One or Two Abstractions, Few Objects and a Nude. Mathieu Mercier

Press release/Dossier

 
 
One or Two Abstractions, Few Objects and a Nude. Mathieu Mercier

 
 

One or Two Abstractions, Few Objects and a Nude, Room 1. General view
Sublimation (Umbrella) Detail, 2013 / 2018. Umbrella, color palette and corian. 95 x 25 x 25 cm
One or Two Abstractions, Few Objects and a Nude, Room 1. General view
3 Axes / 3 Sphères, 2017. Wood, aluminum, granite, polystyrene. 45 x 29 x 31 cm
One or Two Abstractions, Few Objects and a Nude, Room 2. General view
Untitled (Balleta), 2018. Digital print on 310 gr paper. 102 x 75 cm
One or Two Abstractions, Few Objects and a Nude, Room 2. General view
Untitled (Flor), 2018. Digital print on 310 gr paper. 73 x 55 cm
One or Two Abstractions, Few Objects and a Nude, Room 3. General view
Scan Modeling Paste (Detail), 2011. C-Print. 170 x 124 cm
One or Two Abstractions, Few Objects and a Nude, Room 3. General view
Untitled, 2011 / 2018. Crystal and objects. Installation. Variable dimensions
Untitled, 2018. Metal display, colored paper. 130 x 165 x 75 cm
Untitled (Mini vitrina), 2015. Crystal and scissors. 109 x 96 x 75 cm
Le nu, 2013. 3D video Blu Ray. 4:30 min loop. Production: Orange Push Your Art. Film making: Cow Prod
Le nu, 2013. 3D video Blu Ray. 4:30 min loop. Production: Orange Push Your Art. Film making: Cow Prod


 
 

Press release

 
 

Luis Adelantado is pleased to invite you to the second solo exhibition of the influential French artist Mathieu Mercier at our gallery. The artist is presenting a selection of some of his most recent pieces, as well as some which can already be considered to be historical, such as his legendary axis and sphere, and his showcases.
The One Or Two Abstractions, Few Objects and a Nude exhibition will be displayed on the four floors of our gallery’s main space, in an exercise of conceptually balanced dynamism and aesthetics. Following his line of research, Mathieu sets his sights on a series of objects that, yet being eminently functional, he decontextualises and converts into others, turning them into mere reflections of an echo of reality.
The artist invites us to play with what we perceive as real—as opposed to what generates doubt in us—by constantly including the ready made idea in his work. The great game of perception, and the discernment between what is real and what is not, is one of the mechanisms Mercier uses in some of the most striking installations he has developed for this exhibition. One of the pieces he is presenting tests our senses, showing us the front and back of a mirror, but... Is it real?
Mercier has gifted us with an excellent exhibition, after working at Le Portique Contemporary Art Center in The Hague, and we are able to see some of the pieces he presented in that exhibition, where he manipulates the truth enclosed in objects, showing dialoguing contrasts. The artist has said that he trusts his intuition, a knowledge acquired through looking and reading, giving him a wide semantic knowledge of image.