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César Piette Homework

2 — Sep 25, 2021 | London
For the safety of our visitors and staff, masks must be worn by all visitors upon entrance and hand sanitiser will be provided at the door and throughout the gallery. Inquire about the exhibition: inquiries@alminerech.com The gallery is open on Tuesday to Saturday, from 10 am until 6 pm.

Almine Rech London is pleased to present Cesar Piette’s first solo exhibition with the gallery, from September 2 to 25, 2021. In conjunction with the exhibition, the artist is launching NFTs, offering the 3D modeling software files as original sketches through the Foundation platform.

The high-resolution paintings of hyper-plastic reality by César Piette might feel like obvious eye candy at first, but it’s the complexity of the concept behind them that makes them a sweet food for thought. Determined to continue practices firmly rooted in art history, the artist is painting pictures of still lives, landscapes, and portraying people, through representational, narrative-free visuals. But unlike Dutch Golden Age painters that looked at the objects in front of them or through camera obscura, the French artist is constructing his reference imagery through 3D modeling software, utilizing its capability to render realistic-looking objects and settings.

Working with 3D visuals is simultaneously allowing for not only working within the tradition of representation but being able to entirely construct the most visually exciting reality. Able to start his process from a literal ‘nothing’, a blank void, Piette is taking the position of a creator of his own universe and everything within it. Steered towards the aesthetics of heavily stylized, exaggerated cuteness, and favoring the maxim “the cuter, the better,” the bulbous, shiny, and vibrant characters along with their anthropomorphized surroundings are becoming a generic caricature of themselves, challenging the notions of what traditional painting should be.

- Sasha Bogojev, writer and curator

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Selected artworks

  • César Piette,                                      Nude on a Bed, 2021

    César Piette Nude on a Bed, 2021

    Acrylic on board, varnished
    113 x 113 x 5 cm
    44 1/2 x 44 1/2 x 2 in

  • César Piette,                                      Lion's Head, 2021

    César Piette Lion's Head, 2021

    Acrylic on board, varnished
    63 x 63 x 5 cm
    24 3/4 x 24 3/4 x 2 in

  • César Piette,                                      Still Life with Pink Flowers, 2021

    César Piette Still Life with Pink Flowers, 2021

    Acrylic on board, varnished
    126 x 96 x 5 cm
    49 5/8 x 37 3/4 x 2 in

  • César Piette,                                      Double Portrait, 2021

    César Piette Double Portrait, 2021

    Acrylic on board, varnished
    168 x 123 x 5 cm
    66 1/8 x 48 3/8 x 2 in

  • César Piette,                                      Still Life with Apple and Lemon, 2021

    César Piette Still Life with Apple and Lemon, 2021

    Acrylic on board, varnished
    43 x 33 x 5 cm
    16 7/8 x 13 x 2 in

  • César Piette,                                      Cliffs of Etretat, 2021

    César Piette Cliffs of Etretat, 2021

    Acrylic on board, varnished
    98 x 73 x 5 cm
    38 5/8 x 28 3/4 x 2 in

  • César Piette,                                      Still Life with Bee, Faded Flower and Apple, 2021

    César Piette Still Life with Bee, Faded Flower and Apple, 2021

    Acrylic on board, varnished
    98 x 73 x 5 cm (framed)
    38 5/8 x 28 3/4 x 2 in

  • César Piette,                                      Barbizon School, 2021

    César Piette Barbizon School, 2021

    Barbizon School, 2021
    Acrylic on board, varnished
    168 x 123 x 5 cm
    66 1/8 x 48 3/8 x 2 in

  • César Piette,                                      Self-portrait with Airbrush, 2021

    César Piette Self-portrait with Airbrush, 2021

    Acrylic on board, varnished
    113 x 113 x 5 cm
    44 1/2 x 44 1/2 x 2 in

  • César Piette,                                      Cat on Cushion, 2021

    César Piette Cat on Cushion, 2021

    Acrylic on board, varnished
    73 x 53 x 5 cm
    28 3/4 x 20 7/8 x 2 in

  • César Piette,                                      Stag, 2021

    César Piette Stag, 2021

    Acrylic on board, varnished
    198 x 123 x 5 cm
    78 x 48 3/8 x 2 in

  • César Piette,                                      Standing Portrait of a Woman, 2021

    César Piette Standing Portrait of a Woman, 2021

    Acrylic on board, varnished
    198 x 123 x 5 cm
    78 x 48 3/8 x 2 in

Videos

  • César Piette - Homework