Loris Gréaud: The Artist as Phenomenologist

Key facts

• Loris Gréaud won the Prix Ricard S.A. in October 2005.
• His work 'Eye of the Duck' features a duck in a basin with a voiceover by David Lynch.
• 'M 46' is a glitter painting on a ceiling referencing a galaxy.
• 'Spirit' diffuses the imagined smell of Mars based on rover data.
• 'CFL' (2004) is a genetically modified artificial cress plant that improves vision in darkness.
• 'Dream machines' uses light boxes pulsing at Brion Gysin's 1958 frequency.
• 'Rorschach System' (2004) projects smoke images evoking the Rorschach test.
• 'Secousse sismique – Tremors Were Forever' is a miniature Big Bang simulation vibrating at 50 Hz.
• 'Les Résidents 1' (2005) was a haunted apartment on Île de la Cité, Paris, modified by magnetic field specialists.
• 'Les Résidents 2' reconstructed the apartment's plan using air currents at Le Plateau, Paris.
• For 'Voyage intérieur' at Espace Electra, Paris (autumn 2005), Gréaud hid a drop of LSD in a William Burroughs drawing.
• 'Devil's Tower satellite' (2005-2006) was a black resin sculpture towed around Paris, referencing the Wyoming Devil's Tower.
• Gréaud's solo shows include Galerie gb agency, Paris (2004-05), Galerie municipale Édouard-Manet, Gennevilliers, and Le Plateau, Paris.
• Group shows include 'Off Shore' at Espace Paul-Ricard, Paris (2005), 'Notre Histoire' at Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2006), and 'Space Boomerang' at Swiss Institute, New York (February 2006).
• Monograph 'End Extend' published by éditions HYX, released February 3 at Le Plateau, Paris.