L'abri (le vent nous portera)
L'abri (le vent nous portera) is an installation consisting of an upside-down wooden garden shed that produces soap bubbles. Pierre Ardouvin pays tribute to Marcel Duchamp and his readymades, which questioned the status of the artwork in the early twentieth century. The wooden shed is a prosaic object of everyday life, but also a treasure chest for children playing in the garden. A child’s gaze has turned the shed upside down and turned it into a bubble machine. The shack and bubbles also speak to the world of the funfair that Pierre Ardouvin loves for the fantastical ephemeral entertainment it conjures up. The object is precariously balanced and could topple over at any moment... With the tip of the roof positioned on the ground and the bubbles appearing on its surface, it could also seem like this shed is sinking.
Text written by Justine Grethen as part of the partnership between the École du Louvre and Lafayette Anticipations – Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin.
Exhibitions
Galeries Lafayette, Paris (France)
from 03 Jun to 04 Jun 2016
La Maison de La vache qui rit, Lons-le-Saunier (France)
from 21 Sep 2014 to 08 Mar 2015
La Galerie des Galeries, Paris (France)
from 09 Oct to 06 Dec 2008
Zoo Galerie, Nantes (France)
from 12 Jan to 16 Feb 2008
NMOCA – Musée national d’art contemporain, Séoul (Corée du sud)
from 25 Jun 2011 to 16 Nov 0011