Jonathan Binet's Pocketful of Paint at Gaudel de Stampa

Jonathan Binet's first solo gallery show, 'Les Mains dans les poches, pleines,' at Galerie Gaudel de Stampa in Paris (September 9 – October 29, 2011), features paintings that spill from pockets and incorporate performative gestures. The exhibition includes works like 'Fontana burlesque,' a canvas pierced with a slit, and a free piece of canvas connected to another stretcher by a blue mason's line on the wall. Nails, staples, and hanging systems reveal successive interventions on abandoned then reworked stretchers. Abstraction here leans toward figuration: one painting is suspended by its canvas like a snare and named after a friend. Spray-painted works recall Martin Barré but are painted from behind. Binet's recent interventions at Salon de Montrouge, Énsb-a (where he just graduated), and Espace Treize (invited by Gallien Dejean) left traces on walls and stairs, integrating architectural accidents. At Gaudel de Stampa, he highlighted the ceiling with a light line, added new picture rails to straighten walls, and hid or revealed space through reinvented slits.