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Assiette et son motif concentrique répétée sur un mur ou sur une planche

1994

Mathieu Mercier

Mixed media

63 x 63 cm

Paper plate lithography

The value of objects and their relationships with architecture and design is a constant theme in Mathieu Mercier's work and he frequently uses common household objects and fixtures that have economic or practical value. Mathieu Mercier's work is a critical eye on society, intended to question the relationship between object and modernity. What is an object's place in contemporary aesthetics ?
Mathieu Mercier
France
Born in 1970
Born in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, France.
Lives and works in Paris.

Mathieu Mercier put on an exhibition at the Paris Museum of Modern Art in 2007. In 2003, he was awarded the Marcel Duchamp prize.

The valueof objects and their relationships with architecture and design is a constanttheme in Mathieu Mercier's work and he frequently uses common household objectsand fixtures that have economic or practical value. Mathieu Mercier's work is acritical eye on society, intended to question the relationship between objectand modernity. What is an object's place in contemporary aesthetics?

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