Mega Model (evolution): I, II, III, IV. 1998 – 2021
You love miniaturizing. Your 2006 Mega Model evokes an enchantment that children know well. Claude Lévi Strauss and Gaston Bachelard have extolled the virtues of the miniature, saying that its microcosm is a blend of intelligence, imaginative escape and power over things. Where do you fit in between Duchamp’s boîte-valise and the Smurf village?
Miniaturization comes into play when synthesis is impossible, when information compression is blocked. What can’t be reduced by synthesis, can be reduced by size. It’s as simple as that, and this reduction makes it possible to show large ensembles by evoking combinations.
Extract from an interview with Pierre Sterckx (Correteur de Réalités, 2009).
“Mega Model I”. Detail.
“Mega Model I”. Detail.
“Mega Model I”. Detail.
“Mega Model I”. Detail.
“Mega Model I”. Detail.
“Mega Model I”. Detail.
“Mega Model I”. Detail.
“Mega Model I”. Detail.
“Mega Model I”, 1998-1999. Mixed media. Variable dimensions.
“Mega Model I”, 1998-1999. Mixed media. Variable dimensions.
“Mega Model I”, 1998-1999. Mixed media. Variable dimensions.
“Mega Model I”, 1998-1999. Mixed media. Variable dimensions.
“Mega Model I”, 1998-1999. Mixed media. Variable dimensions.
“Mega Model I”, 1998-1999. Mixed media. Variable dimensions.
“Mega Model I”, 1998-1999. Mixed media. Variable dimensions.
“Mega Model I”, 1998-1999. Mixed media. Variable dimensions.
“Gilles Barbier” exhibition at Carré d’Art, Nîmes. The mega model room.
Gilles Barbier” exhibition at Carré d’Art, Nîmes. The mega model room.
“Mega Model II”.
“Mega Model II”.
“Gilles Barbier” exhibition at Carré d’Art, Nîmes. The mega model room.
“Gilles Barbier” exhibition at Carré d’Art, Nîmes. The mega model room.
“Gilles Barbier” exhibition at Carré d’Art, Nîmes. Mega model room. Detail : Troglodytum Casein.
Gilles Barbier” exhibition at Carré d’Art, Nîmes. Mega model room. Detail : Troglodytum Casein.
Gilles Barbier” exhibition at Carré d’Art, Nîmes. The mega model room. Detail: the teleportation Gate.
Gilles Barbier” exhibition at Carré d’Art, Nîmes. The mega model room. Detail: the teleportation Gate.
“Gilles Barbier” exhibition at Carré d’Art, Nîmes. Mega model room. Detail : The Burrows.
Gilles Barbier” exhibition at Carré d’Art, Nîmes. Mega model room. Detail : The Burrows.
“Gilles Barbier” exhibition at Carré d’Art, Nîmes. Mega model room. Detail : Migrant Chair.
“Gilles Barbier” exhibition at Carré d’Art, Nîmes. Mega model room. Detail : Migrant Chair.
“Gilles Barbier” exhibition at Carré d’Art, Nîmes. Mega model room. Detail : Migrations.
Gilles Barbier” exhibition at Carré d’Art, Nîmes. Mega model room. Detail : Migrations.
Gilles Barbier” exhibition at Carré d’Art, Nîmes. Mega model room. Detail : Dreamlike Vaseline production.
Gilles Barbier” exhibition at Carré d’Art, Nîmes. Mega model room. Detail : Dreamlike Vaseline production.
“Gilles Barbier” exhibition at Carré d’Art, Nîmes. Mega model room. Detail : Epidermis production.
“Gilles Barbier” exhibition at Carré d’Art, Nîmes. Mega model room. Detail : Epidermis production.
“Gilles Barbier” exhibition at Carré d’Art, Nîmes. The mega model room. Detail : The reserve and the Pink Pages.
“Gilles Barbier” exhibition at Carré d’Art, Nîmes. The mega model room. Detail : The reserve and the Pink Pages.
“Gilles Barbier” exhibition at Carré d’Art, Nîmes. Mega model room. Detail : The Toilets.
