
Mathieu Mercier: Everything But The Kitchen Sink
Kat. Villa Merkel Esslingen LOK Kunstmuseum St.Gallen
Mathieu Mercier(Artist)
Snoeck (Publisher)
Published on 30. June 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
184 pages
978-3-86442-120-4 (ISBN)
Description
Objects on a higher level
Lamps, furniture, bicycles, typography, museum pedestals - the work of Mathieu Mercier, winner of the Prix Marcel Duchamp (2003), born 1970 in Conflans-Saint-Honorine and now living in Paris, moves confidently between art and everyday culture. He keeps referring back to the work of his heroes Marcel Duchamp and Piet Mondrian. Yet, Mathieu Mercier does not want to make inaccessible art, but works that are »instantly descriptive and attractive«. The banal everyday objects he presents are indeed at first simply beautiful. Mercier speaks in this regard of »sublimation«, of a finishing process that guides the objects to a higher level. The targeted change of position, the permanent exchange between high and low, raises the question as to the status of things between functionality and artistic purposelessness. Mathieu Mercier skillfully reflects the concepts of Western culture of the 20th century in the field of tension between modern architecture, design and visual arts.
More details
Language
English
French
German
Place of publication
Köln
Germany
Illustrations
150
110 colour ills
Dimensions
Height: 26.5 cm
Width: 21.5 cm
ISBN-13
978-3-86442-120-4 (9783864421204)
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Editor
ISNI: 0000 0001 1651 9454
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Artist
ISNI: 0000 0000 5522 1944
Text by
ISNI: 0000 0001 1651 9454
ISNI: 0000 0000 6656 5857
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