Pierre Paulin's 'Boom boom, run run' Reviewed

A review of Pierre Paulin's exhibition 'Boom boom, run run' at an unspecified venue, published in artpress in December 2017. The text describes the sensory experience of entering the show, dominated by the sound of a bouncing basketball (Michael Jordan's ball). The exhibition features contorted leather objects, poems hidden in sportswear, and an essay titled 'Boom boom, run run.' The reviewer connects Paulin's work to figures like Rodin, Baudelaire, William Blake, and Oscar Wilde, imagining which of Paulin's 'looks' Wilde would wear. The essay references Run DMC's 1984 video 'My Adidas,' interpreting the slogan as a claim of the body as inalienable territory. The review explores themes of branding, neoliberalism, and the 'slash' or 'delay' in contemporary existence. Two animated films show a gloved hand in a sneaker traversing a black frame. The reviewer leaves with Paulin's poetic essays hidden in the garments, reading them on the metro and train, finding a narrative for generic steps.