PARIS.- At the crossroads of art and innovation, Christie’s welcomes pioneering artist Felice Varini, known for his mastery of geometry and color, for a special installation. Created specifically for Christie’s spaces to coincide with the prestigious 20th and 21st Century Art sales, this new spatial painting, titled “Disques évidés excentriques”, will be unveiled on October 10.

Designed to interact fully with the building’s architecture, this monumental workp extends across multiple floors inside the building. Comprised of two intertwined spirals in yellow and red, the work appears to be hollowed. The “Disques évidés excentriques” establishes a permanent dialogue between fullness and emptiness, the work and the space, the visitor’s perception and the place.

As a virtuoso of space, Felice Varini challenges traditional perceptions of form and volume. From a specific viewpoint, his geometric lines connect to form a coherent two-dimensional image. But as visitors move through the space, the work transforms, offering a multitude of perspectives and interpretations. This heightened awareness of space invites each viewer to explore their relationship with the artwork and the surrounding environment.

In addition to the work inside, Varini also takes over Christie’s iconic façade. A graphic concept unfold across the building’s windows, acting as a visual invitation to step inside and discover the artist’s world.

Born in Locarno, Switzerland, in 1952, Felice Varini lives and works in Paris.

Celebrated as one of the pioneers in the study of geometry and colour, Felice Varini is known for perspective-localised spatial paintings created on architectural and urban spaces – such as streets, building and public monuments – across the world.

Since the 1970s, Varini has worked with themes of representation and the viewer’s perception. His work establishes a permanent dialogue between the site of its creation and its perception. According to the artist, “The painted form is coherent when the spectator stands in a given place. When the individual shifts from that point of view, the work enters the space, which gives rise to an infinite number of perspectives of the form. While I establish a special relationship with architectural characteristics that influence the form of the installation, my work nonetheless retains its independence irrespective of the architectures I encounter. I start with a real situation to construct my painting.”

Varini’s artworks, often composed of simple geometric shapes, are intended to be seen both as fragments and as a whole as the comprehension of his works can be altered according to the viewers’ point of view. Playing with both simple geometric forms and colors, the artist’s work inhabits and coexists with the space it is set in, to give his paintings a spectacular tridimensional effect. “My concern,” he says “is what happens outside the vantage point of view.”

Varini has presented works in major museums and public spaces around the globe, such as Zaha Hadid’s DDP building in Seoul, South Korea (2024), the Carcassone Castle, France (2018), the Grand Palais in Paris, France (2013), Cardiff Bay Barrage, Wales (2007), the Osaka Art Kaleidoscope, Osaka, Japan (2007), Chateau of Versailles, France (2006), among many others.