#91, Michelangelo Pistoletto , 2013, Coloured pencil on paper, 127 x 98 cm, unique, Photo: Isabelle Giovacchini
#93, Literatur & Katzen & Katzenliteratur , 2013, Coloured pencil on paper, 127 x 98 cm, unique, Photo: Isabelle Giovacchini
Peg Rail #7 (Letters to a Young Poet) , 2012, wood rail, glass object, nylon rope, coloured leather, found book, pine Rietveld Zig-Zag chair, gouache and EPSOM print on paper, 180 x 244 x 48 cm, unique, photo: Aurélien Mole
Peg Rail #7 (Letters to a Young Poet) , 2012, wood rail, glass object, nylon rope, coloured leather, found book, pine Rietveld Zig-Zag chair, gouache and EPSOM print on paper, 180 x 244 x 48 cm, unique, photo: Aurélien Mole
Peg Rail #7 (Letters to a Young Poet) , 2012, wood rail, glass object, nylon rope, coloured leather, found book, pine Rietveld Zig-Zag chair, gouache and EPSOM print on paper, 180 x 244 x 48 cm, unique, photo: Aurélien Mole
Peg Rail #7 (Letters to a Young Poet) , 2012, wood rail, glass object, nylon rope, coloured leather, found book, pine Rietveld Zig-Zag chair, gouache and EPSOM print on paper, 180 x 244 x 48 cm, unique, photo: Aurélien Mole
Peg Rail #7 (Letters to a Young Poet) , 2012, wood rail, glass object, nylon rope, coloured leather, found book, pine Rietveld Zig-Zag chair, gouache and EPSOM print on paper, 180 x 244 x 48 cm, unique, photo: Aurélien Mole
Peg Rail #7 (Letters to a Young Poet) , 2012, wood rail, glass object, nylon rope, coloured leather, found book, pine Rietveld Zig-Zag chair, gouache and EPSOM print on paper, 180 x 244 x 48 cm, unique, photo: Aurélien Mole
Stripped Cover , 2012, EPSOM print, gouache and lettraset on paper, 21 x 14 cm, unique, photo: Aurélien Mole, Private collection, Sherbrook, Canada
Stripped Cover , 2012, EPSOM print, gouache and lettraset on paper, 19.7 x 14 cm, unique
Stripped Cover , 2012, EPSOM print, gouache and lettraset on paper, 20 x 15 cm, unique
Incomplete and Open , 2012, 12 artist's books and a wood cube, Variable dimensions, Edition of 2 , photo: Aurélien Mole
Peg Rail #4 (More Young Americans) , 2012, Wood peg rail, printed fabric, twill tape, nylon luggage belt, hardcover book, artist designed button, leather, 209 x 244 x 16 cm, Edition of 2 , installation view at Galerie Tatjana Pieters
Peg Rail #5 (Albatros Omnibus) , 2012, Wood peg rail, replica Gerrit Rietveld Zig Zag Chair, 52 artist?s books, nylon cord, 2kg boat anchor, printed fabric, Variable dimensions, Edition of 2 , installation view at Galerie Tatjana Pieters
Peg Rail #6 (You were right...) , 2012, Wood rail, various chains, modified beer 6-pack, 120 x 366 x 16 cm, unique, installation view at G Gallery, Toronto
Rules , 2012, Wood, iron, acrylic painting and ink, 2 x 1.5 x 270 cm, Edition of 2 , photo: Aurélien Mole
#82, The Missing Novella , 2012, Coloured pencil on paper, 127 x 98 cm, unique
#89, Letters to a Young Poet , 2012, Coloured pencil on paper, 127 x 98 cm, unique
Six Illustrations for (and/or from) a book that is (and/or will be) titled More Young Americans , 2011, Gouache, pencil, EPSOM print on paper, 6 panels, each 30,4 x 22,7 cm, unique, photo: Aurélien Mole
Albatross Omnibus , 2011, 52 artist's books, cloth bound case, cloth, Variable dimensions, Edition of 10 + 2 AP, Installation view, commissioned by The Power Plant, Toronto
Peg Rail #1 (A turn of 90 degrees is the most one can change direction without backtracking) , 2011, wood rail, pine Rietveld Zig-Zag chair, coloured pencil on paper, wood object, replica Anni Albers necklace, unique artists' book, 150 x 152 x 45 cm, unique, installation view at Jessica Bradley ART + PROJECTS
Peg Rail #2 (walking and chewing the fat at the same time) , 2011, wood rail, pine Rietveld Zig-Zag chair with aluminum paint, 3 pieces of rope, laser cut fabric, unique artists' book , 137.2 x 129,5 x 45 cm, unique, installation view at Jessica Bradley ART + PROJECTS
Peg Rail #3 (An idea folded into time. An idea folded into space) , 2011, wood rail, pine Rietveld Zig-Zag chair painted oxide green, laser cut fabric, cable on wooden form, rope weaving, unique artists' book , 180 x 152.5 x 46 cm , unique, installation view at Jessica Bradley ART + PROJECTS, Collection of Joe Shlesinger and Samara Walbohm, Toronto
December 19, 2010 , 2010, 9 print-on-demand artist's books, wood, cable, 3 x 1 x 1 m, unique
Illustration from The Albatross (A) , 2010, EPSOM print and gouache on paper, 61 x 46 cm, Edition of 3
Illustration from The Albatross (B) , 2010, EPSOM print and gouache on paper, 61 x 46 cm, Edition of 3 , photo: Aurélien Mole
Illustration from The Albatross (J) , 2010, Coloured pencil and gouache on paper, 61 x 46 cm, unique
Illustration from The Albatross (K) , 2010, coloured pencil and gouache on paper, 61 x 46 cm, unique
I never dreamt that I would get to be the creature that I always meant to be #2 , 2008, lasercut fabric (Geometri 459970 by Verner Panton 1960), Variable dimensions, Edition of 2 , photo: Aurélien Mole
Presentation :
Derek Sullivan was born in 1976 in Richmond Hill (Canada) — he lives and works in Toronto (Canada)
Employing formal and textual elements that frequently contradict and alter relationships with one another, Derek Sullivan draws upon overlapping histories of modernist design, abstraction and conceptual art to unsettle notions of meaning and authorship. Sullivan uses drawing and sculpture, in addition to producing various ephemeral conceptual projects, to explore his interest in reinterpreting familiar forms in order to open up new areas of inquiry.
Derek Sullivan emploie des éléments formels et textuels qui contredisent et modifie souvent les liens avec les uns et les autres. Derek Sullivan s'inspire d'histoires de design moderniste, d'abstraction et d'art conceptuel qui se chevauchent pour décanter les notions de signification et de titularité d'oeuvre. Il s'inspire du dessin et de la sculpture, et produit des projets conceptuels éphémères pour explorer son intérêt dans la réinterpretation de formes familières afin d'ouvrir de nouveaux domaines de recherche.