Rock
Small plates of shiny metal—aluminium, copper, brass—and Plexiglas are fixed to a rock that has washed up on the ground. The piece evokes the debris of a building on which honorary plaques have been affixed, but as no inscription is engraved on them, the composite object passes into the realm of the absurd. By alchemy, the mineral mixes with the metal, the work acting like a kind of talisman charged with an intrinsic strength and memory: according to Tatiana Trouvé, all her work is directed by “the idea of time and the theme of memory.” The artist often uses copper, a conductive material that is said to have many medicinal properties, as an agent of transmission in her works. She has attached copper or bronze locks and weights onto other stones in this series, as if the rock contained a secret of its own.
Text written by Marianne Tricoire as part of the partnership between the École du Louvre and Lafayette Anticipations – Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin.
Exhibitions
MAMCO - Musée d'Art moderne et contemporain de Genève, Genève (Suisse)
from 25 Jun to 21 Sep 2014
La Galerie des Galeries, Paris (France)
from 13 Sep to 03 Nov 2007
Tatiana Trouvé
Born in 1968 in Cosenza, Italie
La pratique de Tatiana Trouvé s’articule autour des notions de mémoire et d’archives. L’artiste cherche notamment à sauver de l’oubli des éléments banals, des documents administratifs et des objets divers qui constituent le cœur de notre quotidien. Nourrie d’influences littéraires, son œuvre protéiforme à mi-chemin entre la sculpture, l’architecture et la maquette matérialise son expérience intime tout en montrant l’absurdité de la société contemporaine et du monde du travail.
Née en 1968 à Cosenza (Italie), Tatiana Trouvé a été formée aux Pays-Bas ainsi qu’à la Villa Arson de Nice avant de se lancer dans son principal projet artistique : le Bureau d’activités implicites (BAI). Elle a remporté le prix Marcel Duchamp en 2007. Elle vit et travaille à Paris.
