Prix Meurice for Contemporary Art 2010/2011

Eric Baudart

Galerie Chez Valentin

Born 1972. Lives in Paris.

‘I develop an instinctive practice, taking objects from my surroundings to draw out forms which are representative or constitutive of a kind of elementary cement that bonds the world.’ Eric Baudart's work revolves around matter, texture, reflection, illusion, reinvention. We move from nature to artifice, from one reality to another that is more deceptive, less real. Disquieting images blur our points of reference. A photographer, Eric Baudart has extended his artistic practice to sculpture and installation. He blazes a poetic trail by modifying the physical laws of ordinary objects. The Big Rip theory of the expansion of the universe inspires him.

Project
Atmosphères is based on the transfer of properties (in the sense of physical properties). Five objects are immersed in aquariums, filled with oil. This change of medium and the surfactant forces it produces create an observation chamber for a hypothetical scientific experiment. The project will be shown at FIAC and Art Basel.

Selected shows:
Solo shows :
2009
Là où je suis n’existe pas, Printemps de Septembre, Toulouse.
2008
Pétaflops, Galerie Chez Valentin, Paris.
Miroirs d'Archimède, La Verrière, Hermès, Bruxelles.
2007
Prix Gruppo Campari

Group shows:
2009
Phase Zéro / 96 Propositions spatiale, Galerie Serge Aboukrat, Paris.
Rien n'a rien à voir, Galerie Chez Valentin, Paris.
Quand la première ivresse des succès bruyants ...’ Château Guiraud, Sauternes.
2008
Philippe Journo propose un parcours de 1600 M2 autour de deux artistes de sa collection’
Place Vendôme, Paris.
Eric Baudart et Mathieu Mercier sur l’invitation de Madame Agnès Rein, Fondation Gilbert Brownstone, Paris
Shapes of time, Biennale di Alessandria videofotografia contemporeana,Alessandria, Italie.
2007
Intrusions, Le Petit Palais, Paris.
’Antidote’, Galerie des galeries, Galeries Lafayette, Paris.