Describes himself as an artist that has seen and worked in everything. His installations contrast popular culture with history of art to create critical works with provocative aesthetic and political questions. Alexandre Perigot is also interested in relationships with the show business, the stream circulation gall kinds stars and in environmental issues through his art; he is the kind of artist who evaluates the paradoxical positions of art in society, creative installations that lick all disciplines. The installation belonging to Collection Berardo under the title sometimes you win sometimes you lose consists of double jointed tubes and plastic, which tries to recreate a phrase within the exhibit space. As a power station of aspiration, the structure contains an object which is propelled inside the tubular circuit: the friction produces a jerked noise. The sound invites the spectator to mentally or physically decipher sentence layout. The concept is a playful way for Alexandre Perigot to put forward a serious questioning by means of participation and entertainment.
Selected exhibitions:
2008 Pipedream, Museu Colecção Berardo, Lisboa. Can art do more?, Art Focus – Jerusalem Biennial.
2007 Pipedream, Tramway, Glasgow. Not only possible, but also necessary: Optimism in the age of global war, 10th. Istanbul Contemporary Art International Biennial, Istambul.
2006 Maison Témoin, Maison d’Elvis, The Land Foundation, Chiang Mai.
2004 Airclubbing, Sextant et plus, Friche – la Belle de Mai, Marseille. 2003 Dreams and Conflicts – The dictatorship of the viewer, 50. Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte, La Biennale di Venezia
2002 Radiopopeye, Mamco, Genebra. Blondasses, FRAC Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpellier.
2001 Blondasses, Champs d’art, Castelnaudary ; FRAC Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpellier. Affect Effect, Helle nacht, Basileia. Maison témoin, Maison de Dalida, Centre Pompidou. Séances de Chutes, Kunsthalle, Tirol. Let’s Entertain, Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami.
2000 Let’s Entertain, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. Au delà du spectacle, Centre Pompidou, Paris.
1999 Freestyle Performance, Spiral Hall, Tokyo. 1998 Freestyle performance, Fondation Cartier, Paris.
