Xavier Veilhan: Compass
Perrotin New York is pleased to present Compass, a solo project by French artist Xavier Veilhan. The works on view focus on the artist鈥檚 interest in geometry, including a new series of line drawings, graphic mobiles and a marquetry, as well as a site-specific mural of hand drawn circles on the walls of the gallery. The wall mural will be completed during the public opening on February 28th at 5pm, marking Veilhan鈥檚 first live drawing session in the United States.
Over the last three decades, Xavier Veilhan has developed a multiform approach to sculpture, painting, performance, video, and photography, often generating installations in which the audience becomes an active participant. Known primarily for his figurative sculptures and conceptual paintings, he has developed his own formal vocabulary, reinterpreting classical sculptural and architectural elements under a technological gaze. Utilizing geometrical figures and mathematical designs, the artist conceptualizes the living world through an analytical perspective.
In the exhibition, we are welcomed by the form of Alice n掳2, the only marquetry on view. Combining the digital and the material, Veilhan attempts to capture the familiar likeness of the human figure through a modernistic perspective. The structural geometric form poised against a neutral background questions our understanding of classical portraiture, as Alice exists separate from physical representation of the real world.
The core of Compass consists of a series of new drawings in a variety of circular shapes and scales. For years, the artist has utilized drawing as a method for research and communication, which is now at the heart of his practice. In 2020, Veilhan began exploring the possibilities of a single line on paper in his Confinement drawings. These new works will expand his interest beyond the paper, creating an illusion of infinite space.
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Perrotin New York is pleased to present Compass, a solo project by French artist Xavier Veilhan. The works on view focus on the artist鈥檚 interest in geometry, including a new series of line drawings, graphic mobiles and a marquetry, as well as a site-specific mural of hand drawn circles on the walls of the gallery. The wall mural will be completed during the public opening on February 28th at 5pm, marking Veilhan鈥檚 first live drawing session in the United States.
Over the last three decades, Xavier Veilhan has developed a multiform approach to sculpture, painting, performance, video, and photography, often generating installations in which the audience becomes an active participant. Known primarily for his figurative sculptures and conceptual paintings, he has developed his own formal vocabulary, reinterpreting classical sculptural and architectural elements under a technological gaze. Utilizing geometrical figures and mathematical designs, the artist conceptualizes the living world through an analytical perspective.
In the exhibition, we are welcomed by the form of Alice n掳2, the only marquetry on view. Combining the digital and the material, Veilhan attempts to capture the familiar likeness of the human figure through a modernistic perspective. The structural geometric form poised against a neutral background questions our understanding of classical portraiture, as Alice exists separate from physical representation of the real world.
The core of Compass consists of a series of new drawings in a variety of circular shapes and scales. For years, the artist has utilized drawing as a method for research and communication, which is now at the heart of his practice. In 2020, Veilhan began exploring the possibilities of a single line on paper in his Confinement drawings. These new works will expand his interest beyond the paper, creating an illusion of infinite space.
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