Bertrand Lavier
Smeg, 2024
Artwork
Bertrand Lavier
Smeg, 2024
Acrylic paint on refrigerator
Sans socle/Without Plinth:
154 x 61 x 77 cm
60 5/8 x 24 x 30 1/4 in.
Socle/ Plinth:
110 x 110 x 10 cm
43 1/4 x 43 1/4 x 4 in.
Price on request
Bertrand Lavier has been working on his “painted objects” project since 1980, creating a hybrid space in which the object and its representation are embraced by the same gaze. Cabinets, cameras, mirrors, pianos and paintings depicting, for example, a regional map of the United States are covered, down to the smallest detail, with a thick layer of paint identical to the color of their surface. Here, the artist truly paints “sur le motif”, taking in its most literal sense the expression used by painters at the end of the XIXᵉ century, who abandoned their studios to paint in the open air.
Bertrand Lavier
Born in 1949 in Châtillon sur Seine, France
Lives and works between Paris and Aignay‐le‐Duc, France
Lives and works between Paris and Aignay‐le‐Duc, France
