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Olivier Ratsi

Olivier Ratsi 's work posits objective reality, time, space and matter as notions of intangible information. His works prompt viewers to question their own interpretation of reality.

During the creative process, Olivier Ratsi uses the technique of anamorphosis to deconstruct spatio-temporal reference points. He cites the codes of conical perspective, a method of visual representation theorized by Leon Battista Alberti in his treatise De Pictura (1435).
The geometric images he creates cannot be seen at first glance: it is necessary to move around in space to find the vanishing point that would make the work appear...
In this way, anamorphosis tests the viewer's ability to deconstruct / reconstruct what they perceive, questioning what they think they see and what they actually see.
The viewer's subjective experience is fundamental to Olivier Ratsi's work, as it enables us to apprehend the work phenomenologically. The world around us is not as it first appears to us.

This study of the phenomena of perception led Olivier Ratsi to the project Perspicere. By attempting to freeze the vanishing point in a sculpture, Perspicere materializes this mental space and gives an account of this ocular phenomenon.

Biography

Olivier Ratsi was born in . He lives and works in Paris.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS - SELECTION

  • 2021 / Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light..., Paris, France
  • 2020 / Vanishing Points, Marseille, France
  • 2018 / Point(s) de Vues(s), Dostyk Plaza, Almaty, Kazakhstan
  • 2016 / Pell-mell, Wood Street Galleries, Pittsburgh, USA
  • 2015 / Anarchitecture Tokyo, Atsukobarouh Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  • 2012 / Parcourir les Puzzles, Anarchitecture Evry, Evry, France
  • 2011 / Anarchitec3, Le Cube, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France

GROUP EXHIBITIONS - SELECTION

  • 2020 / Human Learning, Canadian Cultural Centre, Paris, France
  • 2019 / Fiction and Fabrication, MAAT (Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology), Lisbon, Portugal
  • 2018 / Landscape.fiction, Tetris, Le Havre, France
  • 2018 / The Clock of the Time Traveler, Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul, Korea
  • 2018 / Anamorphose, Le Puzzle, Thionville, France
  • 2016 / Variation Paris Media, Art Fair, Paris, France
  • 2016 / 9 Lights in 9 Rooms, December 5, 2015 to May 8, 2016, D-museum, Seoul, Korea
  • 2015 / Jardin d'Hiver de L'ososphere, from November 12 to 15, 2015,Strasbourg, France
  • 2015 / Variation Paris Media, Art Fair, Paris, France
  • 2015 / Towards an architecture of light, La Chartreuse, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, France
  • 2014 / Transient Festival, Saint Ouen, France Siana Festival, Evry, France
  • 2014 / Art Beijing, Beijing, China
  • 2014 / Display, Festival Croisement, K11 Art Village, Wuhan, China
  • 2014 / Wonder of Fantasy, National Taiwan Museum
  • 2014 / Micro Macro - Exit Festival, Créteil, France ExpoDataCenter, Paris, France
  • 2013 / Night Time - DREAMREAL, Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China
  • 2013 / D-Light, Accenture Bercy, Paris, France
  • 2012 / BIAN - International Digital Arts Biennial, Quebec, Montreal, Canada
  • 2012 / SHOW OFF, ART FAIR, Paris, France
  • 2010 / Graphic Design Festival, Breda, Netherlands
  • 2009 / Futur en Seine, Fonderie de l'Image, Bagnolet
  • 2006 / Urban Fragment, Mediaruimte, Brussels
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