Currently, Perrotin Dubai is home to a group exhibition featuring works by twelve acclaimed artists: Jean-Marie Appriou, Iván Argote, Daniel Arsham, Sophie Calle, Julian Charrière, Johan Creten, Mathilde Denize, Hans Hartung, Gregor Hildebrandt, JR, Takashi Murakami, and Jean-Michel Othoniel. The exhibition will be open to the public until 1 September 2025.
French artist Jean-Marie Appriou creates surreal sculptural worlds populated by human, animal, and plant forms. Jean-Michel Othoniel produces luminous, glass-based sculptures that explore themes of beauty, sensuality, and the baroque. Belgian sculptor Johan Creten blurs the boundaries between the mythical and grotesque through his richly textured ceramic forms. Japanese artist Takashi Murakami offers his iconic blend of pop aesthetics and traditional Japanese motifs, reflecting the complex layering of culture in postwar Japan.
American artist Daniel Arsham, known for his eroded architectural forms and “future relics,” presents work that plays with time and material memory. French conceptual artist and writer Sophie Calle contributes intimate, autobiographical works known for their psychological depth and narrative intrigue. Mathilde Denize introduces painted textiles and assemblages created from discarded objects that explore the body, identity, and transformation.
The exhibition also pays homage to historical abstraction through the work of Hans Hartung, a key figure in European postwar art. German artist Gregor Hildebrandt introduces a unique minimalist language, incorporating magnetic tape and vinyl records into refined sculptural and pictorial compositions.
Social and political engagement runs through the work of several featured artists. Colombian artist and filmmaker Iván Argote uses sculpture, film, and public interventions to question authority, institutional power, and belief systems. French-Swiss artist Julian Charrière reflects on environmental collapse and climate change through visually poetic, often haunting imagery. French street artist JR, renowned for his monumental photographic interventions, merges art with activism, bringing marginalised voices into the public eye.
Together, these artists create a multifaceted and immersive experience that spans media, generations, and conceptual frameworks. This positions the exhibition as a vivid snapshot of contemporary artistic production on a global scale.
To learn more about the show, please go to its official webpage.
You might also be interested in visiting the Totem Exhibition at Khawla Art Gallery and Time Heals, Just Not Quick Enough… at Efie Gallery.
