Paris based artist Théo Mercier is preparing to open his first solo New York exhibition with a collection of works entitled Oil Now at Envoy. The exhibition is largely comprised of found objects, original photographs, computer generated images, drawings, paintings, and subversive text. Mercier juxtaposes the real and the artificial, the mundane and the extraordinary, the traditional and the radical. He functions as an experimental chemist, combining ordinary objects and social references in a lab, resulting in sublime mutations.
Mercier has previously worked for Matthew Barney and continues to collaborate with fashion designer Bernhard Willhelm. For his installation at Envoy, Mercier worked closely with his studio-mate from Paris, Colin Johnco, who runs two record labels Les Enregistrements de l’ Europe Parisien and Colin Johnco Records.
Thanks to This Hearts On Fire for the info.
