Benches & Rotating Paintings

Exposition personnelle à la Ronchini Gallery, Londres, Royaume Uni, 2017

Rotating Paintings, acrylique sur toile, 2016-17
Bancs, acier peint, production La KunstHalle de Mulhouse, 2016
Dessin mural, mines de plomb et crayons variés, 2017
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    Ronchini Gallery is proud to present the first UK solo exhibition of new works by French artist Elvire Bonduelle.

    This exhibition features a series of works following on from her curatorial project “Waiting Room”, which focuses on the experience of contemplation and a critique of how we interact with art in typical gallery spaces. 

    Developed because she viewed waiting rooms as the perfect setting for the contemplation of art, Bonduelle recreates the gallery space as her own waiting room – with a twist. When talking about the way that the viewer interacts with art she states “everything is here: quite often we don’t see anything...”.

    Through the exploration into mundane spaces, her fascination of architecture, space and geometry allows her to create a hopeful revitalisation of our concentration; testing the viewer by literally ‘rotating paintings.’ As the name suggests, the playful nature of the works comes through as they can be seen from each different angle, in many different orders. Bonduelle’s early drawings of spaces are turned into a 3D reality with black metal benches and ‘soft books’. The spectator navigates their way around the soft and minimal forms that clash against the black metal.

    Taking inspiration from observations of our daily and immediate environments, her multiplied ‘brush stroke’ paintings discuss the commodification of art, the ready made and our ability to consume and disregard art, without a second thought. Her minimalist, abstract style references art history and celebrates form and colour. 

    Ronchinin Gallery, London, 2017