Artists

Emma Webster

Press release

Perrotin is delighted to present Emma Webster’s first solo exhibition in Paris, The Engine of Beasts. In her third show with Perrotin, Webster stages paintings alongside sculptures, so viewers may follow the representation of a beast in all its states. The guiding theme of the exhibition: The word Engine’s Latin etymon, ingenium, meaning skill or ruse, also signifies the ability to move easily from one medium to another, like a life-form striving to adapt, evolve, and survive. Between the transfiguration and fictive landscapes that serve as a barrier between the characters and the viewers, Webster reveals her interest in sentience, a combination of sentiment, sensation, and conscience.