint to immortalize the moment of this chance encounter. Red Dead, the title of the work, reflects Nervi’s first impression of this individual. The scene is striking in its strangeness: only a fragment of the protagonist’s body remains, enough to convey their state of fatigue. In the margins, the plastic cups are clues to the story the artist wants to tell: the scene seems to refer to the aftermath of a rave or a festive gathering, events in which she regularly participates.
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
Enlève ton masque
Galerie Frank Elbaz, Paris (France)
from 03 Feb to 03 Mar 2007
Galerie Frank Elbaz, Paris (France)
from 03 Feb to 03 Mar 2007