Alexandre Perigot (b. 1959, Corsica)
Currently living in Paris, Perigot creates works which are a direct response to places and contexts in galleries and museums all over the world. In 2008 he had his first Polish exhibition at the Arsenal Gallery in Bialystok. He makes use of diverse forms of expression, including video, installations, photography, music and dance. His artistic output, which explores the yawning gap between reality and its virtual counterpart, in itself a more and more intrinsic element of our 21st-century existence, always requires audience participation.
Major Exhibitions:
2009 “The Dumbo Street”, BWA Gallery, Zielona Gora, Poland
2008 “Pipe Dream”, LOFT19 – Suzanne Tarasiève, Paris, France
2008 “Pipe Dream”, Museu Coleccao Berardo, Lisbon, Portugal
2008 “Polka Palace”, Galerie Arsenal, Bialystok, Poland
2008 “Funkypipe”, Maison des arts Georges Pompidou, Cajarc, France
2008 “Sometimes you win sometimes you lose”, Galerie Maisonneuve, Paris, France
2007 “Pipe Dream Tramway“, Glasgow, UK
2007 “Pipe Dream”, Galerie Art et Essai, Université de Rennes, France
2006 “Palais Popeye”, La Criée Centre d’Art, Rennes, France
2006 “Maison témoin/Maison d’Elvis”, The Land Foundation, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2006 “L’île des morts”, Centre Chorégraphique de Montpellier, France
2005 “Maison témoin/Maison d’Elvis”, Grande Halle de La Villette Paris, France
2005 “Palais des sports 3bisf”, Aix en Provence, France
2004 “Café des sports”, Galerie Maisonneuve, Paris, France
2004 “Airclubbing”, La friche Belle de mai, Marseille, France
2002 “Bâtissons un village”, Galerie Maisonneuve, Paris, France
2002 “Blondasses”, Frac Languedoc Roussillon, Montpellier, France
2002 “Synopsis Catharsis”, Festival Belluard, Fribourg, Switzerland
2001 “Maison témoin Maison de Dalida”, Pompidou Centre, Paris, France
2000 “Le plus dur c’est jusqu’à quarante ans après ça passe tout seul”, Centre d’art contemporain/Ferme Dubuisson, Noisiel, France
1999 “Freestyle”, Spiral Hall, Tokyo, Japan
1998 “Fanclubbing”, Recent Museum, Sapporo, Japan
1998 “Freestyle”, Cartier Foundation, Paris, France