LAURENT GRASSO

PARIS, FRANCE

STUDIES INTO THE PAST, 2010

4 NEW PAINTINGS FROM THE SERIES STUDIES INTO THE PAST, OIL ON WOODEN PANEL, FRAMED
VARIABLE DIMENSIONS

· 1619, 2007 // ANIMATION, 7:30 MIN, LOOPED
· ECLIPSE, 2006 // ANIMATION, 10 MIN, LOOPED
· POLAIR, 2007 // DVCPRO + ANIMATION, 8:30 MIN, EN BOUCLE
· PROJECTION, 2003-2005 BÉTADIGITAL AND ANIMATION, 3 MIN, LOOPED

COURTESY OF THE ARTIST, SEAN KELLY GALLERY, NEW YORK + CHEZ VALENTIN, PARIS

Born in France in 1972, Laurent Grasso has developed a fascination with the visual possibilities related to the science of electromagnetic energy, radio waves, and naturally occurring phenomena. Grasso also explores these sciences as they apply to paranormal activity, a favorite subject of 18th century scientists and philosophers, often used as parlor entertainment during the Victorian era. Grasso uses im- agery culled from the cinema and art history and, working in video, sculpture and, most recently, paint- ing and drawing, he recreates phenomena – both human and natural – that set up surreal and ambiguous juxtapositions of time and space. Grasso was awarded the Marcel Duchamp Prize in 2008 and is the subject of a major monograph – Laurent Grasso: The Black-Body Radiation – published by les presses du réel.

Place Québec
880, avenue Honoré-Mercier

HOURS
MAY 1 TO JUNE 13, 2010
WEDNESDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY: 10 A.M. TO 5 P.M.
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY: 10 A.M. TO 7 P.M.