YVAN ALVAREZ
alvarez.yvan@gmail.com****
Texts :
Essay by Anthony Huberman, invited by Yvan Alvarez, in the occasion of the exhibition “Zwischenraum” at Société des Arts, Geneva (2023)
Danaé Panchaud (2021)
Bénédicte Le Pimpec (2021)
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IMG_8966, 2024
Silver gelatin print, resin, wood
194 x 142 x 4 cm
Upon Onda
Standard/Deluxe, Lausanne
2024
P1150551, 2024
Silver gelatin print, resin, wood
49 x 58,5 x 4 cm
Upon Onda
Standard/Deluxe, Lausanne
2024
IMG_5896, 2024
Silver gelatin print, resin, wood
33 x 29 x 4 cm
Upon Onda
Standard/Deluxe, Lausanne
2024
018, 2024
Silver gelatin print, resin, wood
50 x 59,5 x 4 cm
Machen das Leben unvergeßlich, 2024
Plastic bag, frame
100 x 80 cm
HBD (makeshift device), 2024
Barrier, balloons, helium, string
200 x 253 x 70 cm
Traces de passages
La Julienne, Plan-les-Ouates
2024
IMAG0077, 2024
Silver gelatin print, artist’s frame
29 x 35,5 x 3 cm
IMAG0018, 2024
Silver gelatin print, artist’s frame
29 x 35,5 x 3 cm
IMAG0102, 2024
Silver gelatin print, artist’s frame
29 x 35,5 x 3 cm
Untitled (blank billboards), 2024
Found billboards, white parts of found posters
130 x 90 cm
Zahltag
Curated by Amir El May & Sylvain Gelewski
Spielact, Le Commun
Geneva, 2024
Zwischenraum
Solo exhibition
Salle Crosnier - Palais de l’Athénée, Société des Arts de Genève
2023
Essay by Anthony Huberman
written for the exhibition Zwischenraum by Yvan Alvarez (FR, ENG)
Meanwhile (photogram #2, #3, #5), 2023
Unique silver gelatin paper, frame
222 x 140,5 x 4 cm each
Parking lot (makeshift device series), 2023
Tire, PVC, concrete
143 x ø 55 cm
Gap (makeshift device series), 2023
Plastic chairs, shoring prop,
80 x 410 x 50 cm
Zwischenraum
Solo exhibition
Salle Crosnier - Palais de l’Athénée, Société des Arts de Genève
2023
Untitled (makeshift device series), 2023
Umbrella, umbrella base, canisters, strap, water
270 x ø 160 cm
Untitled (combined image), 2023
Unique silver gelatin paper, frame
100 x 70 cm
Private space, 2022Two benches of the public space of the city where the exhibition is located are borrowed for the duration of the exhibition and are placed face to face.
Dimensions variable
Exhibition view
Inside/Outside
Bacio Collective, Bern
2022
River (visual sample series), 2022
Silver gelatin prints, zip lock bags
Photograms made in the Rhône River, Geneva.
Dimensions variable
Exhibition view
Riverhood
Kunstforum Bâloise, Basel
2022
River (visual sample series), 2022
Silver gelatin prints, zip lock bags
Photograms made in the Rhône River, Geneva.
Dimensions variable
River (visual sample series), 2022
Silver gelatin prints, zip lock bags
Photograms made in the Rhône River, Geneva.
