À perpétuité / In Perpetuity

“In perpetuity” signifies eternity: time without interruption or discontinuity. In Lefort’s practice, perpetuity is defined by the constant renewal, inherent to the nature of abstraction. In hinting at a succession of (a)temporal markers, the instantaneity and spontaneous gestures present in Lefort’s chromatic works tangibly transpose the effervescence of her intuitive and rhythmic actions. Temporality succeeds materiality in her creations. Lefort’s pictorial and sculptural works reside at the limits of impulse and sensation — between expressionism and formalism.

The artist’s paintings and sculptures articulate a material reflection of the time spent in the studio as moments of seemingly infinite duration. As such, Lefort’s abstraction imposes a narrative of material transformation and formal experimentation, as well as innumerable combinations of techniques and chromatic variations. 

In Perpetuity will be exhibited in AXENÉO7’s three galleries, where Jennifer Lefort has created a meditative, immersive and interactive experience. The seat-like apparatuses upon which the visitors are invited to sit are mobile, and therefore interactive, allowing the viewers to pause, contemplate — to observe the works from various angles. The viewer is then invited to move or to “swing” between different perspectives on Lefort’s visual — and temporal — voluptuousness

— Jean-Michel Quirion