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’HonoreyAssèchement des zones humides, 2009, oil and antiseptic on canvas25 5/8 x 31 7/8 in. Private collectionPhilippe 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 FanueleUntilted, 2010. Pencil watercolor, gouache and antiseptic liquids, 9 1/2 x 12 5/8 in. Private collectionInstallation view, La force de l’art 2, Grand Palais, Paris, 2009Baignade 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, ParisUntilted, 2007. Watercolor and pencil on paper. Private collectionUntilted, 2007, watercolor and pencil on paper, 25 5/8 x 19 5/8 in. Private collectionUntilted 2007, watercolor and pencil on paper, 25 5/8 x 19 5/8 in. Private collectionUntilted, 2005. Gouache, pencil and antiseptic (eosin, betadine et bleu de Milian) on paper, 25 5/8 x 19 5/8 in. Private collectionLa soeur inversée, 2007. Oil and antiseptic on canvas. Private collectionL’homme invisible, 2007. Oil and antiseptic on canvas, 31 1/2 x 39 3/8 in. Private collectionUntilted, 2006. Watercolor pencil, gouache and antiseptic on paper, 12 5/8 x 9 1/2 in. Private collectionLe colosse, 1997, oil and betadine on canvas, 74 x 55 1/8 in. Centre national des arts plastiques, ParisUntilted, 2005. Watercolor and pencil on paper. Private collectionUntilted, 2005. Watercolor and pencil on paper. 11 3/4 x 16 1/2 in. Private collectionLa cérémonie, 2004. Oil, eosin and antiseptic on canvas, 38 1/4 x 77 1/2 in. Private collectionLes mendiants, 2007, oil and antiseptic (eosin, betadine and bleu de Milian) on canvas. Private collectionMigraine, 2004. Oil, eosin and antiseptic on canvas, 38 1/4 x 77 1/2 in. collection MOCA, Los Angeles / USLa fête des pères, 2003. Oil, eosin and betadine on canvas, 19 5/8 x 39 3/8 in. Private collectionLa pipe (mamie attend un bébé), 2002, oil, eosin and betadine on canvas, 57 1/2 x 44 7/8 in. Private collectionJoystick ta mère n’est pas ta mère, 2000, oil, eosin and betadine on canvas, 57 1/2 x 44 7/8 in. Private collectionPère, aubergine, navet, carotte, 1999. Oil, betadine and eosin on canvasas, 57 1/2 x 44 7/8 in. Frissiras Museum, AthènesAubergine, courgette, père, 1998. Oil, betadine and eosin on canvas, 10 5/8 x 8 5/8 in. Private collectionL’homme aux gants, 1998, oil, betadine and eosin on canvas, 10 5/8 x 8 5/8 in. Private collectionLa source, 1998, oil, betadine and eosin on canvas, 39 3/8 x 31 7/8 in. Collection FMAC, ParisEst-ce bien toi Grand-Maman, 1997, oil and betadine on canvas, 57 1/2 x 44 7/8 in. Private collectionTa mère, 1994, oil on canvas, 57 1/2 x 44 7/8 in. Collection Musée d’art Moderne, Paris Un jour mon prince viendra, 1996, oil and betadine on canvas, 37 x 25 5/8 in. Private collectionL’air pur (diptyque), 1994. Oil on canvas. Private collectionTrois aveugles, 1995, oil and betadine on canvas, 39 3/8 x 31 7/8 in. Private collectionLe secret de famille, 1993, oil on canvas, 39 3/8 x 31 7/8 in. Private collectionLa fête des mères, 1997, oil and betadine on scarf, 28 x 28 in. Centre national des arts plastiques, Paris
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).
Richard Leydier, Philippe Perrot (Ramasser les morceaux), Paris, 2003Patrick Javault & Xavier Franceschi, Philippe Perrot Peintures, édition Centre d’Art et de Culture Espace Jules Verne, Brétigny-sur-Orge, 1993
