Philippe Perrin

Philippe Perrin (born 10 August 1964) is a French contemporary sculptor and photographer who lives and works in Paris. His works are in the collections of the Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris and the Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon.

Biography Philippe Perrin was born in 1964 in La Tronche. his work has been the subject of many gallery and museum shows, including his retrospective at the Maison Européene de la Photographie, at the Fondation Maeght, as well being sold in public auction, including the work 'Couteau' sold by Sotheby's Paris in the sale 'The Secret Garden of Marianne and Pierre Nahon' in 2004.

Work From Perrin's work emerge symbols of violence taken from a variety of genres, such as crime fiction, cinema, or popular culture. He also plays with the question of scale of the object: the gram of coke becomes a kilogram; a razor blade and a revolver are presented as very large. For the French art critic Nicolas Bourriaud, "Perrin is a manipulator of signs, interpreting the relationship between reality and fiction through a question of scale, treating in the same manner the relation between a true biography and that of the figure of a celebrity."

A work representative of Perrin's language of allegory-visual suggestion his "Skyline": seven ball cartridges of variable sizes respect the measures of the space where they are inserted, forming a front: first line of a fighting army or a skyscrapers seafront.

He is mentioned on the first page of Chapter 22 of Michel Houellebecq's novel "The Elementary Particles" as a "mediocre artist" whose work decorates a "midrange hotel with a foul ambience."

Exhibitions

Main solo shows 2020 : "PHILIPPE PERRIN". L’Approche. Molenbeek –Bruxelles. 2019 : "WELCOME TO BANYULS". Musée Maillol, Banyuls, France 2018 : "SHOT BY BOTH SIDES". 59pm. Bruxelles 2017 : "SULFURES". Incognito Artclub. Paris 2014 : " Kung Foo Cowboy ", Incognito Artclub, Paris. 2013 : " Kill Me ", Recreation of the 1993 performance, Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Paris. 2012 : " Under the gun ", Musée Maillol, Paris, France. 2010 : " Haut et Court ", Maison européenne de la photographie, Paris, France. 2009 : " Philippe Perrin ", Gallery Albert Benamou, Paris, France. 2006 : " Shootingstar ", Xin Dong Cheng Gallery, Beijing, China. 2004 : " Philippe Perrin Superstar ", Guy Pieters Gallery, Knokke, Belgique 1997 : " Rendez-vous au ciel ", Gallery R&L Beaubourg, Paris, France.

Main group shows 2019 : « LA VIE EST UN FILM ». Curated by Ben Vautier. Le 109. Nice 2019 : « LIBERTE, LIBERTE CHERIE ». Ancien bagne. Nice 2019 : « ARTA ». Saisons croisées. Bucarest 2019 : « PORTE ENTROUVERTE ». Freeport. Luxembourg. 2019 : « ARTA ». Saisons croisées. Grenoble. 2018 : « L’ESPRIT D’UNE COLLECTION ». Fondation Maeght. St-Paul de Vence. F 2018 : « LA PHOTOGRAPHIE FRANCAISE EXISTE, JE L’AI RENCONTREE ». Maison Européenne de la Photographie. MEP. Paris 2018 : " CRUE 1910". Incognito Artclub. Paris 2017 : "LA TEMPETE". CRAC, Sète. France 2017 :"VARIATIONS". Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris 2016 : "M.Y. Foundation" Collection. Musée Olympique. Séoul. Korea 2016 : "LES INVENDUS". Collection Albert Benamou. Musée Le Carroi et Hôtel de Ville. Chinon. France 2015 : " Chercher le garçon ", Contemporary art museum of Val-de-Marne 2014 : « Les Invendus », Albert Benamou Collection, Museum of Le Carroi and Hôtel de Ville. 2014 : " Invasao criativa ", Cidade Matarazzo, São Paulo, Brazil. 2013 : " Maison européenne de la photographie ", Paris, France. 2013 : " L'Œil d'un collectionneur ": Serge Aboukrat, Maison européenne de la photographie, Paris. 2012 : " Cibles ", Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Paris. 2012 : Marlborough Gallery, Monaco (artist group show including Picasso, Miguel Chevalier, François Morellet, Chu Teh-Chun etc.). 2012 : " Group show ", Galerie Maeght, Paris. 2012 : " Biennale de La Havane ", Cuba, (11th edition). 2012 : " 50 artists, one collection ", Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul de Vence, France. 2006 : " Sculptures en plein air ", Xin Dong Cheng Gallery, Beijing. 2005 : " Autour de la photographie ", Maison européenne de la photographie, Paris. 1996 : " La Colère ", The Pompidou Centre, Paris. 1995 : " Passions privées ", Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris, Paris. 1994 : " Hors limites ", The Pompidou Centre, Paris. 1993 : " Krieg (guerre) ", Triennale of photography, Graz. 1992 : " Ligne de mire ", Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain.

Publications 2010 : Always the Sun, "Catalogue déraisonné 1986 – 2010", Texts by Nicolas Bourriaud et Jean Nouvel