paola pivi imagines a living cosmos grown from lemon trees at perrotin paris exhibition

"The trees are not simply referenced but materially altered to continue living beyond the exhibition. This introduces a quiet but radical proposition: art as a regenerative system, not a static object. In this sense, Live Again shifts from representation to process, suggesting a future where artistic production aligns with ecological continuity."

"A sequence of environments that oscillate between playfulness and confrontation form the exhibition at Perrotin Paris. Hand-painted phrases such as INTERNATIONAL LAW, FREE, and HUMANS appear in vivid colors, initially disarming before revealing their political charge. As Valentino Catricalà notes, Pivi's work operates like a 'punch to the gut,' using familiar, even joyful forms to deliver direct reflections on contemporary realities."

"This tension continues with works like 'God let me hunt', where language expands into both spiritual invocation and metaphor for desire, ambition, and survival. Silk embroideries and a reinterpreted inflatable ladder extend this dialogue, positioning movement, aspiration, and scale as tools for rethinking collective futures."

Live Again at Perrotin Paris presents a radical approach to artistic creation by embedding regeneration into the work itself. The exhibition centers on New Life, a series of sculptural constellations made from lemon tree branches designed to regrow, alongside bronze compositions and fifty star-like structures. This transforms art from static objects into regenerative systems aligned with ecological continuity. The exhibition combines living matter with hand-painted phrases like INTERNATIONAL LAW, FREE, and HUMANS in vivid colors, creating tension between playfulness and political confrontation. Works such as God let me hunt expand language into spiritual invocation and metaphor for desire and survival, while silk embroideries and reinterpreted inflatable ladders explore movement, aspiration, and scale as tools for reimagining collective futures.

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