Sebastien Preschoux
Erratic
2017

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Artist's bio: To watch Sébastien PRESCHOUX work is to agree to oscillate between the serenity of a work that lets itself be built without haste and the tension of an infinitely precise gesture, graciously measured, drastically governed by a process of measurements and counting. The work stretches in time, punctuated by the repeated gesture of the handling of the rule and the compass. Without impatience, Sébastien PRESCHOUX unrolls the movement of drawing in time, let the material unfold in space. This way that one might think laborious to draw the line, to form the curve or to stretch the thread is felt, for the attentive spectator at the work being done, as a moment of appeasement. Repetition of delicate gestures, smoothly, the time of creation s' apparent here to a litany soft gestural gaze. One could find surprising the choice of this artist to return to fundamentals: the hand, the body, the physical commitment. To find it even more surprising to maintain the ambiguity of his practice by the motives he summons and which, in fact, could easily pass for digital images or photomontages. For the artist, it is to take the risk of being accused of being a maker by a lack of attention that the spectator would bring to the material or out-dated by the adept of the machine. could easily be viewed as digital images or photomontages. For the artist, it is to take the risk of being accused of being a maker by a lack of attention that the spectator would bring to the material or out-dated by the adept of the machine. could easily be viewed as digital images or photomontages. For the artist, it is to take the risk of being accused of being a maker by a lack of attention that the spectator would bring to the material or out-dated by the adept of the machine. In two dimensions, the drawings of Sébastien PRESCHOUX seem aminated vibrations, attributable perhaps to imperfections inherent in the fallible nature of the hand. However obvious, the quality of the supports, the furrows of the ink dug by the tubular points, the lines of punches left by the compass are the physical markers which create the motive, oh how far from the flatness of a digital printing. Three-dimensional, the installations diffract light and find in the natural setting of their implementation an obvious case. Photographed by Ludovic Le Couster, these pieces of son acquire an almost surreal aspect that tends to amalgamate the proofs to photomontages. The border between art and crafts is moving and homology with digital rendering too disturbing. A look without requirement will be misleading. The endurance of the work of creation poses the sine qua non condition of a benevolent slowness in the visit, so that real is the meeting of the eye and the object allowing what Sébastien PRESCHOUX calls "the reward of the curious".

Creator:

Sebastien Preschoux (1974, French)

Creation Year:

2017

Dimensions:

Height: 51 in (129.54 cm)Width: 64 in (162.56 cm)

Medium:

Wood Panel,Wood

Movement & Style:

Abstract Geometric

Period:

2010-

Condition:

Gallery Location:

Miami, FL

Reference Number:

1stDibs: LU161428520762

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Sebastien Preschoux - 1974 / Paris Deeply infuenced by the optical art, but also by the values of Bauhaus teaching advocating an instruction focused on the fundamental value of manual work, Sebastian tirelessly creates increasingly complex designs that can compete with what a machine could produce in a few moments. Through this process he has created a visual confusion in the viewer that can lead him to wonder about the origin (human or mechanical) of his work. But it is only by approaching that the spectator will have been able to identify the stigmata of the passage of the human hand, attitude that Sebastien names the reward of the curious. His work is not limited to a 2-dimensional production, but fnds a 3-dimensional correspondence through threads installations, often made in the natural environment, thus offering him perfect freedom both in terms of size and diversity. For this, he works in collaboration with the photographer Ludovic LE COUSTER, who also works with non-digital tools, but prefers medium-format flm cameras. By watching Sébastien PRESCHOUX at work, we perceive the oscillation between the serenity of an artpiece built without haste and the tension of an infnitely precise gesture, gracefully moderated, drastically governed by a process of measures and counting. The work stretches over time, punctuated by the repeated gestures of the rulers and compasses handling. Without impatience, Sébastien PRESCHOUX unwinds the drawing movement in time, let the material spread in the space. In two dimensions, Sébastien PRESCHOUX’s drawings seem livened up of vibrations, perhaps attributable to the inherent imperfections of the fallible nature of the hand. Threedimensional, the installations diffract the light and fnd in the natural surrounding of their implementation an obvious case. The border between art and crafts is unstable and the homology with the digital depiction too disturbing. A look without demanding will be misleading. The creative work endurance raises the «sine qua none» condition of a benevolent slow visit, so that the encounter between the eye and the object can be real, allowing what Sébastien PRESCHOUX names «the reward of the curious». Valérie NAM