Benoît Piéron
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This contemporary art piece features a whimsical snow globe containing a colorful, abstract tree-like shape. The composition emphasizes the simplicity of the design, with the transparent glass sphere and pastel-toned base creating a minimalist, yet visually appealing display. The artist has used a fluid, watercolor-like technique to depict the soft, ethereal form within the globe, evoking a sense of tranquility and wonder. This artwork likely reflects the creator's desire to capture the magic and enchantment of the holiday season in a modern, understated manner. ...
Benoît Piéron
B.1983, FrenchBenoît 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. ...