PICTORIAL FOUNDATION | OLYMPE GAUTIER

OLYMPE GAUTIER

Brooklyn NY UNITED STATES

Portraiture became a tool for me to fluidly move between clichés with ambiguity and humor. By manipulating my appearances, I aim to compel the viewer to reflect about the posturing and modeling of the original source. This ability to shape shift and use my own body to craft fictional characters has been a crucial approach in my practice. It operates within the tension between reality and constructed fiction.

Olympe Gautier is a French interdisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn and a recent graduate of the School of Visual Arts. Working across performance, film, and photography, they allow the visual language of each project to emerge from its conceptual framework. Disguise and costuming are central to their practice, operating as methods for examining identity, representation, and the construction of public personas. Through the body, Olympe explores portrayals of themself alongside recognizable cultural, social, and political figures, considering how appearance, gesture, and performance shape both individual and collective perception.

ARTWORKS

Veni Vidi Pipi - George (2024)

Olympe Gautier
Digital photography, spectogram, text, 24H x 18W in (61H x 45.5W cm) $850 framed

For this project, I chose to start from an intimate element, rarely associated with identity or art: urine. Yet, pissing figures have been a part of art history since the 13th century, offering a fascinating reflection on gender dynamics deeply embedded in our societies. My intention with 'Veni Vidi Pipi' is to question this personal and intimate act by confronting it with artificial intelligence, a system that infiltrates our most intimate spaces under the guise of convenience, and neutrality. The work unfolds as a multistage investigation, leading to the final visual form of photographs and spectrograms.

Veni Vidi Pipi - Clara (2024)

Olympe Gautier
Digital photography, spectogram, text, 24H x 18W in (61H x 45.5W cm) $850 framed

For this project, I chose to start from an intimate element, rarely associated with identity or art: urine. Yet, pissing figures have been a part of art history since the 13th century, offering a fascinating reflection on gender dynamics deeply embedded in our societies. My intention with 'Veni Vidi Pipi' is to question this personal and intimate act by confronting it with artificial intelligence, a system that infiltrates our most intimate spaces under the guise of convenience, and neutrality. The work unfolds as a multistage investigation, leading to the final visual form of photographs and spectrograms.

Veni Vidi Pipi - Ethan (2024)

Olympe Gautier
Digital photography, spectogram, text, 24H x 18W in (61H x 45.5W cm) $850 framed

For this project, I chose to start from an intimate element, rarely associated with identity or art: urine. Yet, pissing figures have been a part of art history since the 13th century, offering a fascinating reflection on gender dynamics deeply embedded in our societies. My intention with 'Veni Vidi Pipi' is to question this personal and intimate act by confronting it with artificial intelligence, a system that infiltrates our most intimate spaces under the guise of convenience, and neutrality. The work unfolds as a multistage investigation, leading to the final visual form of photographs and spectrograms.

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OLYMPE GAUTIER

Brooklyn NY UNITED STATES

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