
Gladstone presents Noor, an exhibition by Philippe Parreno that pivots to light, a long-standing medium in his practice, as the constitutive element. Parreno’s exhibitions are studies in sentience, with individual objects and videos seemingly aware of their own existence. These elements act as separate entities and are in dialogue with one another, as well as with the environment they inhabit. In this, Parreno’s shows have been compared to living organisms—mutable, interdependent, and generative. And, like life itself, his presentations are durational, performing according to syncopated rhythms that are often algorithmically determined so that one object responds to another in ever-changing sequences.

Blurring the lines between reality and fiction, Philippe Parreno is a contemporary artist known for choreographing exhibitions as living organisms that unfold over time, redefining the nature of art, authorship, and the gallery experience.



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