Composition bleue, jaune, blanche
Bertrand Lavier, Composition bleue, jaune, blanche
Exploring the limits of ceramics
In a conversation Bertrand Lavier pointed out that when he thought of ceramics he thought of it as a material transforming almost everything into “pastry.” He therefore chose to make a life-size model of a basketball court with its very strict, geometric form and its bright colours so as to explore the limits of the ceramic material. In basketball every city has its own colours: starting with the red and white of Dallas (a piece that Lavier realized for the NY-based Gibson gallery in ’86), Lavier also mentioned Chicago and Cincinatti among others. In Lavier’s own words, this project aims at “transforming a pure idea into fragile sucre glace.”
This and also the intended play on different details, also relates Lavier’s project to that of urbanist Yona Friedman who at Albisola rendered urban schemes in ceramics.
Hans-Ulrich Obrist
Bertrand Lavier, Composition bleue, jaune, blanche. “Undisciplined”, Civic Art Gallery, Savona, 2006
Bertrand Lavier, Composition bleue, jaune, blanche. “Undisciplined”, Civic Art Gallery, Savona, 2006
Composition bleue, jaune, blanche by Bertrand Lavier was made in Albisola (Italy) in 2003 on occasion of the 2nd Biennial of Ceramics in Contemporary Art.
