Laura Nillni

Paris, France

  • Prendre le T

    walnut stain and India ink on paper 48 x 36 cm 19 x 14 in 2014

  • Prendre le T

    pencil and graphite on paper 40 x 29 cm 15.5 x 11.5 in 2014

  • Bibliothèque de Babel

    Installation in a crypt, Orsay, France

    mixed media including wood and mirrors 2013-2014

  • Papirolas

    collaborative video with sound by Ricardo Nillni

    shown here: 3 stills from the video taken from a series of works on paper by Laura Nillni 2013

  • Installation

    created for La Science de l'Art, Étampes, France

    oil-based paint on plywood including 3 spinning tops, text from Armand Dupuy ~30 x 10 meters ~98.5 x 33 feet 2013

  • Installation of artist books

    Biennial of Geometrical Art, Palaiseau, France

    each of 4 works: etching on paper in wooden box box size 10 x 10 cm; paper size 9 x ~56 cm box size 4 x 4 in; paper size 3.5 x ~22 in 2012-2013

  • La danse du caméléon

    acrylic on MDF base 36 x 36 cm; spinning top 18 x 18 x 30 cm base 14 x 14 in; spinning top 7 x 7 x 12 in 2012

  • La danse du caméléon

    Installation at Galerie Lélia Mordoch, Paris, France

    acrylic on wood top 60 x 60 x 100 cm; 8 ground elements each 60 x 60 cm top 23.5 x 23.5 x 39.5 in; 8 ground elements each 23.5 x 23.5 in 2012

  • Fragments en noir et blanc

    India ink on paper 25 x 17 cm 10 x 6.5 in 2012

  • Labyrinthes

    ink on paper 20 x 30 cm 8 x 12 in 2011

  • Patrons de cube

    walnut stain and colored pencil on paper 24 x 32 9.5 x 12.5 in 2008

  • Racine carrée

    wood, acrylic, walnut stain, branches 100 x 100 x 10 cm 39.5 x 39.5 x 4 in 2007

  • Labyrinthes

    ink on paper 20 x 30 cm 8 x 12 in 2007

  • Contrapunto

    video installation in collaboration with Ricardo Nillni 2007

  • Quatour rouge

    ink and walnut stain on wood and Mozart musical score each piece 31 x 32 x 16 cm each piece 12 x 12.5 x 6.5 in 2004

  • Debussy II

    wood, ink ,and Debussy musical score "La Mer" 2 pieces, each 48 x 125 cm 2 pieces, each 19 x 49 in 2004

  • Boîtes à musique

    wood, wood dye, walnut stain, thread, paper each piece 22 x 22 cm each piece 8.5 x 8.5 in 2002

  • Boîtes à musique

    wood, wood dye, walnut stain, thread, paper 22 x 22 cm 8.5 x 8.5 in 2001

  • Boîtes à musique

    wood, wood dye, walnut stain, thread, paper each piece 22 x 22 cm each piece 8.5 x 8.5 in 2001

  • Duetto

    acrylic and walnut stain on wood and paper, leather 60 x 60 cm 23.5 x 23.5 in 1998

If my work has evolved across a variety of art forms, borrowing especially from themes in music and literature, it is through the mathematical concepts of repetition, combinatorics, variation and permutation that it asserts its visual identity.

The art form I select is closely dependent on the particular concept, and therefore a work might be realized in video, sculpture or painting using a wide variety of materials, and is often presented in installations. The technique I use is flexible; it is simply a way to express a visual idea.

Only the need for a modular unit, whose proliferation is implicit, remains invariable in my work. And this need, in turn, can only be fulfilled by construction where geometry reins as absolute queen.

 

contact & information

more information about the artist
www.lauranillni.blogspot.com 

email Laura Nillni
lauranillni@gmail.com 

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