When Energy Becomes Form (English edition)
Skira (Publisher)
Published on 2. April 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
60 pages
978-88-572-5044-1 (ISBN)
Description
The Art of Oil in the works of BP group for the Black Gold Museum's inaugural exhibition
>Founded in the early 1980s, BP is a French artist collective formed by Renaud Layrac, Frédéric Pohl, and Richard Bellon. The group emerged spontaneously after discovering British Petroleum stickers, which they adopted as their signature. Since then, BP has focused exclusively on the petroleum world, creating installations using industrial objects such as barrels, gas pumps, and automotive materials. Their work explores themes of appropriation, reuse, and environmental critique, often incorporating used oil as a medium. BP's distinctive practice challenges the aesthetics and ethics of fossil fuel culture through subversive, site-specific interventions rooted in material transformation.
>Founded in the early 1980s, BP is a French artist collective formed by Renaud Layrac, Frédéric Pohl, and Richard Bellon. The group emerged spontaneously after discovering British Petroleum stickers, which they adopted as their signature. Since then, BP has focused exclusively on the petroleum world, creating installations using industrial objects such as barrels, gas pumps, and automotive materials. Their work explores themes of appropriation, reuse, and environmental critique, often incorporating used oil as a medium. BP's distinctive practice challenges the aesthetics and ethics of fossil fuel culture through subversive, site-specific interventions rooted in material transformation.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Milan
Italy
Illustrations
40
Dimensions
Height: 290 mm
Width: 250 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
400 gr
ISBN-13
978-88-572-5044-1 (9788857250441)
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Christian Janicot Curator; is a graduate of the École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (ENSAD), Paris. He now works as an art consultant for exhibitions and museums, as a curator, and artistic director.
Arnauld Pierre is Professor of Art History at Sorbonne University. His field of research encompasses the sources, and the imaginary of modernity considered in the wider field of scientific and visual culture.
Arnauld Pierre is Professor of Art History at Sorbonne University. His field of research encompasses the sources, and the imaginary of modernity considered in the wider field of scientific and visual culture.