Xavier Veilhan's work is inextricably linked to an investigation of exhibition formats and of the relationship between object, body and architecture. Ever since his first solo show at the Jennifer Flay Gallery in 1991, he has designed an exhibition apparatus that affords an overview of his works, while at the same time giving a specific focus to each sculpture. The blurring of boundaries between artwork and exhibition layout is a means of highlighting, first and foremost, the need to produce vibes conducive to the emergence of aesthetic emotions. The viewer's place is at the core of these conversations between works and venues, regardless of whether he is surveying the whole scene or settling into contemplative mode. Xavier Veilhan takes hold of the exhibition conditions and plays with its codes and structures, at once spatial, temporal and ideological.
