Javier Pérez broke into the international arts scene with his first individual exhibition at Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris in 1996 and a year later with his first museum exhibition at Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg.
His works are characterized by a certain syncretism, both in the method and materials used. Sculpture, photography, drawing, video and performance are used independently as well as together to create installations where interaction and exploration are essential.
With his work, Javier Pérez reveals his inquiries and reflections on mankind, using a language full of intense metaphor and imbued with a strong symbolism. His works contain an intrinsic dialectic, showing how weak can be the boundary between concepts seemingly opposite such as the natural and the cultural, the inside and the outside or life and death.
The idea of cyclical fluctuations, circularity, temporality and impermanence are some of the artist’s recurring themes. “I like dealing with points of encounter between spirit and flesh, between purity and impurity, between beauty and horror, between attraction and repulsion. […] I am interested in revealing how ambiguous these concepts are, and how reversible they can be”.
Throughout his career, he has made use of all kind of supports: organic materials such as intestines, hides, horsehair, parchment, latex and chrysalis; often fragile as glass and porcelain or solid as bronze and resin.
His work has been largely exhibited in several galleries and museums, among them: Centre Pompidou, Paris; Museo Guggenheim Bilbao; Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Palacio de Cristal, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid; Chapelle du Centre de La Vieille Charité, Marseille; Kunsthalle Wien; Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; etc.
Carroña, 2011
En puntas, 2013
Mutaciones VII, 2005
En el filo, 2012
Línea de horizonte, 2006
Híbrido III, 2007
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