Philippe Mayaux 1961, Roubaix, France. Lives and works in Paris Philippe Mayaux is like a free-fall parachutist, capable of craziest pirouettes. Now this peerless stuntman indulges himself by landing systematically on his front, in a deliberately grotesque posture, copiously splashing the surroundings of the pool. Painter of placebos for domestic use, sculptor of electric logs, poet of the “fire which burns in a plasterboard hearth;” technician of the endless screw, originator of “l'avancée do Désert,” Philippe Mayaux is a magnificent traitor; He makes us touch the sublime in order the better to break the toys which fascinate us. — Marc-Olivier Wahler Selected solo exhibitions: 2001: Guy Ledune, Brussels; Laurent Delaye, London; 2000: Centre d'Art de Sérignan, Sérignan, France; 1999: FRAC Champagne-Ardennes, Reims; CAN, Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Selected group exhibitions: 2001: Espace d'Amour, J. Wellerdiek, Berlin; FRAC Champagne-Ardennes, Reims; 2000: Jour de fête, Centre Pompidou, Paris; Big Crunch 2, la Boxe, Bourges; Galerie de la Friche, Marseille; Objets/Projets, Centre d'Art Shed im Eisenwerk, Frauenfeld, Switzerland; Petits leurres et faux - semblants, Chapelle Saint-Martin du Méjan, Arles; 1999: Hypothèses de collection, Musée du Luxembourg, Paris; Centre Régional d' Art Contemporain, Sète, France; Primitive Passion, Palais des Papes, Avignon; Tendance, Centre d' Art Contemporain, Meymac, France; Eric Dupont, Paris; Le Grotesque, FRAC PACA, Marseille; Big Crunch, S. Aboukrat, Paris.	Maturnité, 1998. 35 x 27 cm. Courtesy Loevenbruck Gallery, Paris.