by gilles.barbier | Sep 22, 2024
Clones (selection). Between the early 1990s and 2001, Gilles Barbier experimented with the clone series. Derived from the “Pawns”This series features life-size, hyperrealistic wax representations of himself, staged in a variety of situations. Often very...
by gilles.barbier | Oct 17, 2024
Cheese. Cheese plays an important role in Gilles Barbier’s work. When asked by Gaël Charbau (*), he replies: This world of holes, balanced on a dynamic of desires and anxieties, openings and closures, I try to give it a body, to restore the simple images we need...
by gilles.barbier | Sep 23, 2024
“The Misthrown Dice”, 2017. “Works Boxes”, 2019. “The Misthrown Dice”. – ,,Gott würfelt nicht”. (Albert Einstein). – Aber es kann doch nicht unsere Aufgabe sein, Gott vorzuschreiben, wie Er die Welt regieren...
by gilles.barbier | Oct 8, 2024
2010 – 2024. Gilles Barbier is continuing the series. Pawns whose number increases considerably (from a few dozen to over thirty). This series is amplified by the reintroduction of the Game of Life at the Centre Georges Pompidou. Then, a few years later, with...
by gilles.barbier | Sep 30, 2024
Sculptures 1992 – 2000 (selection). Between 1992 and 2000, Gilles Barbier, a graduate of the Luminy Fine Art school (Marseille), began to develop his vocabulary and lay down the main lines of his artistic reflection. He formalized his first Game of Life which...
