Work from the Collection

Vesperal requiem for Clairwill

Date of creation: 2010
Domain: Peinture
Medium: Mixed
Materials: Marouflaged canvas, Wooden box, Oiled photocopy
Dimensions: 87 x 69 x 3 cm
Collection: Lafayette Anticipations - Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin
Date of acquisition: 2013
Niels Trannois, Vesperal requiem for Clairwill, Peinture, 2010, Collection Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin © DR
The title, Vesperal requiem for Clairwill, is a reference to the libertine lover in the novel Juliette (1797) by the Marquis de Sade. It creates a discrepancy between the literary title and the resolutely abstract image. Only a light canvas cut-out interrupts the monochrome nature of the black oiled photocopy. Niels Trannois delivers an enigmatic creation that introduces material effects through the irregularity of the chosen medium. He plays on the contrasts between language and the sensation produced by the work, abstraction and narration, representation and emotion. His practice is deployed on a wide variety of media to achieve a result that is almost sculptural in nature, as he plays with the addition or removal of matter and the diversity of materials.

Text written by Valentine Brégeon as part of the partnership between the École du Louvre and Lafayette Anticipations – Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin.

Exhibition

Antidote 6
La Galerie des Galeries, Paris (France)
from 14 Oct 2010 to 08 Jan 2011

À propos de l'artiste

Niels Trannois

Born in 1976 in Flers, France

L’œuvre de Niels Trannois multiplie les ajouts de matière pour créer des tableaux qui relèvent presque de la sculpture. Il développe des scènes crépusculaires qui oscillent entre abstraction et figuration en combinant découpes, collages et juxtapositions. Ses titres imagés induisent un décalage entre la représentation et le texte qui rappelle les jeux langagiers chers aux surréalistes. L’ensemble contribue à créer une ambiance de mystère qui interroge le spectateur.

Né en 1976 à Flers (France), Niels Trannois a étudié à l’ESAA Duperré à Paris, puis à la Villa Arson de Nice. Il vit et travaille à Berlin.