SUTER, Vivian; DIRIÉ, Clément (ed.); PIRON, François (ed.); MAH, Sérgio (ed.)
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Vivian Suter’s gestural works are the result of a daily, physical and emotional relationship with the materials and the contingencies of nature in the subtropical ecosystem where she lives and works. Rain, earth, humidity, light, flora, and fauna often inhabit her unstretched canvases, expressing her close interaction with external factors and her break with the traditional notion of controlling authorship, to create a versatile and monumental body of work, visually incomparable—an ode to the possibilities of painting.

Published to accompany the artist's survey exhibitions at MAAT, Lisbon, and Palais de Tokyo, Paris, in 2024–2025, the volume includes two essays by the shows’ curators Sérgio Mah and François Piron underlining the specificity of her art, an extensive selection of 200+ recent works, a commissioned portfolio documenting the activity in Suter’s studio in Panajachel (Guatemala) where she settled in 1982, as well as a selection of exhibition views underlining her unique approach to exhibition making. Furthermore, poetic texts (songs, aphorisms, free prose) written by the artist are scattered throughout the 320-page volume. [publishers’ note]

Publiée à l’occasion des expositions de Vivian Suter au MAAT, Lisbonne, et au Palais de Tokyo, Paris, en 2024-2025, cette monographie propose une approche immersive de la pratique de cette grande figure de la peinture abstraite, dont les toiles libres et suspendues en déjouent les codes, proposant une relation physique avec le public, et développant une relation nouvelle avec le monde naturel. [note de la maison d’édition]

Contributions by/de François Piron, Sérgio Mah, Vivian Suter.

4 languages! English, Français, Español, Portoghese.

Published by JRP, 2025
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