SEBASTIEN VERDON b. Neuchâtel, Switzerland EDUCATION Bern University Of Arts, Bern, Switzerland SELECTED RECENT EXHIBITIONS 2011 2010 2009
The Green Powder, Lokal-Int, Biel/Bienne Skyrider, L’OV, CAN Centre d’Art Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel Interzone, Olm Space, Neuchâtel Saturnales 1st Edition, M . S . S . V . Project, Chaumont Miroir Magique, Janet, Le Havre Afrikanismus, Marks Blond Project, Bern Hyperactive Summerlab, CAN Centre d’Art Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel Plattform10, ewz-unterwerk, Selnau, Zürich Carte Blanche: Paradis-Plage, Musée Jurassien des Arts, Moutier Why We Worry, Supernova Gallery, Riga Une Exposition de Photocopies et Peintures de Ordenateur, Les Caves du Palais, Neuchatel Mit Aussicht, Kunsthaus, Langenthal
STATEMENT Sebastien Verdon plays on our current expectations of what comprises an image. While a majority of his body of work does this utilizing a particular space to invoke his “punchline,” the kicker in Synma is the process of art-making itself. An electrical fan is suspended from the ceiling, manipulated in such a way that the felt-tip marker that hangs from it creates a series of swirling scribbles on the paper beneath it. After an amount of time, the arbitrary scribbles begin to take shape, creating a circular form with atmosphere and organic linequality. The outcome is always unique, but also inevitable as dictated by certain intentiparameters within the piece’s components. The process is a dialogue of control and uncontrol of artist and material -- and is the same dialogue had by any watercolorist deciding to what degree they can manipulate the movement of pigment and water on paper.