“Gilles Barbier” exhibition at Carré d’Art, Nîmes. Mega model room. Detail : The Toilets.
“The Mega Model III”, 2008. Mixed media, variable dimensions. Exhibition “The Cockpit, the Ship, The View from the Porthole “, Espace Claude Berri, 2008).
“The Mega Model III”, 2008. Mixed media, variable dimensions. Exhibition “The Cockpit, the Ship, The View from the Porthole “, Espace Claude Berri, 2008).
“Mega Model III”.
“Mega Model III”.
”The Mega Model 3”, 2008. Detail.
”The Mega Model 3”, 2008. Detail.
”The Mega Model 3”, 2008. Detail.
”The Mega Model 3”, 2008. Detail.
”The Mega Model 3”, 2008. Detail.
”The Mega Model 3”, 2008. Detail.
”The Mega Model 3”, 2008. Detail.
”The Mega Model 3”, 2008. Detail.
”The Mega Model 3”, 2008. Detail.
”The Mega Model 3”, 2008. Detail.
”The Mega Model 3”, 2008. Detail.
”The Mega Model 3”, 2008. Detail.
”The Mega Model 3”, 2008. Detail.
”The Mega Model 3”, 2008. Detail.
”The Mega Model 3”, 2008. Detail.
”The Mega Model 3”, 2008. Detail.
“Mega Model III”. Detail: The skating rink.
“Mega Model III”. Detail: La skating rink.
”The Mega Model 3”, 2008. Detail.
”The Mega Model 3”, 2008. Detail.
”The Mega Model 3”, 2008. Detail.
”The Mega Model 3”, 2008. Detail.
”The Mega Model 3”, 2008. Detail.
”The Mega Model 3”, 2008. Detail.
“Mega Model III”. Detail: Bait.
“Mega Model III”. Detail: Bait.
“Mega Model III”. Detail: Oxide production.
“Mega Model III”. Detail: Oxide production.
“Mega Model IV”. Detail: The Black Box.
“Mega Model IV”. Detail: The Black Box.
“Mega Model IV”, 2021. Mixed technique and variable dimensions (Exhibition “Machines de Production”, Musée Soulages, 2021).
“Mega Model IV”, 2021. Mixed technique and variable dimensions (Exhibition “Machines de Production”, Musée Soulages, 2021).
“Mega Model IV”.
“Mega Model IV”.
“Mega Model IV”. Detail: The Dictionary Copy.
“Mega Model IV”. Detail: The Dictionary Copy.
“Mega Model IV”. Detail: The Migrant Armchair.
“Mega Model IV”. Detail: The Migrant Armchair.
“Mega Model IV”. Detail: A Wetting Agent (The Earthworm).
“Mega Model IV”. Detail: A Wetting Agent (The Earthworm).
“Mega Model IV”. Detail : Porn department.
“Mega Model IV”. Detail : Porn department.
“Mega Model IV”. Detail : Coming Soon.
“Mega Model IV”. Detail : Coming Soon.
“Mega Model IV. Detail : Gardens
“Mega Model IV. Detail : Gardens
“Mega Model IV”. Detail: Gardens.
“Mega Model IV”. Detail: Gardens.
“Mega Model IV”. Detail: Toilets.
“Mega Model IV”. Detail: Toilets.
“Mega Model IV”. Detail: Burrows.
“Mega Model IV”. Detail: Burrows.
“Mega Model IV”. Detail : Tenant.
“Mega Model IV”. Detail : Tenant.
“Mega Model IV”. Detail: Objects to be awakened.
“Mega Model IV”. Detail: Objects to be awakened.
Studio view.
Studio view.
Studio view.
Studio view.
Studio view.
Studio view.
Studio view.
Studio view.
Studio view.
Studio view.
Studio view.
Studio view.
Plan of the “Mega Model”, 2008. Posca® on polyester. 15 panels, 112 x 105 cm each.
Plan of the “mega model”, 2008. Posca® on polyester. 15 panels, 112 x 105 cm each.