Dopo un’importante mostra al Palais de Tokyo, l’artista americano Peter Coffin presenta la sua nuova serie di lavori nella galleria parigina Emmanuel Perrotin.
L’artista americano crea opere che indagano i processi mentali, attivando una sorta di pseudo-misticismo nei confronti delle icone dell’arte. Un gioco sulla memoria, l’interpretazione e l’associazione creativa che Coffin trasforma dandone un’interpretazione formale del tutto personale.
Nell’installazione Untitled (Light organ) un modello in scala dell’Empire State Building, collegato a una tastiera elettronica, in relazione alle note musicali, si illumina con luci colorate in funzione dei tocchi sui tasti. Un’azione che si collega ai fenomeni sinestetici esplorati da Newton, Goethe e Kandinsky. Coffin utilizza diversi media piegandoli alle sue esigenze espressive: oggetti, musica, foto , impianti, piante. Anche neon, led e lampadine nelle sue opere concorrono a determinare una nuova percezione della realtà. Untitled (Light Organ), 2004,Mixed media
Scale Empire State Building model is 39 x 20 x 12 inches
Courtesy of the artist, Galleria Fonti, Naples and Galerie Emmanuel
Perrotin, Paris – Miami Untitled (Line after B. Nauman’s The True Artist Helps the World By
Revealing Mystic Truths)2004 neon
Courtesy of the artist, Andrew Kreps Gallery, NY and Galerie Emmanuel
Perrotin, Paris – Miami Untitled (To your Scattered Bodies Go),2003
slide frames, slide sheets, color gels, christmas lights and clear
packing tape
Courtesy of the artist, Andrew Kreps Gallery, NY, Mary Boone
Gallery, NY and Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris – Miami Following an important exhibition held at Palais de Tokyo, American artist Peter Coffin will display a new collection of works at the Emmanuel Perrotin gallery in Paris.
The American artist creates works that investigate mental processes by triggering a kind of pseudo-mysticism towards the icons of art. He plays with memory, with interpretation and creative associations, which Coffin manipulates to produce a personal formal interpretation.
Untitled (Light organ) is a scale model of the Empire State Building. The installation is linked to an electronic keyboard and flashes with colourful lights in relation to the notes produced by pressing on the keys. This phenomenon is associated to the synaesthetic phenomena explored by Newton, Goethe and Kandinsky. Coffin uses and manipulates different means according to his artistic requirements: objects, music, photographs, systems and plants. In his works, neon and Led lights and bulbs also generate a new perception of reality.
Untitled (Light Organ), 2004,Mixed media
Scale Empire State Building model is 39 x 20 x 12 inches
Courtesy of the artist, Galleria Fonti, Naples and Galerie Emmanuel
Perrotin, Paris – Miami Untitled (Line after B. Nauman’s The True Artist Helps the World By
Revealing Mystic Truths)2004 neon
Courtesy of the artist, Andrew Kreps Gallery, NY and Galerie Emmanuel
Perrotin, Paris – Miami Untitled (To your Scattered Bodies Go),2003
slide frames, slide sheets, color gels, christmas lights and clear
packing tape
Courtesy of the artist, Andrew Kreps Gallery, NY, Mary Boone
Gallery, NY and Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris – Miami