Dimensions variable
Featuring, 2021
Loaned works by invited artists, freezers, cigarettes, visitor’s breathing
Dimensions variable
With works by Sylvain Gelewski, Léonard Gremaud, Paul Hutzli, Seob Kim, David Knuckey, Fabien Lakatos, Sophie Nys, Nico Müller, Mai-Thu Perret, Davide-Christelle Sanvee, Charlotte Schaer, Anaïs Wenger
Halle Nord, Geneva
2021
Photo credits : Thomas Maisonnasse
Interior of one of the freezers at the end of the exhibition
16/06/2021, 2021
Armchairs, bubble wrap, tape
280 x 98,5 x 120 cm
Exhibition view
BLCG
Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève
2021
A puddle in a bottle, 2021
Water, PET bottle
ø 5,5 x 22 cm
Untitled, 2020
door car, towel, dust
120 x 90 x 20 cm
Just in case (useful photography series), 2020
laser print, plexiglass
29,7 x 21 cm each
Home theater, 2020
lamp, plug-in timers
dimensions variable
M-1911, 2019
Swiss military rifle M-1911 enclosed in a crochet case
130 x 20 x 10 cm
Jungkunst 2020
Halle 53, Winterthur
Jungkunst
Halle 53, Winterthur
2020
Jungkunst
Halle 53, Winterthur
2020
We all belong to a system, 2020
Humidifier, dehumidifier, visitor’s breathing
Dimensions variable
In a room a humidifier is programmed to increase the humidity in the air, while a dehumidifier absorbs water to decrease the humidity. A balance is created between two machines with opposite functions. By breathing, the visitor participates in this balance.
We all belong to a system, 2020
Humidifier, dehumidifier, visitor’s breathing
Dimensions variable
Based on a true story, 2020
Photograms made with moisture, black and white analog paper
275 x 107 cm each
Mothers, 2020
Wool, wax, chest of drawers
140 x 80 x 60 cm
Something on the hill (Osborne billboard), 2019
wood, carboard, tarpaulin, strap
Scale reproduction with found objects of bull-shaped billboard of the Osborne brand
Dimensions variable
A brief family’s story, 2020
Home-made Spanish liqueur imported in Swiss wine bottles
Dimensions variable
Forgive us, 2020
Lys flowers, vase
Dimensions variable
Lys flower delivered each week during the exhibition. All the flowers are on the same vase.
Untitled, 2019
Broken mirror
160 x 130 x 1.6 cm
MEMORIA
Espace Lokart, Neuchâtel, CH
2019
Untitled, 2018
Resin, used Nike Tuned Air
19.4 x 35.9 x 21.3 cm
Untitled (Yvan), 2018
Crochet blanket, found objects
36 x 200 x 200 cm
Pursuing the idea of collection of objects, Yvan called the fifty-two ‘Yvan’ living in Geneva and listed on the telephone directory. After a short conversation in which he explained the context and purpose of his call, Yvan asked them to think about an abject that they could give him. Then he placed their gift under a handmade crochet blanket. The objects themselves did not matter, he only gave the audience the opportunity to guess their shape through the mesh. The experience is passed on from one Yvan to another, and the name eventually became anonymous because it included all the protagonists. This community property established its own subjective criteria (name and geographic location), hence bypassing a familial, social and political model and replacing it with a nominal system.
Bénédicte Le Pimpec
Objects donated by my father to make art, 2016-
Found objects, cardboard boxes
Dimensions variable
pay attention motherfuckers
Zabriskie Point, Geneva, CH
2018
Group show with Yvan Alvarez, Emilie Ding, Guerrilla Girls, Bruce Nauman,
Deirdre O’Leary, Guillaume Pilet
Billy Club, 2018
Truncheon
43 x ø 4 cm
Vous êtes ici
Villa Dutoit, Geneva, CH
2018
Customs and other objects series, 2018
Lambda print, paper craft, frame
100 x 70 cm
Three Picasso in a district of banks and in front of an art school, 2017
Three Citroën Xsara Picasso parked side by side
Dimensions variable
Where is my daddy ?, 2016
Polaroïds, chewing-gum
9 x 13 cm each
Entre chien et loup
Truth and Consequences, Geneva, CH
2016
Meutes et unités
Espace Labo, Geneva, CH
2016
Small Vehicle / Saturn, 2016
with Seob Kim
Mixed media
Dimensions variable
Kampüs der Kröten
Oslo 10, Basel, CH
2016