The exhibition title Pieces of Evidence is not only that of Michel François solo show at carlier | gebauer, but likewise aptly describes his artistic outlook and method. At first sight he seems to concentrate on sculptures, but these involve not only the objects proper but also the ‘objects’ intrinsic convictions’.

In the exhibition space, as in the literature of writers such as Francis Ponges, the Pieces of Evidence take on a life of their own. They become experimental terrain that function like a laboratory. In the exhibition proper, François offers viewers an insight into his working approach, albeit in a curated form. The exhibition space becomes a field of action. This is reflected in a cube of sand that leaves traces in the space, or in a block of ice (positioned besides a block of asphalt) that melts before the viewer’s eyes and can thus be experienced not just as a trace, but as a live phenomenon.