{"product_id":"mathieu-mercier-mathieu-mercier-9783864421204","title":"Mathieu Mercier: Everything But the Kitchen Sink: Kat. Villa Merkel Esslingen - Lok Kunstmuseum St.Gallen","description":"\u003cb\u003eObjects on a higher level\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eLamps, furniture, bicycles, typography, museum pedestals--the work of Mathieu Mercier, winner of the Prix Marcel Duchamp (2003), born 1970 in Conflans-Saint-Honorine, and now living in Paris, moves con­fidently between art and everyday culture. He keeps ­referring back to the work of his heroes Marcel Duchamp and Piet Mondrian. Yet, Mathieu Mercier does not want to make inaccessible art, but works that are  instantly descriptive and attractive«. The banal everyday objects he presents are indeed at first simply beautiful. Mercier speaks in this regard of  sublimation«, of a finishing ­process that guides the objects to a higher level. The targeted change of position, the permanent exchange between high and low, raises the question as to the ­status of things between functionality and artistic pur­poselessness. Mathieu Mercier skillfully reflects the ­concepts of Western culture of the 20th century in the field of tension between modern architecture, design and visual arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExhibitions: \u003cbr\u003e LOK Kunstmuseum St.Gallen, 23\/8-9\/11\/2014 \u003cbr\u003e Villa Merkel Esslingen, 13\/12\/2014-22\/2\/2015 \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mathieu Mercier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3864421209\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783864421204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Snoeck Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.40h x 8.40w x 0.80d","brand":"Mathieu Mercier","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48446436049151,"sku":"9783864421204","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2bbcb9cf-86dc-4e7d-bb0e-2a12cf194247.jpg?v=1777224616","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mathieu-mercier-mathieu-mercier-9783864421204","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}