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About this Artwork
Auville works with construction cement. Applying techniques used in the construction and ship building industries, he spreads the cement over Ursalite (high-density foam panels), creating pieces ranging in size from one to eight square meters.
Orange & Jaune, shows that colours can get old but still bright and moving.
Auville likes the encounter of bright colours, raw material and time. The two colours are applied on raw cement, then eroded to unveil the cement, in a manner that preserves their intensity and brightness.
About the Artist
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.