Dans le sens des aiguilles du monde, 2023

Jeremy Vatutin  

A companion of duty, Jérémy Vatutin draws from his experience a poetic approach to architecture and a fascination for materials.

Inspired by optical and kinetic art, he creates unique works from zinc and lead recovered from the rooftops of Paris. These metals patinated by time, witnesses of an urban memory, become the raw material of his creations.

In his studio, he develops a process he calls "oxidography", where time, humidity and his intervention reveal the graphic and textured nuances of the metal. His works, halfway between sculpture and painting, often combine new and old fragments to question the passage of time. They bear the names of the collection locations, tracing the history of the buildings and acting as memory transmitters.

His work explores oppositions such as full and empty, mobile and immobile, or fold and unfold, while highlighting the invisible and the paradox of a creation born from utilitarian materials doomed to oblivion. By repairing roofs, Jérémy says he is trying to “repair the world," transforming fragments of architecture into captivating works of art, at the crossroads of art and craft.