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Mathieu Mercier (né en 1970)

Lot 13
21.09.2022 15:00UTC +01:00
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€ 11 970
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationFrance, Paris
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ID 813879
Lot 13 | Mathieu Mercier (né en 1970)
Estimate value
€ 6 000 – 8 000
Mathieu Mercier (né en 1970)

Sans titre

néon, métal et transformateur

60 x 23 x 30 cm.

Réalisé en 2005, cette œuvre est unique.



neon, metal and light deamer

23 5/8 x 9 x 11 1/2 in.

Executed in 2005, this work is unique.





Provenance

Galerie Chez Valentin, Paris

Acquis auprès de celle-ci en 2006



Exhibited

Los Angeles, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Lost in L. A., décembre 2012-janvier 2013 (une œuvre de la même série exposée).

Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Sans titres 1993-2007, novembre 2007-janvier 2008 (une œuvre de la même série exposée et illustrée au catalogue d'exposition).



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Post lot text

Mathieu Mercier, plasticien français, cherche, dans les traces de Duchamp et Mondrian, à révéler la beauté cachée dans les objets du quotidien. Il libère l’objet de toute fonctionnalité et exprime avec poésie des concepts de modernité. Et ainsi réinvente le matériau : le néon est par exemple compris comme un poids, une coupure dans l’espace entre la souplesse et la rigidité, une lumière qui trace la chaleur de ce qui l’entoure. Son projet pour le moins radical reçoit le prix Marcel Duchamp en 2003 et est exposé la même année au Centre Pompidou. Le musée comprend dans ses collections une autre édition du néon-boucle Sans titre (don de Marie-Aline Prat en 2017), semblable à celui de la collection du Comte et de la Comtesse Jean-Jacques de Flers.

In the footsteps of Duchamp and Mondrian, French visual artist Mathieu Mercier seeks to reveal the beauty hidden in everyday objects. He frees the object from all functionality and expresses concepts of modernity with poetry. Thus, he reinvents materials: neon, for example, is understood as a weight, a break in space between flexibility and rigidity, a light that traces the warmth of its surroundings. His radical project was awarded the Marcel Duchamp Prize in 2003 and was exhibited the same year at the Centre Pompidou. The museum includes in its collections another edition of the neon loop Untitled (donated by Marie-Aline Prat in 2017), similar to the one in the collection of Count and Countess Jean-Jacques de Flers.
Art style:Contemporary art
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
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