This Art Fair 


Amsterdam, NL


The Car, The Garden and The Rat is an exhibition in three parts. The visual fable draws a line between both Vincent Knopper and Arthur Cordier’s practices, playing with conceptual and material associations. Throughout the duration of the exhibition, works are inventoried, stored and (sometimes) shown : the changing presentations are indexed on the floorplan and walls. The selection of works span the last two years of their practices.

Arthur Cordier and Vincent Knopper first met in 2019 and have been exchanging thoughts and insights on their shared interests in the socio-economic construction of urban spaces since then. This is their first presentation together. They are particularly interested in the relations between labour and standardisation, the aesthetics of administration, visual communication and, ultimately, obsolescence. How is the singularity of one’s labour contained in seemingly standardised items?



AC.2024-A19. Untitled, 2024
Heavy duty PVC and vinyl.
Framed, 70% UV Glass, 74,5 x 89 cm




AC.2024-A2. Untitled, 2024
Heavy duty PVC and vinyl.
Framed, 70% UV Glass, 74,5 x 89 cm


︎ Full list of works and documentation is available on request only
Arthur presents a selection of works on heavy-duty tarpaulin, paintings, using adhesive vinyl, tape, printer ink and shoe shine. Spread across the exhibition's floor It’s a rat rat’s world displays a selection of small bronze sculptures, evocative of the parasites, pests and pets we allow or avoid in houses and museums.

Vincent presents a new series of high gloss lacquered panels, which are slightly brushed with an orbital sander. The works explore and play with the functional technique of sanding as a form of drawing. Along these works, he shows the series Groote System, a group of tubular handrail-like sculptures that in their materiality refer to efficiency and standardisation. The works borrow their shapes from stenography: a symbolic writing method developed to increase the speed and brevity of handwriting.

Graphic design, courtesy Pia Jacques
Documentation, courtesy LNDW Studio

05.—08.06.25


© 05.2025