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Philippe Decrauzat's Exhibition Explores Abstract Art, Modernism, and Perceptual Shifts through Film and Sculpture

Delve into Decrauzat's unique approach to 20th-century artistic abstraction, connecting historical art periods with contemporary installations.

The Philippe Decrauzat exhibition at the Secession presents a profound engagement with abstract art traditions. Discover a compelling collection of wall paintings, films, and sculptures that reinterpret movements like Constructivism and Op Art. This unique show examines the interplay between historical art periods and modern modes of seeing, inviting a new perspective on visual perception.

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Exhibition summary

This exhibition features the work of Philippe Decrauzat, exploring his unique approach to abstract art by drawing from 20th-century movements like Constructivism and Op Art. The exhibition concept emphasizes connections between spaces and historical art periods, incorporating films, sculptures, and wall paintings.

Curatorial context

Philippe Decrauzat's exhibition at the Secession delves into the artist's engagement with the legacy of 20th-century artistic abstraction, utilizing his distinctive vocabulary of wall paintings, films, sculptures, and installations. Decrauzat draws upon the formal language of Russian Constructivism, the visual effects of Op Art, and the reduced geometries of Minimalism, yet critically distances himself from these styles to offer a unique perspective on modernism. His practice is deeply intertwined with experimental film, pop culture, and science fiction cinematography, aiming to distill a modern mode of seeing beyond modernist optical logic. For the Secession gallery, Decrauzat developed a concept that highlights connections and transitions between exhibition spaces, symbolizing a balance of diverse art historical periods. The Kreuzraum presents his film 'After Birds' (2008), which rearranges stills from Hitchcock's 'The Birds' to explore themes of paranoia and shifting perception, employing a 'Fade in / Fade out' motif. In contrast, a minimalist installation in the intermediate space references key moments in modern art, such as Marcel Duchamp's 'The Blind Man' and Joseph Beuys' 'Coyote'. The main gallery space focuses on abstract ideas of movement, paradoxically presented statically, with a rasterized sculpture referencing Eadweard Muybridge's motion studies and a structure derived from propaganda display formats, revealing a spatial wall painting that plays with moiré effects and perceptual shifts.

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Venue
Secession
Current status
Completed
Exhibition schedule
Feb 29, 2008 – Apr 13, 2008
Artist line / attribution
Philippe Decrauzat, born in 1974 in Lausanne, lives and works in Lausanne.
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