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”, 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.
“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 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”. Detail: A Wetting Agent (The Earthworm).
“Mega Model IV”. Detail: A Wetting Agent (The Earthworm).