DROUOT DISTRICT 13 ART FAIR

Early international presentation of the Autocensorship Systems series.

EXHIBITIONS & FEATURES

Presented during the District 13 art fair at Drouot, the exhibition introduced PixelArt’s Autocensorship Systems through a large-scale erotic triptych investigating censorship, mediated desire and fragmented visibility through mosaic pixelation structures.

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The work generated strong public reactions due to its tension between erotic imagery and concealment systems. During the event, PixelArt also met Shepard Fairey, who recognized the originality of the work’s visual language and technological approach within the context of contemporary urban art practices.

For PixelArt, the exhibition represented both a symbolic return to Paris — where his artistic direction was initially shaped between 2009 and 2011 — and the closing of a conceptual cycle through a direct exchange with one of the historical precursors of urban mosaic
The pixel as occupation
PIXEL-BASED SYSTEMS INVESTIGATING IMAGE PERSISTENCE, SYMBOLIC INVOCATION AND THE MATERIAL RECONSTRUCTION OF MEMORY.
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