PASCAL PIERMÉ
OVERVIEW
Pascal Piermé was born in Saint-Raphaël in 1962 and spent his early years on the French Riviera. Influenced from a young age by his grandfather, a former soldier and wood sculptor, he discovered the infinite possibilities of this material and retained its influence in later years. Connected with the artistic community, he worked with architect Antti Lovag and Pierre Cardin at the Palais Bulles for several years. He then built a reputation as a promising young sculptor and held several solo exhibitions in France and Switzerland.
He chose to move to the United States in 1996, settling in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he still resides. His fascination with the wide open spaces and light of the Great West remains intact today.
Since then, his career has strongly asserted itself on the American art scene. Prestigious awards, critical acclaim, and institutional collaborations have rapidly multiplied. His constantly evolving work now enjoys unanimous recognition from critics, curators, collectors, and artists.
He is currently represented by six galleries in the United States, as well as by the Delamour Contemporary Art gallery in Europe.
His sculptural practice is divided into several areas: works in wood or steel, designed for indoor or outdoor spaces, and a distinctive 2D mural production, including the emblematic series "Les Origines," which demonstrates his exploration of the material, symbolic, and spatial dimensions of form.
Piermé's work has been included in over 80 solo, museum, and international exhibitions, including at the Chinese European Art Center – Xiamen, China; Palm Springs Art Museum – Palm Springs, California; Phoenix Art Museum – Phoenix, Arizona; Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Annex – Santa Fe, New Mexico; Taos Art Museum – Taos, New Mexico; French Consulate – New York, New York; Albuquerque Museum – Albuquerque, New Mexico; and Ube Center of Art – Ube, Japan
WHAT IS NOT SUPPOSED TO FIT
I have often been told that my first sculpture (1984) was a self-portrait.
It was then for me a struggle, that of discovering materials. I was seeking immediate fulfilment without knowing it didn’t exist. The more I searched, the less I understood. The idea of a long-term work, focused on the force of expansion or retraction, emerged as an intriguing and exciting subject.
Like the need to compare oneself to others, the idea of introducing a second element to a first form struck me as essential after a few years of work.
A circle seems even rounder next to a square, however, a circle can fit into a square and vice versa: “What is not supposed to fit.“
In my current work, I create spaces between forms. It’s a journey of “explosion” an adventure in the material that leads me to slip into the interstitial spaces. The encounter of several forms, originally compatible or incompatible, leads me to consider the question of thickness, of “the space between”.
By simplifying the whole, I impose even more questions on myself, like an invitation to start over again. Without seeking fundamental answers, it is simply the action of doing that pushes me towards a raw and sincere perfection.
Pascal Piermé.
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