by gilles.barbier | Oct 2, 2024
Sculptures 2000-2010 (selection). To mark the reopening of the Centre Georges Pompidou, which had been closed for several years for renovations, Gilles Barbier was invited by curators Sophie Duplaix and Catherine Grenier to take part in the inaugural...
by gilles.barbier | Oct 2, 2024
Hidden in the Studio. (1995-2015) To include the photographs “Hidden in the studio” in a body of sculpture is unexpected, but Gilles Barbier insists on it. He explains: “I’m not a photographer, far from it. I was having fun constructing a...
by gilles.barbier | Sep 29, 2024
Teleportation Gate (out of order). In 1995, Gilles Barbier placed his first “Teleportation Gate” in Linz, Austria, for his exhibition “Ein Kopie der Welt”. Other exhibitions followed, in Germany (Berlin), the USA (Santa Barbara, Seattle), Korea...
by gilles.barbier | Sep 20, 2024
Link to Game Of Life Studies, preparatory drawings and sketches for “The Game of Life”. “The Game Of Life”, 2011. Study: Checkerboard island set. Pencil and Posca® on polyester. 224 x 315 cm (Six panels 112 x 105 cm).“The Game Of Life”,...
by gilles.barbier | Sep 29, 2024
Links to: Inhabiting Painting, preparatory drawings, Cabins. “Locataire Mobilier” (Furniture Tenant) , 1993 (selection). One of Gilles Barbier’s earliest obsessions is the leitmotif notion of Inhabiting. Or at least, the young artist seems to be...
