REAL ESTATE (from 2017)

 
 

Contemporary masterpieces are combined - sometimes obviously, sometimes implicitly - in imaginary settings where I create new narratives, disconnected from their original context, setting up a complex and highly referenced multi-faceted imaginary dialogue, in which I take up and develop the discourses of the artists I quote.

 
 

Stéphane Ducret
Painting Number 8 (#RoniHorn #Mousseline)
2020
Oil and oilstick on linen
208 x 188 x 4 cm | 81 ⅞ x 74 x 1 ¾ inches
Private collection, Lisboa

Stéphane Ducret
Painting Number 3 (#MarkGrotjahn #Gerhard Richter)
2019
Oil, pencil and oilstick on canvas
208 x 188 x 4 cm | 81 ⅞ x 74 x 1 ¾ inches

 
 
“In this series, I explore the relationship between reality and imagination, between knowledge and recognition, blurring limits of perception.”
— Stéphane Ducret
 
 

Stéphane Ducret
Painting Number 4 (#GerhardRichter #ImiKnoebel)
2019
Oil and oilstick on canvas
208 x 188 x 4 cm | 81 ⅞ x 74 x 1 ¾ inches

Stéphane Ducret
Painting Number 10 (#PeterDoig #JonasWood #JheronimusBosch)
2020
Oil on linen
208 x 188 x 3,5 cm | 81 ⅞ x 74 x 1 ⅓ inches
Private collection, Geneva

 

Images: Stéphane Ducret: Solo Show Number 1 © Julien Gremaud & Gowen Contemporary

Stéphane Ducret
Painting Number 6 (#BruceNauman #AndyWarhol)
2019
Oil and oilstick on linen
208 x 188 x 4 cm | 81 ⅞ x 74 x 1 ¾ inches
Private collection, Genève

Stéphane Ducret
Painting Number 7 (#DavidHammons #ThomasDemand #RossonCrow #JohnBaldessari)
2020
Oil and oilstick on linen
208 x 188 x 4 cm | 81 ⅞ x 74 x 1 ¾ inches

 
 

The selection of these ‘subjects’ corresponds to a perfectly assumed strategic reflection in which meanings and questions intertwine and confront each other both in content and in formal research.

 
 

Stéphane Ducret
Painting Number 1 (#SterlingRuby #JeanRoyere)
2017
Oil and oilstick on canvas
208 x 188 x 4 cm | 81 ⅞ x 74 x 1 ¾ inches
Private collection, Pully

Stéphane Ducret
Painting Number 2 (#ChristopherWool #LuisBarragan)
2018
Oil and oilstick on canvas
208 x 188 x 4 cm | 81 ⅞ x 74 x 1 ¾ inches
Private collection, Founex

 
 

The titles of the paintings quote the names of the authors of the 'borrowed' works, along with the hashtag symbol, as if they were notifications on social networks.

 
 
 
 
“I am passionate about creating highly elaborate mises en abîme, both conceptually and formally and by giving rise to new narratives, imbued with strangeness.”
— Stéphane Ducret
 
 

Stéphane Ducret
Painting Number 11 (#ThomasHouseago)
2021
Oil and oilstick on linen
208 x 188 x 3,5 cm | 81 ⅞ x 74 x 1 ⅓ in

Stéphane Ducret
Painting Number 9 (#JakeAndDinosChapman)
2020
Oil and oilstick on linen
208 x 188 x 3,5 cm | 81 ⅞ x 74 x 1 ⅓ in

Stéphane Ducret
Painting Number 5 (#PaulMcCarthy #LucTuymans)
2019
Oil and oilstick on canvas
208 x 188 x 4 cm | 81 ⅞ x 74 x 1 ¾ inches
Collection of the artist, Geneva

 
 
“The art world is a fictional self referencial useless entity.”
— Francesco Bonami
 
 

Images: Stéphane Ducret: Solo Show Number 1 © Julien Gremaud & Gowen Contemporary

Stéphane Ducret
Drawing Number 3 (#JakeAndDinosChapman #MarkGrotjahn)
2021
Oilstick, China Marker, pencil and Daler Rowney paper collage on Sennelier paper
76 x 57 cm | 29 ⅞ x 22 ⅓ inches

Stéphane Ducret
Drawing Number 7 (#GerhardRichter #MarkGrotjahn)
2021
Oilstick, China Marker, pencil and Daler Rowney paper collage on Sennelier paper
57 x 47 cm | 22 ⅓ x 18 ½ inches

