Pierre d’Alancaisez (is) Verdurin
@verdur.in
https://verdur.in - cultural project and event space, concept store, and soon publisher in London.
https://petitpoi.net - art criticism and writing by Pierre d'Alancaisez.
https://petitpoi.net - art criticism and writing by Pierre d'Alancaisez.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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November 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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C and D to pretend that they have been part of some great discovery. There’s no room for the eye, then, no way to follow the line.
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Christopher Wool at Gagosian ★★★☆☆ - Pierre d'Alancaisez
No room for the eye, no way to follow the line.
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November 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM
C and D to pretend that they have been part of some great discovery. There’s no room for the eye, then, no way to follow the line.
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To name the frustration of this oeuvre is thus to make an embarrassing admission. Wool’s 2D projections are too many. They thus reveal that their topographic trajectory is wholly predetermined. In three dimensions, the sculptural jumbles are too solid as they pass
November 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM
To name the frustration of this oeuvre is thus to make an embarrassing admission. Wool’s 2D projections are too many. They thus reveal that their topographic trajectory is wholly predetermined. In three dimensions, the sculptural jumbles are too solid as they pass
These trajectories resemble Brownian molecular motion, as unpredictable as they are vital. Wool’s gestural compositions intrigue with their promise of inevitability, despite, alas, lacking pictorial originality qua works of art.
November 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM
These trajectories resemble Brownian molecular motion, as unpredictable as they are vital. Wool’s gestural compositions intrigue with their promise of inevitability, despite, alas, lacking pictorial originality qua works of art.
His first collection of fiction, The Nightmare Exhibition, was published in 2001, followed by Morbid Tales in 2004. His novella Shrike was shortlisted for the Shirley Jackson Award in 2009.
October 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
His first collection of fiction, The Nightmare Exhibition, was published in 2001, followed by Morbid Tales in 2004. His novella Shrike was shortlisted for the Shirley Jackson Award in 2009.
Quentin was born in the seventies in North Devon. He studied Japanese at Durham University and the works of Higuchi Ichiyô at Kyoto University’s Faculty of Letters. In the late 2010s, he studied philosophy at Birkbeck College. He is the author of multiple novels and short stories.
October 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Quentin was born in the seventies in North Devon. He studied Japanese at Durham University and the works of Higuchi Ichiyô at Kyoto University’s Faculty of Letters. In the late 2010s, he studied philosophy at Birkbeck College. He is the author of multiple novels and short stories.
October 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
He will compare the otherworldly atmosphere of supernatural horror to the Japanese aesthetic of yuugen and to address the philosophical concept of intentionality as the basis of both language and literature, showing that the literature of supernatural horror employs the normal intentionality
October 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
He will compare the otherworldly atmosphere of supernatural horror to the Japanese aesthetic of yuugen and to address the philosophical concept of intentionality as the basis of both language and literature, showing that the literature of supernatural horror employs the normal intentionality
psychedelic visions? No matter; how loudly they revolt against the cyclicality of their studio siblings! How spectacularly they burn!
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Liliane Lijn: Seeds of Tomorrow at Sylvia Kouvali ★★★☆☆ - pierre d'alancaisez
Are these dreams, floral fields, or psychedelic visions?
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October 28, 2025 at 11:02 AM
psychedelic visions? No matter; how loudly they revolt against the cyclicality of their studio siblings! How spectacularly they burn!
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for the cobbled mews gallery’s architectural columns.
Which is to speak deliberately around the paintings, extracted from a series made in the early 1990s. If Lijn’s oils lack finesse, they far surpass the sculptures’ dynamism even as they are static. Are these dreams, floral fields, or
Which is to speak deliberately around the paintings, extracted from a series made in the early 1990s. If Lijn’s oils lack finesse, they far surpass the sculptures’ dynamism even as they are static. Are these dreams, floral fields, or
October 28, 2025 at 11:02 AM
for the cobbled mews gallery’s architectural columns.
Which is to speak deliberately around the paintings, extracted from a series made in the early 1990s. If Lijn’s oils lack finesse, they far surpass the sculptures’ dynamism even as they are static. Are these dreams, floral fields, or
Which is to speak deliberately around the paintings, extracted from a series made in the early 1990s. If Lijn’s oils lack finesse, they far surpass the sculptures’ dynamism even as they are static. Are these dreams, floral fields, or
projections; those have had little in common besides their spin. The two totems now doing their rounds spin yarns of enamelled wire. Elsewhere - in Tate’s Electric Dreams, say - they could have inducted currents to stop a pacemaker. Yet paired with Lijn’s abstract canvases, they turn easy to miss
October 28, 2025 at 11:02 AM
projections; those have had little in common besides their spin. The two totems now doing their rounds spin yarns of enamelled wire. Elsewhere - in Tate’s Electric Dreams, say - they could have inducted currents to stop a pacemaker. Yet paired with Lijn’s abstract canvases, they turn easy to miss
intellectual primacy is truly over. What’s wrong with rights makes no right with painting.
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Hannah Black: HUSH MR GIANT at Arcadia Missa ★☆☆☆☆ - pierre d'alancaisez
What’s wrong with rights makes no right with painting.
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October 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
intellectual primacy is truly over. What’s wrong with rights makes no right with painting.
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