ART
Carmen Perrin |
Written 30 January |
Saturday 07 November, 14:00Galerie Catherine Putman, 74005 [map]Carmen Perrin
The galerie Catherine Putman presents a first time exhibition of Carmen Perrin’s drawings. Perrin displays several large drawings from the series « Tracés tournés » initiated in 2008. These drawings are created on a vast round table that turns like a wheel. The artist is able to control the direction and the speed of the table thanks to a pedal. The drawing size - 116 x 116 cm - represents the distance that the artist can reach in a standing position. Carmen Perrin often used the scale of her own body in order to create her sculptures and then her drawings. Creating a drawing consists in the inscription of the movement and speed of the table as well as the artist’s own speed and body movements. The round table is a mechanic constraint with which she plays, and that interacts with the paper material. Carmen Perrin’s pieces are the result of a tension between the mechanic work and the hand. The gallery will also display some pieces from the series « forages »: from Paris Match magazines of the 60’s and 70’s.
