After destroying his house/work/laboratory in white ceramic from Garches, Jean-Pierre Raynaud exhibited the rubble at the CAPC-Museum of Contemporary Art in Bordeaux, like relics, in metal trash cans used in operating theaters. For for him, in fact, the work of art is a goal and its only reason for…

After destroying his house/work/laboratory in white ceramic from Garches, Jean-Pierre Raynaud exhibited the rubble at the CAPC-Museum of Contemporary Art in Bordeaux, like relics, in metal trash cans used in operating theaters. For for him, in fact, the work of art is a goal and its only reason for being. "The goal is not to make works of art, it is to live the work of art as a goal ".
"In 23 years, the house has gone through five successive stages. And I was very keen to ensure its metamorphoses myself. When I realized, in 1988, that it was truly finished, it was a terrible shock, like the culmination of a search, the end of a life. I did not want to accept that my relationship with it would end, so for four years, I reflected on the meaning of this "work" that was falling to me as if I had to be its guardian until my death. I realized that being unique it deserved more audacity and respect than this perfect, frozen architecture that it had become - which is the nature of works of art - I had to make it undergo an exceptional fate, worthy of it. I decided to metamorphose it, to take it elsewhere, to make it live an absolute experience. To do this, it had to submit to a final transformation: demolition." Jean-Pierre Raynaud, 1993.

Author: Michelle PORTE, Denyse DURAND-RUEL, Marc SANCHEZ
Publisher: Du Regard - 2011

Weight: 281 g
Dimensions: 15.5 x 21.5 cm
Language: French