Auville works with construction cement. Applying techniques used in the construction and ship building industries, he spreads the cement over high-density foam panels, creating pieces ranging in size from one to eight square meters.
Go N’ Go is made of cement, steel rods applied on Ursalite (solid foam panel) carved by explosions of firecrakers. Green colour and red letters are eroded paintings.
Go, or no go, is an important question. As we think about it, time goes on, and things happen...
Pierre Auville is a French artist whose work investigates and incorporates the aesthetic and conceptual qualities of manufactured materials such as cement, concrete and steel. He was born in Le Havre, on the Normandy coast, and lives and works near Paris.