alvarez.yvan@gmail.com
(upcoming)
11.11.2022-25.05.2023
Riverhood, Baloise Art, Kunstforum Baloise Park, Basel
Curated by Josiane Imhasly
10.03-08.04.2023
Solo exhibition, Salle Crosnier - Palais de l’Athénée, Geneva
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Texts :
Danaé Panchaud, 2021
Bénédicte Le Pimpec, 2021
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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
BLCG 21
Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève
2021
Untitled (fading image 1), 2021-
Unfixed photogram, made with used chemicals from developing machines of silver photographs, handmade frame in recycled wood
200 x 132 x 4 cm
Untitled (fading image 2), 2021-
Unfixed photogram, made with used chemicals from developing machines of silver photographs, handmade frame in recycled wood
200 x 132 x 4 cm
Untitled (fading image 3), 2021-
Unfixed photogram, made with used chemicals from developing machines of silver photographs, handmade frame in recycled wood
200 x 132 x 4 cm
BLCG 21
Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève
2021
A puddle in a bottle, 2021
Water, PET bottle
ø 5,5 x 22 cm
470cm2, 2021
Photogram made in the Rhône, zip bag
20x25 cm
Multiple work for the 2021 graduates of the HEAD–Genève. 271 photograms were made during several nights in May 21. The photosensitive paper records, thanks to the flash, a portion of 470cm2 of the river flow.
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
Pourquoi les boîtes de pizza sont-elles carrées ?
with Paul Hutzli
Curated by Sylvain Gelewski
Soul2soul, Ressources Urbaines, Geneva
2020
Pourquoi les boîtes de pizza sont-elles carrées ?
with Paul Hutzli
Curated by Sylvain Gelewski
Soul2soul, Ressources Urbaines, Geneva
2020
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
Untitled, 2020
Chair, wool, resin
90 x 45 x 40 cm
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, 2019
Home-made spanish cognac 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
SQUARE
Kunst(Zeug)Haus Rapperswil-Jona, CH
2018
All these objects are intermined in a soundpiece coming out of an iPhone charging on the floor. In this piece, a woman speaks about the exhibition in a subjective way, deporting from vague explanations about the project given months before the opening. This perspective is confronted to the actual exhibition. In a way, information is transmitted and shaped orally.
Untitled, 2018
Two benches
Dimensions variable
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
Satellite, 2016
HDV, color, 21’
Meutes et unités
Espace Labo, Geneva, CH
2016
Small Vehicle / Saturn, 2016
with Kim Seob Boninsegni
Mixed media
Dimensions variable
Kampüs der Kröten
Oslo 10, Basel, CH
2016
Linea Olvidada, 2015
Text on wall, tattoo, inkjet print, mini-DVD, slide-show
Dimensions variable