Mai-Thu Perret @ Simon Lee

January 9, 2019 

2-TIMES • Art
Mai-Thu Perret
@ Simon Lee Gallery
— 

“Designed to be
illuminating but
not necessarily 
explicative, these
found fragments
of verse underline
the discrepancy
between art objects
and the language
used to describe them.” 

Born: 
1976 – Geneva, Switzerland. 

The exhibition: 
Presented as part of 
Simon Lee Gallery's 
Viewing Programme, 
Perret showcases a 
series of glazed ceramic
wall reliefs that are at
once representational
and abstract, morphing 
from geometric shapes 
into figurative forms 
found within the 
fictive universe of 
‘The Crystal Frontier’. 

‘The Crystal Frontier’: 
Is an invented narrative 
developed by Perret 
in 1999, which follows 
the progress of a group 
of women who form an 
autonomous commune 
in the remote desert 
of South Western 
New Mexico. 

2-TIMES' highlights: 
· One dark night,
listening to the frost, 2008 
· The flowers are
scattered and no bird
comes, 2008 

On view at: 
Simon Lee Gallery 
— 
12 Berkeley Street, 
London W1J 8DT, 
United Kingdom. 

Closes: 
January 12, 2019.