Jugnet + Clairet's 'Séries' at Passerelle, Brest

The French duo Jugnet+Clairet present 'Séries' at Centre d'art Passerelle in Brest, curated by Etienne Bernard as part of his inaugural programming since February 2013. The exhibition draws on their years living in New Mexico, evoking desert landscapes, standardized motels, and blinding light. A neon work titled 'Séries' (2013) hangs from a concrete beam in the patio, its red letters crossed out. Since 1998, Anne-Marie Jugnet and Alain Clairet have developed large-format serial paintings based on precise protocols. Works include 'Tapes, Shadings, Fishing with John' (2001-2002) and 'Switch' (2002-2004), which transform televisual images through photography, drawing, and airbrush painting. On the mezzanine, two complete series of 'Still Life-Los Alamos' (2010-2011) face each other. The artists scanned eight laboratory glassware items from the Los Alamos Laboratory, where atomic bombs for Hiroshima and Nagasaki were designed. They painted multiple series in acrylic with phosphorescent pigments in green, blue, orange, and finally black and white. The exhibition runs until January 4, 2014.