When you would meet Pier Stockholm you probably wouldn't guess that you're looking at a Peruvian artist. Living in Paris since three years, his work, primarily drawings, is heavily influenced by architecture. Like a story-teller he creates a world full of wonders in which famous architectures, such as “La Cité radieuse” by le Corbusier, are floating in the air surrounded by clouds and wild animals. The Christian symbolism represented in his works might evoke the Ascension; Jesus becoming a building, “the pillar of the catholic faith”.
Pier, if you weren't you, who would you be?
I would be the utopic me that I can never be.
And imagine you were a female artist?
Sarah Zsé.
Your favorite master piece? And why?
"Monument" for V. Tatlin by Dan Flavin because it's simple and straight to the point.
What is your favorite gallery?
I'd rather have favorite artists than favorite galleries.
Colours or lines?
Monochromes and lines.
Last exhibition visited?
Rirkrit Tiravanija at Chantal Crousel gallery in Paris.
Your next exhibition?
In October, with Artfact'Paris during Cutlog ( Bourse de commerce, Paris).
What kind of building do you most dislike?
The bureaucratic ones.
So if you were an architect what would you build and where?
I would be specialised in bunkers and tree houses anywhere.
Any art you hate?
"Neo" everything.
If you were a collector with a limited budget of 50000 € what would you buy now?
I would buy the works of my friends that I like the most.
If you were an art magazine what would be your cover?
One that wants to be a book.
Who is your favorite German contemporary artist?
Thomas Demand.
What defines you best?
I classify and then feel guilty.
A final word?
Burden of Dreams.
Born in Lima (Peru) in 1977, Pier Stockholm lives and works in Paris. His work is represented by Lucia de la Puente Gallery (Lima) and the Brazilian gallery Casa Triângulo. In Europe, Pier Stockholm is represented by the Casado Santapau gallery in Madrid; he also collaborates with Artfact' Paris, an English company producing limited editions .
