The Galerie Eva Vautier is pleased to present BACK AGAIN, an exhibition by Philippe Perrin.
The Galerie Eva Vautier is pleased to present BACK AGAIN, an exhibition by Philippe Perrin. Having exhibited at the Centre Pompidou (Paris), the Maison Européenne de la Photographie (Paris), the Villa Arson (Nice), the Musée d’art contemporain de Lyon, the Venice Biennale and the Havana Biennial, Philippe Perrin offers, for this first exhibition at the gallery, a dialogue between some of his most recent works, including an unseen series: PEINTURES DE GUERRE. Born in 1964 in La Tronche, near Grenoble, Philippe Perrin studied in the 1980s at the École des Beaux-Arts de Grenoble with Philippe Parreno, Dominique Gonzales-Foerster and Pierre Joseph. The artist made his mark on the international art scene with works in which fiction and reality collide, using the codes of sporting, police, social, religious and intimate violence. Subversive and provocative, Philippe Perrin’s work calls our relationship to art into question. François Villon, Caravaggio, Louis Mandrin, Arthur Cravan and Mesrine form a sulphurous pantheon that feeds his inspiration. Inventing for himself a black-and-gold legend, Philippe Perrin is the flamboyant figure of a world where fiction and reality mingle. Guns, razor blades, handcuffs, giant knives and crowns of thorns are so many sculptures radiating the Perrin galaxy. Photography is treated there on the same level as sculpture, drawing, video or installation. It is the skewed mirror that draws the self-portrait of an artist by turns hooligan, bandit, boxer, victim. “I like my works to give the impression of taking the viewer hostage. Indifference has no place. The only way to come out unscathed is reflection, whatever one’s culture. It is intelligence that can help get out of this tight spot, or physical and mental harmony with the object concerned.” Philippe Perrin, TERRE BATTUE, ceramic, 80 x 50 x 7 cm, 2016 (detail). Views of the exhibition of Philippe Perrin, BACK AGAIN © Photos François Fernandez
