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Lot Essay
The art of Pierre et Gilles is the art of transformation. For them, photography and painting do not constitute an end in themselves, but rather they become a tool for experimentation, means of expression that are susceptible to being modeled or directed. The hybridization of techniques has privileged exponentially the aesthetic possibilities of their images.
Gilles' paint smoothly brushes over what turns out to be too realistic in Pierre's photographs. In this way, their art transforms colors, physical features, all those elements that would have been impossible to alter only by staging an elaborate set or even by means of digital manipulation. That artisan atmosphere is more evidently transmitted in such works as Le Prisonnier, an allegory of an overflowing and too dangerous passion that must be locked behind bars, and personified by a young man who shows, even in captivity, a challenging attitude.
Gilles' paint smoothly brushes over what turns out to be too realistic in Pierre's photographs. In this way, their art transforms colors, physical features, all those elements that would have been impossible to alter only by staging an elaborate set or even by means of digital manipulation. That artisan atmosphere is more evidently transmitted in such works as Le Prisonnier, an allegory of an overflowing and too dangerous passion that must be locked behind bars, and personified by a young man who shows, even in captivity, a challenging attitude.