Pierre Allain
Passive Lens (IV), 2024

Light frosted film, neutral density filter, photochromic lens, electrostatic silver mirror film, polycarbonate, polypropylene tape, plexiglass
39.8 × 70.8 × 10 cm
Unique

Allain’s work explores the different modes and limits of perception through sound, sculpture and drawing. Utilising materials found in cinema, machinery, and medicine, Allain questions the way in which information is recorded and filtered. The repetition of gestures continues his interest in invisible and mental phenomena affecting the human body, rendering the place where is work is presented a place of rumination and uncertainty. Allain’s work offers no resolution to the present emptiness – instead, they are a vibration in the space.

Text, with slight modifications, taken from the introduction by Pétrine, Paris, for Pierre Allain’s solo presentation at Art Basel Paris 2024.