Vue d’exposition / Installation view, Group show, Oil e pepe, Art : Concept, Paris, 2024. Courtesy the Artist Estate and Art : Concept, Paris. Photo Romain Darnaud Philippe Perrot, Les familles – Le frère de ta mère – Le frère de ton père, 1994-95 Huile sur toile / Oil on canvas, 65 × 81 cm (25 ⅝ × 31 ⅞ inches). Courtesy the Artist Estate and Art : Concept, Paris. Photo : D. L’Honorey Vue d’exposition / Installation view, Group show, Oil e pepe, Art : Concept, Paris, 2024. Courtesy the Artist Estate and Art : Concept, Paris. Photo Romain Darnaud Philippe Perrot, Les petits pois, 1994 Huile sur toile / Oil on canvas, 50,5 × 73 cm (19 ⅞ × 28 ¾ inches). Courtesy the Artist Estate and Art : Concept, Paris. Photo : Rebecca Fanuele Philippe Perrot, Sans titre, 2011-2012. Crayon aquarellé sur papier / watercolor pencil on paper 30 × 42 cm (11 ¾ × 16 ½ inches). Courtesy the Artist Estate and Art : Concept, Paris. Photo Fabrice Gousset Vue d’exposition / Installation view, Group show, La Perle, Art : Concept, Paris, 2016-2017. Courtesy the Artist Estate and Art : Concept, Paris. Photo Fabrice Gousset Les époux terribles, 1993, oil on canvas, 39 3/8 x 31 7/8 in. Private collection Vue d’exposition / Installation view, Group show, La Perle, Art : Concept, Paris, 2016-2017. Courtesy the Artist Estate and Art : Concept, Paris. Photo Fabrice Gousset Untilted, 2010. Pencil watercolor, gouache and antiseptic liquids, 9 1/2 x 12 5/8 in. Private collection Assèchement des zones humides, 2009, oil and antiseptic on canvas25 5/8 x 31 7/8 in. Private collection Installation view, La force de l’art 2, Grand Palais, Paris, 2009 Baignade la nuit par crainte du jour, 2008. Oil and antiseptic on canvas, 38 1/4 x 76 3/4 in. Musée national d’art moderne, Paris Les mendiants, 2007, oil and antiseptic (eosin, betadine and bleu de Milian) on canvas. Private collection Untilted, 2007. Watercolor and pencil on paper. Private collection Untilted, 2007, watercolor and pencil on paper, 25 5/8 x 19 5/8 in. Private collection Untilted 2007, watercolor and pencil on paper, 25 5/8 x 19 5/8 in. Private collection La soeur inversée, 2007. Oil and antiseptic on canvas. Private collection L’homme invisible, 2007. Oil and antiseptic on canvas, 31 1/2 x 39 3/8 in. Private collection Untilted, 2006. Watercolor pencil, gouache and antiseptic on paper, 12 5/8 x 9 1/2 in. Private collection Untilted, 2005. Watercolor and pencil on paper. Private collection Untilted, 2005. Watercolor and pencil on paper. 11 3/4 x 16 1/2 in. Private collection Untilted, 2005. Gouache, pencil and antiseptic (eosin, betadine et bleu de Milian) on paper, 25 5/8 x 19 5/8 in. Private collection La cérémonie, 2004. Oil, eosin and antiseptic on canvas, 38 1/4 x 77 1/2 in. Private collection Migraine, 2004. Oil, eosin and antiseptic on canvas, 38 1/4 x 77 1/2 in. collection MOCA, Los Angeles / US La fête des pères, 2003. Oil, eosin and betadine on canvas, 19 5/8 x 39 3/8 in. Private collection La pipe (mamie attend un bébé), 2002, oil, eosin and betadine on canvas, 57 1/2 x 44 7/8 in. Private collection Joystick ta mère n’est pas ta mère, 2000, oil, eosin and betadine on canvas, 57 1/2 x 44 7/8 in. Private collection Père, aubergine, navet, carotte, 1999. Oil, betadine and eosin on canvasas, 57 1/2 x 44 7/8 in. Frissiras Museum, Athènes Aubergine, courgette, père, 1998. Oil, betadine and eosin on canvas, 10 5/8 x 8 5/8 in. Private collection L’homme aux gants, 1998, oil, betadine and eosin on canvas, 10 5/8 x 8 5/8 in. Private collection La source, 1998, oil, betadine and eosin on canvas, 39 3/8 x 31 7/8 in. Collection FMAC, Paris Est-ce bien toi Grand-Maman, 1997, oil and betadine on canvas, 57 1/2 x 44 7/8 in. Private collection La fête des mères, 1997, oil and betadine on scarf, 28 x 28 in. Centre national des arts plastiques, Paris Le colosse, 1997, oil and betadine on canvas, 74 x 55 1/8 in. Centre national des arts plastiques, Paris Un jour mon prince viendra, 1996, oil and betadine on canvas, 37 x 25 5/8 in. Private collection Trois aveugles, 1995, oil and betadine on canvas, 39 3/8 x 31 7/8 in. Private collection L’air pur (diptyque), 1994. Oil on canvas. Private collection Ta mère, 1994, oil on canvas, 57 1/2 x 44 7/8 in. Collection Musée d’art Moderne, Paris Le secret de famille, 1993, oil on canvas, 39 3/8 x 31 7/8 in. Private collection
Biography
Philippe Perrot’s paintings are always about family. But he constantly interrupts the narrative function of the image, with each canvas suggesting various skits without reality divulging any family secrets. Nevertheless, his singular way of painting the signs and images suggests something of their weight and their influence on the organisation of pictorial space. The varying effects of scale contribute to altering the latter’s homogeneity. The point is to disconcert the gaze of the viewers and make them seek new reference points and follow aleatory lines of thought. It is by maintaining a permanent non-resemblance between the signs and their signification, creating a disjunction between the image and its referent, that this challenge the viewer attains its full meaning. (Evence Verdier / Translation : L.S Torgoff).
The work of Philippe Perrot (Paris, 1967 – Paris, 2015) is present, among others, in the following institutions: MOMA, New York; MOCA, Los Angeles; Frissimas Museum, Athènes; FRAC Ile de France, Paris; FMAC Ivry syr Seine; CCCG, Gennevilliers.
Exhibitions: Le monde vous appartient, Palazzo Grassi, Venise (2011) ; Rosa et Carlos de la Cruz, Miami (2007); Art: Concept, Paris (2004).
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Richard Leydier, Philippe Perrot (Ramasser les morceaux), Paris, 2003 Patrick Javault & Xavier Franceschi, Philippe Perrot Peintures, édition Centre d’Art et de Culture Espace Jules Verne, Brétigny-sur-Orge, 1993