Tatiana Trouvé on Sculpture, Drawing, and Alternative Worlds

Tatiana Trouvé, born 1968 in Cosenza, Italy, and based in Paris, discusses her practice at the intersection of sculpture, drawing, and installation in an interview with Robert Storr for art press. Following two major solo exhibitions—'A Stay Between Enclosure and Space' at Migros Museum Zurich (November 1, 2009 – February 21, 2010) and 'Il Grande Ritratto' at Kunsthaus Graz (through May 16, 2010)—Trouvé was set to open a solo show at Gagosian Gallery New York from March 25 to June 26, 2010. She describes how her work reconfigures exhibition spaces, using drawing directly on walls and copper marquetry to blur boundaries between two and three dimensions. Trouvé references a scientific discovery in Papua New Guinea's Mount Bosavi crater—a giant rat, fanged frogs, lichen-mimicking spiders, and tree-dwelling kangaroos—as an analogy for her parallel worlds. She contrasts her approach with Surrealism, emphasizing intuition over dream analysis, and discusses how scale shifts create perceptual tensions, citing David Lynch's 'Twin Peaks' as an influence. Trouvé's installations invite viewers to mentally traverse spaces they cannot physically enter, with works like a continuous trickle of black sand from a wall hole subtly unsettling perceptions over time.