Mathieu Mercier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mercier, Mathieu, 1970-

Contributor:

Fonds régional d'art contemporain des Pays de la Loire.

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Mercier, Mathieu, 1970---Exhibitions.

Mercier, Mathieu.

Mercier, Mathieu, 1970---Interviews.

Mercier, Mathieu, 1970-.

Installations (Art)--Europe--Exhibitions.

Installations (Art).

Europe.

Genre:

Interviews.

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

132 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Zurich : JRP-Ringier ; Carquefou [France] : En partenariat avec / In partnership with FRAC des Pays le la Loire ; New York, NY : Distribution partner, États-Unis / USA: D.A.P. / Distributed Art Publishers, [2006]

Language Note:

Interviews, photograph captions, and one commentary article in French with English translation; another commentary article in English with French translation.

Summary:

Mathieu Mercier employs common household and industrial materials to create his sculptural, photographic and wall-based works, which explore the relationship between those contemporary mass-produced consumer objects and their aesthetic origins in early-twentieth-century art and design. One series of sculptures, titled "Drum and Bass," recreates classic Mondrian compositions out of black DIY shelving and primary-colored household objects--plastic bins, extension cables and stationary folders. In "Plastic Anchors Wall," Mercier again traces the use of primary colors from early Modernist art to their function as color-coding for differently sized screw anchors. This dialogue between utopian art and design icons and contemporary mass-produced objects highlights the evolution of the meaning of "modernity," from social project, in utopian movements such as De Stijl and Russian Constructivism, to capital gain.

Contents:

Interview / Gilles Drouault, Mathieu Mercier

Tic 'tac, deux sièges et un concombre des mers = Tick tock, two seats and a sea cucumber / Texte: Michel Gauthier

Pure products go crazy / Jennifer Allen

Interview / Jac Fol, Mathieu Mercier.

Notes:

Consists of text of interviews with Mercier and commentary on his works, interspersed with photographs of various installations of his at numerous exhibitions, 1996-2006.

Title from spine.

"Direction de la publication / Concept: Mathieu Mercier ; Suivi éditorial / Editor: Aurélie Voltz ; Auteurs / Writers: Jennifer Allen, Gilles Drouault, Jac Fol, Michel Gauthier ; Traductions / Translations: John Lee, Aude Tincelin, John O'Toole ; Graphic design & illustrations: Mathias Schweizer"--Colophon (p. 126).

Some of the photograph captions are on plates (measuring half the horizontal dimension of the book) inserted between pages of the book.

Includes bibliographical references (page 112).

ISBN:

3905701715

9783905701715

OCLC:

76742366