André Piguet’s decentralised practice deliberately resists classification and instead works to push boundaries of value, commodification of art and originality. His multi-disciplinary output includes drawing, painting, sculpture, assemblage and installation, drawing on diverse interests in physics, cosmology, metallurgy, complex systems, music, architecture and popular visual culture. The desire to test material limits is a consistent theme in Piguet’s works, played out through the introduction of materials such as wax, resin, cast acrylic and gallium, to more traditional processes such as oil painting. His ongoing bodies of work are both conceptually-driven and process-based, reflecting a generative process of experimentation.
Piguet has exhibited consistently over the past decade in Australia, and has also exhibited in New Zealand, Italy, Brussels, France and the UK. He was a Gertrude Contemporary Studio Artist 2017–19 and was awarded the Stonehouse-Glasshouse Residency in France in 2018. Piguet’s first significant artist book: André Piguet Selected Works on Paper 2014*-2021 was published in 2022.
rainsticky
2022
ink and coloured pencil on washi paper
46.0 x 36.0 cm framed
gasparien 1
2022
graphite on paper
46.0 x 36.0 cm framed
variety pool
2016
ink, marker, wax crayon, graphite on transparent coloured paper, collaged
46.0 x 36.0 cm framed
DX schroom room 2
2022
ink on washi paper, graphite on washi paper, layered
46.0 x 36.0 cm framed
gasparien
2022
graphite on paper
46.0 x 36.0 cm framed
delphium cellar
2022
ink, marker and coloured pencil on washi paper
46.0 x 36.0 cm framed
whibbly siren
2022
ink, marker and coloured pencil on washi paper, layered
46.0 x 36.0 cm framed
pulse-demon
2022
ink and marker on paper, collaged
46.0 x 36.0 cm framed
window
2018
alcohol based marker on paper
46.0 x 36.0 cm framed
PIL/quoth would you do?
2014
oil and marker on paper
46.0 x 36.0 cm framed
moth in jünger
2021
ink on paper and graphite on paper, collaged
36.0 x 46.0 cm framed
cello force
2021
graphite, marker and wax crayon on wash paper, layered
46.0 x 36.0 cm framed
that is parallel, that is flat, which is a web
2018
alcohol based marker and coloured pencil on paper (two elements)
46.0 x 36.0 cm framed
rain-stick window
2015
watercolour on tissue over ink on washi paper
46.0 x 36.0 cm framed
airbender
2016
ink, marker, coloured pencil, graphite on paper, collaged
46.0 x 36.0 cm framed
drone lute/big bulb
2021
ink, marker and coloured on washi paper, collaged
46.0 x 36.0 cm framed
grapes from the estate
2015
coloured pencil, marker and oil pastel on paper
46.0 x 36.0 cm framed
vvvv gweeen / sound of water bubbling and glass doors sliding
2014
oil, marker and riso print on paper (two elements)
46.0 x 36.0 cm framed
smaugscape
2014
oil, ink, gauche, coloured pencil, pigment and silver pen on paper
36.0 x 46.0 cm framed
phylyps trak II
2021
ink and coloured pencil on dyed washi paper
36.0 x 46.0 cm framed
corridor
2015
ink, marker and wax crayon on paper
36.0 x 46.0 cm framed
starfield
2011
graphite on paper
36.0 x 46.0 cm framed
bassoon demon
2022
ink on washi paper over marker on paper
46.0 x 36.0 cm framed
composition with goblin fish
2021
ink on paper and graphite on paper, collaged
36.0 x 46.0 cm framed
earth, passing thru trap
2017
ink, marker, water colour, felt tip pen and photocopy on washi paper
36.0 x 46.0 cm framed
heliosphere
2011
graphite on paper
36.0 x 46.0 cm framed
endless summer
2022
ink and alcohol based marker on paper
36.0 x 46.0 cm framed
the hobbit
2021
ink on washi paper, marker on paper, layered
36.0 x 46.0 cm framed
aigle
2021
marker on found photograph
36.0 x 46.0 cm framed
AFX anamorphic
2018
graphite on washi paper
36.0 x 46.0 cm framed
solid vibration of glass bottle in ship anchorage area
2022
ink on washi paper
36.0 x 46.0 cm framed
explodes through and sees through all that is earthly all of the time / starburst
2021
ink, marker, graphite and felt tip pen on layered washi paper
36.0 x 46.0 cm framed
happy audio
2022
36.0 x 46.0 cm framed
weatherzone / raindrops
2019
alcohol based marker on washi paper
weatherzone / shoreline
2022
alcohol based marker on washi paper
36.0 x 46.0 cm framed
the leaves on the trees are computerised weapons
2020
ink on washi paper
60.0 x 42.0 cm framed
garden of ninfa
2022
dolby grid
2015
ink, marker, stickytape, dyed paper, blotting paper, coloured pencil, pins
46.0 x 36.0 cm framed
JAH
2020
ink, marker and felt tip pen on washi paper
46.0 x 36.0 cm framed
Untitled
2015
oil, pigment, compressed gallium, epoxy resin, cast acrylic, RPG dice, wood and carbon
41.5 x 546.0 x 5.0 cm
HOUSE IX - XII
2016
oil paint, pigment, epoxy resin, compressed gallium, cast acrylic, vinyl Beerus, RPG dice, heat treated steel
186.5 x 77.0 cm each
HOUSE
2016
Installation view
HOUSE IV
2016
oil paint, pigment, epoxy resin, compressed gallium, cast acrylic, vinyl Nobita, heat treated steel
61.0 x 101.0 cm
LE HOBBIT
2015
Installation view
LE HOBBIT
2015
Installation view
LE HOBBIT
2015
Installation view
SELECTED AMBIENT WORK
2014
Installation view
WET_TIP_HEN_AX (pale edit)
2014
cast urathane
86.0 x 31.0 cm
TROLL BOWL
2016
tiled ceramic, soft alloy, epoxy resin, pigment, compressed gallium
30.0 cm (diameter)
Untitled
2015
oil paint, pigment, epoxy resin, compressed gallium, cast acrylic
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