PATRICK NEU – IRIS, JARDIN DES DÉLICES
2018-06-18Patrick Neu’s work reflects on our relationship to time and the fragility of things. Of an apparent simplicity, his works do not preclude ambivalence and double meanings. By using materials as diverse and unusual as glass, soot, and the wings of bees and butterflies, he toys with the unknowns and constraints of material.
The works presented in this exhibition bring into play the relationship between images and the individual and collective memory. Patrick Neu often makes references to art history’s most significant artworks, of which he reproduces the details on glass that has been blackened by smoke. For this exhibition, he found inspiration in Jardin des délices (1494-1505, Prado Museum, Madrid), Jérôme Bosch’s most famous creation. The triptych – which sequentially outlines Adam and Eve’s union in Paradise, humanity’s sin before the Flood and vision of Hell – is famous for its rich motifs and details.
Opposite – Iris (2013/10), 2013
Exhibition runs through to July 28th, 2018
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac
Marais
7 rue debelleyme
75003 Paris
France
