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Bertrand Lavier — Indesit
Bertrand Lavier

Indesit

Bertrand Lavier's *Indesit* presents a domestic Indesit refrigerator coated in thick, expressive brushstrokes of oil and acrylic paint, blurring the boundary between everyday object and fine art canvas. The heavy impasto application transforms the utilitarian appliance into a painterly sculpture, challenging traditional notions of what constitutes a legitimate support for painting. This work exemplifies Lavier's signature practice of superimposing painting onto manufactured objects, forcing a dialogue between consumer culture and the history of art.

Medium
oil, acrylic on refrigerator

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September 17, 2015

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Bertrand Lavier, Indesit

Bertrand Lavier's *Indesit* presents a domestic Indesit refrigerator coated in thick, expressive brushstrokes of oil and acrylic paint, blurring the boundary between everyday object and fine art canvas. The heavy impasto application transforms the utilitarian appliance into a painterly sculpture, challenging traditional notions of what constitutes a legitimate support for painting. This work exemplifies Lavier's signature practice of superimposing painting onto manufactured objects, forcing a dialogue between consumer culture and the history of art.

Medium
oil, acrylic on refrigerator
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Bold Colors, Male Artist, White And Gray, Found Object, Mixed Media, French Artist, Contemporary Artist, Appropriation Art, Playful And Ironic, Late 20th Century, Neo-Conceptualism, Neutral Tones, Industrial Object

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