John Cornu
I’m a passenger
Installation Views
La Gueule ouverte, 2017
Wood, paint and wax
145 x 114 x 5 cm each
Photo: John Cornu, courtesy Galerie Gilla Loercher
John Cornu, La Gueule ouverte
La Gueule ouverte, 2017
Wood, paint and wax
145 x 114 x 5 cm each
Photo: John Cornu, courtesy Galerie Gilla Loercher
Installation view: John Cornu at Galerie Gilla Loercher, 2017
Photo: John Cornu, courtesy Galerie Gilla Loercher
Installation view: John Cornu at Galerie Gilla Loercher, 2017
Photo: John Cornu, courtesy Galerie Gilla Loercher
Works
La Gueule ouverte, 2017
Wood, paint and wax
145 x 114 x 5 cm each
Photo: John Cornu, courtesy Galerie Gilla Loercher
John Cornu, La Gueule ouverte
La Gueule ouverte, 2017
Wood, paint and wax
145 x 114 x 5 cm each
Photo: John Cornu, courtesy Galerie Gilla Loercher
Dernier degré de l’attachement, 2016
Carrare marble, bronze and oxydation
Marble: 18 x 12 x 2 cm
Bronze: 13 x 7 x 4 cm
Unique pieces in an unlimited series
Photo: John Cornu
Par la Meurtrière, 2011
Dark grey mat, mirror and dark wooden frame
58 x 50 x 4 cm
Edition 2/5
Photo: John Cornu
Purple Rain, 2016-2017
Red wine and blotting paper
39,5 x 42,5 cm
Unique pieces
Photo: Gilla Loercher, courtesy the artist
Purple Rain, 2016-2017
Red wine and blotting paper
23,5 x 29,5 cm
Unique pieces
Photo: Gilla Loercher, courtesy the artist
Purple Rain, 2016-2017
Red wine and blotting paper
23,5 x 29,5 cm
Unique pieces
Photo: John Cornu
Untitled, 2009-2010
Stainless construction props
Variables dimensions
Edition 1/10 ; 2/10 ; 3/10
Photo: John Cornu
Untitled, 2009-2010
Stainless construction props
Variables dimensions
Edition 1/10 ; 2/10 ; 3/10
Photo: John Cornu
Press Release
/John Cornu works with an aesthetic inherited from minimalism and modernism (seriality, modularity), while maintaining a strong relation to context (historical, architectural) and a form of contemporary romanticism (a penchant for degradation, blindness, violence, and destruction). With an interest for modern ruins, coercive systems, logics of power, and the passage of time, the artist imbues his productions with an atmosphere at once poetic and without compromise. Whether sculptural, pictorial, or installation-based, they blend paradoxical forces, setting up a multiplicity of meanings and readings.
A melancholic melody filters out from the exhibition « I'm a passenger ». It sketches a haunted portrait of our interior demons, the outline of a murky dream vibrating between violet purple and deep black.
French artist John Cornu, born 1976, lives and works between Rennes and Paris. His work has been shown in many art insitutions and galleries s.a.: Palais de Tokyo, Paris (F), Cneai, Paris (F), Musèe des Beaux-arts, Calais (F), Musée des Beaux-arts, Rennes (F), Musée Particulière, Brussels (BE), Musée Picasso, Paris (F), Biennale de Lyon (F), Sainsbury Center for Visual Arts, Norwich (UK), Circa, Montréal (CAN), ZQM, Berlin (D), Busan Biennale South Korea (KR), Biennale d`art contemporain de Jukoutsk (RUS), Ricou Gallery, Bruxelles (BE), Galerie Thaddeus Ropac, Paris (F), Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris (F), Galerie Gilla Lörcher, Berlin (D) a.o.