Stéphane Ducret
Drawing Number 14 (#PaulMcCarthy)
2021
Oilstick, China Marker and pencil on Arches paper
76 x 57 cm | 29 ⅞ x 22 ⅓ inches

Stéphane Ducret
Drawing Number 15 (#PaulMcCarthy)
2021
Oilstick, China Marker and pencil on Arches paper
76 x 57 cm | 29 ⅞ x 22 ⅓ inches

Stéphane Ducret
Drawing Number 16 (#PaulMcCarthy)
2021
Oilstick, China Marker and pencil on Arches paper
76 x 57 cm | 29 ⅞ x 22 ⅓ inches

Stéphane Ducret
Drawing Number 4 (#PaulMcCarthy)
2021
Oilstick, China Marker and pencil on Arches paper
76 x 57 cm | 29 ⅞ x 22 ⅓ inches

Stéphane Ducret
Drawing Number 5 (#ChristopherWool #MarkGrotjahn)
2021
Oilstick, China Marker and pencil on Arches paper
76 x 57 cm | 29 ⅞ x 22 ⅓ inches

Stéphane Ducret
Drawing Number 9 (#ChristopherWool #MarkGrotjahn)
2021
Charcoal and pencil on Daler Rowney paper
32 x 25 cm | 12 ⅔ x 9 ⅞ inches
Private collection, Geneva

Stéphane Ducret
Drawing Number 1 (#PaulMcCarthy)
2020
Oilstick on Arches paper
168 x 152 cm | 66 ⅛ x 59 ⅞ inches

Stéphane Ducret
Drawing Number 6 (#SterlingRuby #JeanRoyere)
2021
Oilstick, China Marker, pencil and Daler Rowney paper collage on Sennelier paper
57 x 47 cm | 22 ⅓ x 18 ½ inches
RESERVED

Stéphane Ducret
Drawing Number 10 (#PeterDoig #JonasWood)
2021
Oilstick and collage on Arches paper
76 x 57 cm | 29 ⅞ x 22 ⅓ inches
Private collection, Geneva

Stéphane Ducret
Drawing Number 11 (#PeterDoig #JonasWood)
2021
Oilstick and collage on Arches paper
76 x 57 cm | 29 ⅞ x 22 ⅓ inches

Stéphane Ducret
Drawing Number 12 (#PeterDoig #JonasWood)
2021
Oilstick and collage on Arches paper
76 x 57 cm | 29 ⅞ x 22 ⅓ inches

Stéphane Ducret
Drawing Number 13 (#JheronimusBosch)
2021
Oilstick, China Marker, pencil and Daler Rowney paper collage on Arches paper
76 x 57 cm | 29 ⅞ x 22 ⅓ inches

Stéphane Ducret
Drawing Number 17 (#JakeAndDinosChapman)
2021
Oilstick, China Marker and pencil on Arches paper
76 x 57 cm | 29 ⅞ x 22 ⅓ inches

Stéphane Ducret
Drawing Number 19 (#DavidHammons)
2021
Pencil and collage on Arches paper
57 x 47 cm | 22 ⅓ x 18 ½ inches
Private collection, Geneva

Stéphane Ducret
Drawing Number 20 (#DavidHammons #PaulMcCarthy)
2021
Pencil on Arches paper
57 x 47 cm | 22 ⅓ x 18 ½ inches

Stéphane Ducret
Drawing Number 18 (#JakeAndDinosChapman)
2021
Oilstick, China Marker and pencil on Arches paper
76 x 57 cm | 29 ⅞ x 22 ⅓ inches

Stéphane Ducret
Drawing Number 22 (#JakeAndDinosChapman)
2021
Oilstick, China Marker and pencil on Arches paper
57 x 47 cm | 22 ⅓ x 18 ½ inches

Stéphane Ducret
Drawing Number 21 (#JakeAndDinosChapman)
2021
Oilstick, China Marker and pencil on Arches paper
57 x 47 cm | 22 ⅓ x 18 ½ inches

Stéphane Ducret
Drawing Number 27 (#JakeAndDinosChapman)
2021
Oilstick, China Marker and pencil on Arches paper
32 x 25 cm | 12 ⅝ x 9 ⅞ inches

Stéphane Ducret
Drawing Number 28 (#JakeAndDinosChapman)
2021
Oilstick, China Marker, pencil and collage on Arches paper
27 x 21,5 cm | 10 ⅝ x 8 ½ inches
Private collection, Geneva

