{"id":557899,"date":"2026-03-22T23:05:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T23:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/557899\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T23:05:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T23:05:38","slug":"paola-pivi-imagines-a-cosmos-from-lemon-trees-at-perrotin-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/557899\/","title":{"rendered":"paola pivi imagines a cosmos from lemon trees at perrotin paris"},"content":{"rendered":"

A universe grown from lemon trees occupies perrotin paris<\/p>\n

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What if regeneration wasn\u2019t metaphorical but literal? In Live Again, Paola Pivi<\/a> builds a world where life cycles are embedded into the artwork itself, using living matter as both medium and message. Presented at Perrotin Paris <\/a>and running until April 18th, 2026, the exhibition <\/a>centers on New Life, a series of sculptural constellations formed from carefully cut lemon tree branches designed to regrow. Alongside a bronze composition, fifty star-like structures transform organic fragments into a speculative cosmos, where destruction becomes a precondition for renewal.<\/p>\n

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The trees are not simply referenced but materially altered to continue living beyond the exhibition, suggesting that art can evolve and regrow instead of simply exist as an object. In this sense, Live Again shifts from representation to process, suggesting a future where artistic production aligns with ecological continuity.<\/p>\n

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view of the exhibition \u2018Live again\u2019 at Perrotin Paris (France), 2026 | image by Claire Dorn, courtesy of the artist and Perrotin<\/p>\n

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paola pivi uses Wonder as a critical tool<\/p>\n

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A sequence of environments that oscillate between playfulness and confrontation forms 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 the museum director of the Museums Commission, Saudi Arabia Ministry of Culture, Valentino Catrical\u00e0 notes, the Italian artist\u2019s<\/a> work operates like a \u2018punch to the gut,\u2019 using familiar, even joyful, forms to deliver direct reflections on contemporary realities, including postcolonial structures and systems of power.<\/p>\n

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This tension continues with works like \u2018God let me hunt\u2019, 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.<\/p>\n

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a world where life cycles are embedded into the artwork | image by Claire Dorn, courtesy of the artist and Perrotin<\/p>\n

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Dissolving boundaries between real and artificial<\/p>\n

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In the central rooms, the exhibition reaches its most immersive state. The scent of lemon trees fills the space, while living plants coexist with bronze replicas so finely crafted they appear to breathe. The distinction between organic and artificial collapses, reinforcing Pivi\u2019s long-standing interest in destabilizing perceptions. These hybrid forms originate from an idea dating back to 1999, now realized as trees that resemble stars, or entire universes. Nature becomes structure, and structure becomes cosmos. It\u2019s less about representation and more about recalibrating how we perceive scale, material, and life itself.<\/p>\n

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The final rooms shift toward a more explicit critique. Deflated balloons suspended by iron rings evoke both victims of violence and a collective condition of inertia, originally linked to reflections on mafia-related trauma in Italy. Here, Pivi\u2019s language becomes stark, stripping away illusion while maintaining her signature visual lightness. Alongside this, her long-running pearl works introduce another dimension: accumulation as meditation. Thousands of artificial pearls form tactile surfaces that echo natural processes of defense and transformation. As the artist reflects, this act connects to \u2018the spiritual side of creative thought,\u2019 where repetition and patience generate meaning.<\/p>\n

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the exhibition centers on New Life (2026) | image by Claire Dorn, courtesy of the artist and Perrotin<\/p>\n

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Paola Pivi,Live again, 2026 Bronze, paint | image by Tanguy Beurdeley, courtesy of the artist and Perrotin<\/p>\n

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Paola Pivi, I am happy with the ladder, 2019 3D frased foam, painted, plinth 42 \u00d7 12 \u00d7 6 cm | 16 9\/16 \u00d7 4 3\/4 \u00d7 2 3\/8 inches Base : 50 \u00d7 15 \u00d7 15 cm | 19 11\/16 \u00d7 5 7\/8 \u00d7 5 7\/8 inches | image by Guillaume.Ziccarelli, courtesy of the artist and Perrotin<\/p>\n

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Paola PIVI Human Rights, 2026 Silk 36 \u00d7 55 \u00d7 4 cm | image by Claire Dorn, courtesy of the artist and Perrotin<\/p>\n

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Paola Pivi Free Brainwash, 2026 Silk 40 \u00d7 120 \u00d7 4 cm | image by Claire Dorn, courtesy of the artist and Perrotin<\/p>\n

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Paola Pivi, Senza titolo (contro la mafia per l\u2019attentato di Via Palestro)(II), 2026 Balloons mounted on paper with grommets 51 \u00d7 72 cm | image by Claire Dorn, courtesy of the artist and Perrotin<\/p>\n

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Pivi\u2019s language becomes stark | image by Claire Dorn, courtesy of the artist and Perrotin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A universe grown from lemon trees occupies perrotin paris \u00a0 What if regeneration wasn\u2019t metaphorical but literal? In…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":557900,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[449,458,459,64,63,460,134,15941,275336,164951],"class_list":["post-557899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-exhibitions","tag-galerie-perrotin","tag-paola-pivi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=557899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/557900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}