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In Situ Installation & Drawings

We are delighted to announce our new exhibition "Acqua Alta" by French artist Laurent Ajina.

Venice is regularly striken by the Aqua Alta phenomena. Sirens announce the rise of the water as Venitians and visitors alike are forced to abandon the normally free pathways and walk on top of the "passerelles". By leaving the usual walkways one loses the habitual views and are lifted above the ground towards the sky.

The visual experience of the given surroundings changes into new and different points of views. The usually firm footpath becomes light, the eye catches normally unnoticed details and the mind is challenged with different viewpoints resulting from the geographical changes and all the additional information suddenly revealed.

Laurent Ajina (who lives and works in Paris) is a constant observer. Monitoring his surrounding world with its many perspectives, the artist sees not only the usual but especially the unusual. Like a database the artist collects the information which he then translates into his drawings.

It is in the discrepancies and new views in contrast to the more formal and traditional views that inspire him and which can be seen as the essential inputs for his work.

With "Acqua Alta" the artist translates a large scale drawing for the first time onto the floor of the gallery space., In dialogue with the installation, there will be a specially selected series of drawings from the body of work "Grand Tour" on view for the first time.

Laurent Ajina has been collaborating with MARCdePUECHREDON since 2006. We are pleased to announce that Laurent Ajina will be beginning a residency at the new Center of Art Le Centquatre in Paris, a new cultural institution founded by the Ville de Paris.