Stéphane Ducret
Drawing Number 24 (#JakeAndDinosChapman)
2021
Oilstick, China Marker and pencil on Arches paper
76 x 57 cm | 29 ⅞ x 22 ⅓ inches

Stéphane Ducret
Drawing Number 29 (#JakeAndDinosChapman)
2021
Oilstick, China Marker and pencil on Arches paper
27 x 21 cm | 10 ⅝ x 8 ⅓ inches

Stéphane Ducret
Drawing Number 25 (#ChristopherWool #JonasWood)
2021
Oilstick, China Marker, pencil and collage on Arches paper
32 x 25 cm | 12 ⅝ x 9 ⅞ inches
Private Collection, Geneva

Stéphane Ducret
Drawing Number 26 (#ChristopherWool #JonasWood)
2021
Oilstick, China Marker, pencil and collage on Arches paper
32 x 25 cm | 12 ⅝ x 9 ⅞ inches
Private Collection, Geneva

Stéphane Ducret
Drawing Number 31 (#PaulMcCarthy)
2021
Oilstick and collage on Daler Rowney paper
29,7 x 21 cm | 11 ¾ x 8 ⅓ inches

Stéphane Ducret
Drawing Number 32 (#JakeAndDinosChapman)
2021
Oilstick on Daler Rowney paper
42 x 29,7 cm | 16 ½ x 11 ¾ inches

Stéphane Ducret
Drawing Number 23 (#PeterDoig #JonasWood)
2021
Oilstick, pencil and collage on Daler Rowney paper
26,9 x 20,9 cm | 10 ⅝ x 8 ¼ inches
Private collection, Lausanne

Stéphane Ducret
Drawing Number 35 (#PeterDoig #JonasWood)
2021
Pencil and Daler Rowney paper collage on Arches paper
57 x 47 cm | 22 ⅓ x 18 ½ inches

Stéphane Ducret
Drawing Number 33 (#PaulMcCarthy)
2021
Oilstick and China Marker on Daler Rowney paper
42 x 29,7 cm | 16 ½ x 11 ¾ inches
Private collection, Geneva

Stéphane Ducret
Drawing Number 34 (#PaulMcCarthy)
2021
Oilstick and China Marker on Daler Rowney paper
42 x 29,7 cm | 16 ½ x 11 ¾ inches
Private collection, Lisbon

Stéphane Ducret
Drawing Number 36
2021
China Marker, charcoal, pencil and collage on Daler Rowney paper
29,7 x 21 cm | 11 ¾ x 8 ⅓ inches

Stéphane Ducret
Drawing Number 37
2021
China Marker, charcoal, pencil and collage on Daler Rowney paper
29,7 x 21 cm | 11 ¾ x 8 ⅓ inches

Stéphane Ducret
Drawing Number 38
2021
Oilstick and China Marker, pencil and collage on Daler Rowney paper
34,5 x 22 cm | 13 ⅔ x 8 ¾ inches

Stéphane Ducret
Drawing Number 39 (#RoniHorn)
2021
Oilstick and China Marker on Daler Rowney paper
42 x 29,7 cm | 16 ½ x 11 ¾ inches

Stéphane Ducret
Drawing Number 8 (#ChristopherWool #LuisBarragan)
2021
Oilstick and China Marker on Daler Rowney paper
32 x 25 cm | 12 ⅔ x 9 ⅞ inches

Stéphane Ducret
Drawing Number 40 (#DavidHammons #MarkGrotjahn)
2021
Oil, Oilstick and pencil on Daler Rowney paper
29,7 x 21 cm | 11 ¾ x 8 ⅓ inches

The exhibition Solo Show Number 1, Gowen Contemporary, Geneva, March 12 - April 24, is dedicated to my beloved little cat, Mousseline (march 26, 2011 - February 9, 2021)

Stéphane Ducret
Drawing Number 30 (#Mousseline)
2021
Oilstick, China Marker and pencil on Daler Rowney paper
42 x 29,7 cm | 16 ½ x 11 ¾ inches
Private collection, Founex

Exhibitions with works of this series :

Stephane Ducret : the true artist helps the world by repeating true artworks, Fondation WRP, Geneva, July 23 - August 1, 2024

Stephane Ducret : Not For Tourists (after Josh Smith), Stéphane Ducret Studio, Pregny-Chambésy, September 16 - October 1, 2023

Stephane Ducret : Solo Show Number 1, Gowen Contemporary, Geneva, March 12 - April 24, 2021