Pierre Auville Mixed Media
French, b. 1968
Pierre Auville is a French artist whose work investigates and incorporates the aesthetic and conceptual qualities of manufactured materials such as cement, concrete and steel.
He works with construction cement, the Portland type, the main components of which are lime and clay. Applying techniques used in the construction and ship building industries, he spreads the cement over high-density foam panels, creating pieces ranging in size from one to eight square meters.
The muted tones of the work are provided by the Portland cement itself; Auville does not use any kind of chemical resins to preserve its mineral quality. The result is a variety of off-whites, beiges, greens and grays, depending on the location and season of the cement’s production and the addition of mineral pigments such as slate or coal powder.
The bright colors Auville sometimes incorporates into his works are generally achieved with water-based spray paint applied during the drying process or eroded spray painting. The works are also sometimes eroded, corroded, carved or polished by mechanical abrasion (such as sand paper, steel wires wool or scrapers) and intense washing. A thin layer of diluted varnish is then applied once the finished work is fully dry, for protection only.
Auville explored many different fields before turning full time to art. He worked around a lot of different kinds of manufactured materials and surfaces, which inspired him.
Cement allows Auville to search for the point where the colors of human-made materials go back to their original mineral essence. He references the various color qualities of minerals in stone, ranging from Lascaux cave in France, to cement roads in hot areas such as California, to the abandoned WW2 “blockhaus” that line the Atlantic coastline of Western Europe.
Pictorially, Auville’s aesthetic vocabulary is influenced by modern art movements such as Geometrical Abstraction, Arte Povera and Street Art.to
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Artist: Pierre Auville
Still Steel (Abstract painting)
By Pierre Auville
Located in London, GB
Cement and corroded steel on foam panels. Unframed.
Auville works with construction cement. Applying techniques used in the construction and ship building industries, he spreads the...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Pierre Auville Mixed Media
Materials
Steel
Still Steel (Abstract painting)
By Pierre Auville
Located in London, GB
Still Steel (Abstract painting)
Cement and corroded steel on foam panels. Unframed.
Auville works with construction cement. Applying techniques used in the construction and ship bu...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Pierre Auville Mixed Media
Materials
Steel
Joe and Jack (Mixed Media)
By Pierre Auville
Located in London, GB
Joe and Jack (Mixed Media)
Pigmented cement on foam panel.
Auville works with construction cement. Applying techniques used in the construction and ship building industries, he spr...
Category
2010s Abstract Pierre Auville Mixed Media
Materials
Foam, Panel, Pigment
Joe and Jack (Abstract Painting)
By Pierre Auville
Located in London, GB
Joe and Jack (Abstract Painting)
Pigmented cement on foam panel.
Auville works with construction cement. Applying techniques used in the construction and ship building industries, ...
Category
2010s Abstract Pierre Auville Mixed Media
Materials
Foam, Panel, Pigment
Still Steel (Abstract painting)
By Pierre Auville
Located in London, GB
Still Steel (Abstract painting)
Cement and corroded steel on foam panels. Unframed.
Auville works with construction cement. Applying techniques used in the construction and ship bu...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Pierre Auville Mixed Media
Materials
Steel
Joe and Jack
By Pierre Auville
Located in London, GB
Pigmented cement on foam panel.
Auville works with construction cement. Applying techniques used in the construction and ship building industries, he spreads the cement over Ursalit...
Category
2010s Abstract Pierre Auville Mixed Media
Materials
Foam, Panel, Pigment
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