Slumber Party (Paperback)

Benoit Pieron

ISBN 10: 8867496042 / ISBN 13: 9788867496044

Published by Mousse Publishing, Milan, 2023

About this Item

Paperback. Benoit Pieron: Slumber Party is the first book by the French artist, published on the occasion of his 2023 commission at Chisenhale Gallery, London. Continuing his practice of applying a vital softness to the hard spaces of the hospital, this new publication is inspired in both form and content by waiting room magazines as a site of intervention and diversion. Installation views accompany a visual essay by Pieron documenting the processes behind the commission. A series of activities have been devised by artists ClayAD, Paul Maheke, Roxanne Maillet and Pieron. Each invites the reader to either draw on or rip out pages to help pass the time; making and remaking the book anew for each reader.The book considers how to transform the often stale or distressing atmosphere of a medical waiting room with a sense of possibility and renewed imagination. These activities are accompanied by texts from Chisenhale Gallerys Director Zoe Whitley, the exhibitions curator Oliva Aherne, and ClayAD, as well as a conversation between Pieron and artist Paul Maheke that traverses subjects from the fallibility of healthcare and the work of Felix Gonzalez-Torres, to the allure of vampires and soft toys.This publication is made possible through the generous support of Lead Supporter, Fondation Pernod Ricard, and Headline Supporters, Fluxus Art Projects and The Clare McKeon Charitable Trust with additional thanks to the Chisenhale Gallery Publishing Supporters Circle, and Galerie Sultana. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Slumber Party (Paperback)
• Publisher: Mousse Publishing, Milan
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8867496042
• ISBN 13: 9788867496044
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Inspired by his own illnesses, Piéron transforms hospital supplies into imaginative installations

French artist Benoît Piéron (born 1983) has spent most of his life in hospitals undergoing treatment for several immune diseases. In Slumber Party, he incorporates bedsheets, ambulance sirens and stuffed animals into his works, applying softness to the hard spaces of a hospital.