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Benoit Maire

Main, 201626 x 14 x 11cmSign in to view price
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The artwork features a striking, crystalline form in a dark, monochromatic color palette. The sculpture's angular, geometric composition creates a sense of solidity and weight, while the subtle variations in the material's surface texture add visual interest. The minimal, abstract subject matter and the refined, minimalist approach suggest a focus on the inherent qualities of the material and the exploration of form, rather than any explicit narrative or representational elements. The overall impression is one of a contemplative, introspective work that invites the viewer to engage with the sculptural presence and the artist's considered use of materials and formal elements. ...

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Benoit Maire
Artist
Benoit Maire
B.1978, French

Benoît Maire is often described as a “visual philosopher”: his paintings, sculptures, films and installations draw on philosophy, geometry, mythology and sociology, among others. In a way, his practice is neither art, nor philosophy, but the ecstatic merge of the two. For instance, Maire is interested in French philosopher Jean-François Lyotard's concept of Differend which is dedicated to the conflict between the processes of saying and seeing. Maire works appear as layered puzzles of meaning which strive to exist outside language, expressed through pure visual forms. His surreal figurative paintings depict signs, such as clouds, horses, windows, lending one to form one’s own visual vocabulary. In his video works, Maire is upholding the tradition of French cinema, seen in filmographies of Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut, or Agnès Varda. His pastel aesthetics is reminiest of avant-garde film, with theoretical underlyings landing close to Conceptual art. While staying true to the past, Maire’s work is radically intellectual in the present. ...

Benoit Maire: Artworks
Cloud Painting
Le Nez (The Nose)
Socrate
Benoit MaireSocrate, 2016
120 x 54 x 49cm
Main
Benoit MaireMain, 2016
26 x 14 x 11cm
Castle
Benoit MaireCastle, 2017
30 x 19 x 45cm
Castle
Benoit MaireCastle, 2017
63 x 42 x 7cm
Willkür, Wiener Neueste
Cloud Painting
The Evening Chair
The Evening Chair
The Evening Chair
Cloud Painting
Cloud Painting
Cloud Painting
Cloud Painting
Croy Nielsen
Gallery
Croy Nielsen
Vienna

In 2016 Croy Nielsen moved from Berlin to Vienna, where it is located in the beletage apartment of a historical building in the 1st district. The gallery was founded by Oliver Croy (AT) and Henrikke Nielsen (DK). Artists such as Nina Beier, Marie Lund, and Benoît Maire, have been part of the program since its inception, and were later joined by Olga Balema, Georgia Gardner Gray, and Sandra Mujinga. Vienna-based artists include Ernst Yohji Jaeger, Joanna Woś, and Soshiro Matsubara. The gallery has strong ties to the Nordic region, representing several artists from the Scandinavian contries and regularly participating in fairs and projects in the area. ...

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