Fraught Times: For Eleven Months of the Year it’s an Artwork and in December it’s Christmas (March)

Philippe Parreno

2010–2015
Paint, marble powder and diamond powder on cast aluminum, stainless steel
Height 250 cm, Ø 215 cm
Winsing Arts Collection

Courtesy the artist and Esther Schipper, Berlin. Photo © Andrea Rossetti

Fraught Times: For Eleven Months of the Year it’s an Artwork and in December it’s Christmas (March)

Philippe Parreno

2010–2015
Paint, marble powder and diamond powder on cast aluminum, stainless steel
Height 250 cm, Ø 215 cm
Winsing Arts Collection

The work is made from cast aluminum and brass. From a central pole metal branches extent in all directions. They appear like snow-covered tree branches, although no actual organic material is visible. While seven of the other trees in the series show individual green needles and have a more naturalistic appearance, March is one of four overtly unrealistic trees. 44 differently sized and colored baubles are suspended from the branches. A characteristic star-shaped top completes the tree’s decoration.

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Artist Biography

Philippe Parreno

Born in Algeria, Philippe Parreno studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Grenoble and at the Institute des hautes études en arts plastiques at the Palais de Tokyo, Paris, and now he lives and works in Paris. His pieces have been collected and exhibited at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in Kanazawa, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, Tate Modern, and Serpentine Gallery in London.

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