This installation of paintings was produced recently in response to the economic activities and history of the region of Bordeaux, upon the occasion of the BAD+ residency program following an invitation by artistic director and curator Marie Maertens. The works directly connect the liquid nature of paint to the commercial influence of the river Garonne, viticulture, oyster production, and the productive economic forces of water beyond this context.
This exhibition is the first stage of an ongoing research into the relationships between paint and economic models, transitions between states of matter (fluid, solid, vapor) and the conceptual development of liquidation as a process of transfer between ‘becoming abstract’ and ‘becoming real’.
The project produced three discrete series (Impostes + Glaces + Verres) to envolop and recontextualise other paintings that were drawn to a conclusion within this framework of liquidities.
Liquidity, studio install view, 2024
Imposte, 2024, 50 x 95 cm, Oil on linen
Imposte, 2024, 50 x 95 cm, Oil on linen
Verre III and Glace III, 50cmØ each, Oil on canvas
Recycleur, 2024, 60 x 73 cm, Oil on linen
Imposte, 2024, 50 x 95 cm, Oil on linen
Imposte, 2024, 50 x 95 cm, Oil on linen
Glace II and Verre II, 50cmØ each, Oil on canvas
Transaction (actuelle) and Transation (virtuelle), Oil on linen, 73 x 60 cm each
Imposte, 2024, 50 x 95 cm, Oil on linen
Imposte, 2024, 50 x 95 cm, Oil on linen
Glace II and Verre II, 50cmØ each, Oil on canvas
Transistor (Vinaigre), 2012-2024, 73 x 60 cm, Oil on linen
Imposte (vessels), Oil on linen, 55 x 100 cm