Peter Doig
Briey, 1994/2018
Digital Xerox Print
28 x 21.5 cm
Edition of 50
Hand signed
Conceived as an ideal living space, the Unité d’Habitation apartments in Briey-en-Forêt, north east France – one of several such visionary postwar projects designed by the modernist architect Le Corbusier...
Conceived as an ideal living space, the Unité d’Habitation apartments in Briey-en-Forêt, north east France – one of several such visionary postwar projects designed by the modernist architect Le Corbusier - opened in 1961. The apartment block fell into disrepair and was derelict by 1973, until subsequently reclaimed for habitation.
In the early 1990s Peter Doig was involved with a group of architects and artists who operated from the building. He used a handheld video camera to capture the disorientating experience of moving through the surrounding woods towards the building. Between 1991 and 1999 Doig worked from the still images and were the basis for his 9 ‘Concrete Cabin’ paintings.
This limited edition Xerox print comes from one of Doig's stills. The architecture appears and disappears within the screen of branches, so that foreground and background are held together in tension, opening up the drama within the surface of the image. This still was also the basis for his 1996 etching 'Concrete Cabin' which was part of his portfolio 'Ten Etchings'.
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