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Ar. Jean Verville realises IN
1 2 3, three installations combining art, architecture, and domesticity;
intimate portraits that present universes in themselves…
The current
decompartmentalization of artistic disciplines brings about the emergence of
new proposals. Architect Jean Verville demonstrates this hybridization in
architectural interventions swapping the user's experience into a spatial and
pictorial experimentation, in which sensory perception is asked to transgress
the physical limits of space to favour the illusory abstraction of dimensional
form and produce architecture that seems free from their function and
materiality.
These intimate portraits
transpose the personalities of their occupants, while illustrating their moving
collaborations with the architect. Jean infiltrates his installations with
intriguing photographic proposals in which the presence of an allegorical
figure proposes a new modality for appreciation of architecture. IAnD takes a look at installation 3 - IN3...
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The installation juggles with
excesses and exuberance, while retaining its signature of an assumed
minimalism. The proposal calls for mechanisms of perception of space that break
the usual patterns of domesticity.
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To satisfy everyday needs,
and to subtract them from time-to-time to create a working environment that
strengthens the maestro's concentration, the bare space skilfully conceals
functions in a succession of sculptural volumes. The grey tones of the raw
materials unite into a volumetric entity pierced by an immense golden structure
deploying to abolish the hierarchy of spaces.
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Offering images evolving
towards abstraction, this golden ribbon, containing domestic functions as
storage units, breaks up space into a single operation of powerful efficiency.
The diffusion of a felted and enveloping light invests the place of a
mysterious aura that contributes to its theatricality.
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The rich contrast between the
concrete, the sumptuous golden brass and the immaculate brilliance of the white
stones, creates a mineral character that encourages a feeling of opulence,
intensified by the presence of a triumphant piano. Wandering in this clean and
refine space, at the same time of an unusual expressivity, proposes sensations
blurring the spatial perception to reveal a sculptural proposal of an extreme
sophistication.
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Internationally acclaimed Ar.
Jean Verville presents a diversified production of architecture, installation,
and scenography. The architect’s interest lies in the possibilities of
hybridization between arts and architecture and their impact on the architectural creation
process.
The installation is spread
across 160 sq. m. and uses wood, brass, concrete, quartz, marble, mirror.
Collaborators include François Bodlet and Stéphane Gimbert.
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