Benoît Piéron

Benoît Piéron

BornNationalityBased In
1983FrenchN/A
Biography

Benoît Piéron (b. Ivry-sur-Seine, 1983) was born with meningitis, and treated for leukaemia as a kid. In the 1970s and 1980s, 4,689 people with haemophilia and other bleeding disorders were infected with HIV and hepatitis viruses through the use of contaminated clotting factors – Piéron was one of these people, and whilst he did not become seropositive, his body became more political. Four years ago, he returned to the hospital with a cancer. Upon reliving his childhood trauma, he realised that his works are intimately linked to his survival of HIV/AIDS. Through his practice, the guilt he experiences as one of a few survivors is transformed into something generative – a compostable energy that through practices of care and attention renews material detritus into forms that carry the voices, secretions and powers of others. When his last cancer went into remission, he began assembling hospital-reformed sheets, with the help of a phenomenologist friend, materialised into toys, beach mats, flags, gymnastics ribbons, floor lamps and armchairs. The colours are softened by the intensive washing the sheets were subjected to. In spite of this hygienic treatment, "clean stains", the indelible traces of previous uses remain. Piéron seeks to produce alternative expressions of the disease, instead exploring it as a site of potential. Far from the romantic heroism of the usual metaphors of illness, Piéron places himself in a grey and joyful zone. ...

Selected Artworks
Doily - split 9 patch
Benoît PiéronDoily - split 9 patch, 2023
36.5 x 36.5 x 2.5cm
Napperon II
Benoît PiéronNapperon II, 2023
39 x 39 x 2.5cm
Soap
Le Renard
Benoît PiéronLe Renard, 2023
31 x 25cm
Bedridders
Benoît PiéronBedridders, 2024
150 x 112cm
Béquille Monike
Benoît PiéronBéquille Monike, 2024
138 x 63 x 47cm
Strap-on I
Benoît PiéronStrap-on I, 2024
40 x 34 x 25cm
Monike Béquille
Benoît PiéronMonike Béquille, 2024
138 x 63 x 47cm
Ko.u.r.ê.os
Benoît PiéronKo.u.r.ê.os, 2024
35 x 22 x 160cm
0z
Benoît Piéron0z, 2024
70 x 28 x 18cm
X Ray Viewer Adrien 1
X Ray Viewer
Benoît PiéronX Ray Viewer, 2024
45 x 75 x 11cm
Les câlins (rose et bleu)
Les Câlins (jaune et rose)
Chausette Laundrette
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