Produced by Perrotin, 2021
Offset print
70 x 50 cm | 27.5 x 19.6 in
Open edition
About the artist:
Alain Jacquet (born in 1939 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, died in 2008 in New York) emerged as a contemporary artist during the remarkable boom in image reproduction techniques. He tirelessly analyzed the way in which representation informs the viewer’s gaze. Spanning from his first abstract canvases to his mechanically generated paintings (via silkscreen printing or computer), he continuously experimented with techniques throughout his career yielding an impressive oeuvre of various forms and media.
Guided by diverse principles, Jacquet demonstrated an incredible capacity for ingenuity with the examination between abstraction and figuration; the ‘latent image’ within both collective and individual memory; and the appropriation of images from contemporary popular culture and iconic works showcased in museums. On a quest to address the fundamental laws of the universe, Jacquet investigated the ‘explosion’ of the unique image through fragmentation and multiplication as well as the use of subtle ambiguity tinged with irony and imbued with innovation.