La cigarette n'a pas le même goût au soleil
19 November 2016 - 14 January 2017
Dürst Britt & Mayhew, The Hague, Netherlands
"For his first solo exhibition at Dürst Britt & Mayhew, Alexandre Lavet invites audiences to reflect on the exhibition space’s hidden structures, which can be understood by strolling and slow observation. For the viewer this implies a change of perception, taking responsibility of one’s own gaze and the impossibility of a brisk pace. The ‘residues’, ‘gestures’ and ‘acts’ that Lavet proposes are eloquent remnants of a mode of living. Gentle and ineffable, the artist’s whispered rumours divert attention from the objects usually presented in an exhibition space. Thus a (re-)sensitised relationship with the ‘White Cube’ and similar modes of presentation is being established. Singular and indescribable as a cigarette smoked in the sun, the enjoyment of the moment offered is an articulate and sentimental experience of emptiness, a discreet celebration of bare necessities and the subtle art of doing next to nothing."
Act n°15 « Include a work by another artist », 2016
Varnish spray on window
Dimensions variable
After neither, A dream within a dream, 2014-2016
(details)
Act n°14 « Leave fingerprints », 2014-2016
Graphite on wall
Dimensions variable
All the good times we spent together, 2016
Acrylic paint on aluminium
Dimensions variable
Act n°21 « Place a winning ticket », 2014-2016
Klavertje 4 lottery ticket
6,4 x 10,1 cm
Doekr Katoen Museo, 2016
Graphite on folded paper
Dimensions variable
Drawing of the receipt for the canvas used on JAN.28,1989
Eighty-four characters on a wall, 2016
Transfer on wall
2,7 x 8,6 cm
All the good times we spent together, 2016
Acrylic paint on aluminium
Dimensions variable
L'été Indien, 2016
Baking paper
Dimensions variable
Act n°14 « Change a neon for antoher colour than the one in the space », 2013-2016
neon Philips LTD 965
Souvenirs, 2015
Porcelain plaster
16 x 8 x 1,5 cm and 8 x 8 x 0,7 cm
A dedication to my mother, 2016
Print on cotton, stiffener
Dimensions variable
In collaboration with textile designer Marine Peyraud
All the good times we spent together, 2016
Acrylic paint on aluminium
Dimensions variable
Les oubliés, 2011-2016
Graphite, wood, acrylic paint
Dimensions variable
Les oubliés, 2016
Porcelain plaster, Indian ink
1 x 4 cm
Les oubliés, 2015
Acrylic paint on wall
2 x 5 cm
Les oubliés, 2016
Porcelain plaster, Indian ink
1 x 4 cm each
Act n°18 « Paint areas where artworks hung in a previous exhibition », 2016
Acrylic paint & Alkyde on wall
Dimensions variable
After works by Wieske Wester in the exhibition
double you double you
La cigarette n'a pas le même goût au soleil, 2016
Pastel on folded paper
21 x 14,8 cm
Hangslot, 2016
Graphite on folded papers, staple
Dimensions variable
Drawing of the receipt for the neon used in Act n°14 and the padlock used for Act n°23
A dedication to my mother, 2016
Print on cotton, stiffener
Dimensions variable
In collaboration with textile designer Marine Peyraud
All the good times we spent together, 2016
Acrylic paint on aluminium
Dimensions variable
Les oubliés, 2015
Acrylic paint on wall
2 x 5 cm
A dedication to my mother, 2016
Print on cotton, stiffener
Dimensions variable
In collaboration with textile designer Marine Peyraud
Act n°47 « The artist and gallerists keeping the exhibition leaflet with them for the exhibition's duration », 2016
Offset print on Munken Kristall paper
Dimensions variable
L'été Indien, 2016
Baking paper
Dimensions variable
JAN.29,1989, 2016
Acrylic on canvas, bubble wrap
24 x 30 cm
Date painting left in the storage