Untitled (lignes), 2011
digital photographs

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Lignes, 2011

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Faille, 2013
graphite on paper smoothed on wood, 180 x 180 cm

preliminary drawing for Faille, 2013
graphite and graphite’s powder, 40 x 40 cm

Untitled, 2013,
graphite on paper smoothed on wood, (8x) 210 x 65 cm

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Ruptures, graduation show at ENSBA Paris, May 2013

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Untitled (fracture), 2012, 6’50”

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Fracture, 2012
graphite on wall (29,7 x 21 cm), sound installation

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Untitled (en allegro), 2013
564 screenshots

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Untitled, 2013
graphite on paper smoothed on wood , 80 x 80 cm and video, 20′

all images courtesy MATHIEU BONARDET

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MATHIEU BONARDET is a French artist who takes the basic ingredients of drawing-a mark-making implement, an agent to move it, a surface and the time elapsed during the process-and intensifies them to a thrilling degree. With sticks of graphite, he performs series of repeated, varied movements engaging his entire body over predetermined periods of time, or until certain numbers of strokes, cycles or rotations are completed. The drawings that result are strikingly beautiful traces of his actions, resonant with the meditative and physically demanding processes that produced them.

Whether he is working within the frame of a sheet of paper, on the wall, or on the stage, MATHIEU BONARDET delights in the play between structure and improvisation, between repetition and invention, and between choice and chance.

➝ www.mathieubonardet.com

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