Prix Meurice for Contemporary Art 2011/2012

Emilie Pitoiset

Born 1980, lives in Paris and Berlin.
Emilie Pitoiset's work is informed by geometry, line, movement and the body. Her sculptures, videos and collages demonstrate a particular concern with fragile equilibriums, disfiguration, and unnatural postures and movements.

Project :
Emilie Pitoiset goes further in her reflections on the body, geometry and line, with an installation inspired by Oskar Schlemmer's Pole Dance. She envisages Klemm's gallery space as a stage where steel sculptures evolve in geometric dances. Unlike Schlemmer's flowing, living matter, Emilie Pitoiset has chosen steel to produce a heavy, staccato piece in which geometric movement is magnified.

Exhibitions :
Solo show at Klemm's, Berlin, Germany.

Keys :
Klemm’s, Berlin, 2012
Les Églises, Chelles, 2012
Klemm’s, Berlin, September 2011
Zoo Galerie, Nantes, 2011
FRAC Ile de France, Le Plateau, L’Antenne, Paris, 2011
Galerie Lucile Corty, Paris, 2011
Palais de Tokyo, Module, Paris, 2010
Animals Can’t Laugh, Casino, Luxembourg, 2008
A Lash in the Eye is Enough to Spoil the Landscape, Sox, Berlin, 2008