Gallery Perrotin
This is the smallest I have seen Perrotin, so that was an experience in itself.
Most of the gallery is currently closed off. Loved the concentrated version of the gallery spaces.
Kathia St. Hilaire’s pieces treat very serious subjects with aesthetic légèreté, something to be tried myself, as I do want to treat serious subjects, but as I am pretty figurate, and yet don’t want to be too literal, or “premier degré”, perhaps some more impressionist or abstract representations could be nice to test.
Some ideas I had for my own upcoming work, after seeing “The Vocals of The Chaotic Burst” :
A figurative and hyperrealistic set of indicators, but in an abstract landscape, to let the piece breathe?
Full abstract pieces, just the odd face or hand, to indicate human presence?
Using texture and materials to indicate human presence, but letting nature take over?
Large formats, hiding humanity in the details, bowing down to the size of the universe?
Or even inverting colours, like St. Hilaire, almost the opposite of Kerry James Marshall in many ways?
One main colour - here, yellow - perhaps for me - pink, red, or black - ?
Perrotin is, of course, such a beautiful network of galleries. I would love to show there one day, let’s see how to work hard and make this dream into a reality.
Stay tuned for more experimentation to come!
