References: Superheroes, Equilibrium, Pawns, What’s out of the hat today, Stasis.
“Owner? Tenant?”, 2023.
Invited by Huberty & Breyne Gallery, Brussels.
In 2023, Brussels gallery Huberty & Breyne, historically committed to promoting comics through exceptional exhibitions of original plates by artists such as Morris, Franquin, Schuitten, Mœbius, De Crécy, Matthieu and Larcenet, invited Gilles Barbier. The artist, whose work has always had a close relationship with the 9th Art, decided to delve into his own career and, with ” Propriétaire, Locataire? (Owner? Tenant?)”, created an exhibition highlighting his links with comics.
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In the Belgian gallery space, he reveals his influences and references, highlights his borrowings from specific narrative constructions, and recounts his passion for this long-neglected art form, drawing on his prolific output and childhood memories. From superheroes to references to Lucky Luke and Asterix, from visual gags to phylacteries, from cheeky freedom to the magazines of his youth. With his stubborn mixing of genres and cultures, he unfurls the evidence of productive appropriation in a rigorous construction. ” Propriétaire, Locataire” (Owner, Tenant ), the title given by Gilles Barbier to this exhibition, reminds us in Dickian terms (*) that the references, memories and concepts that animate us are often located in that blurred space where what qualifies the original is often diluted in the hypothesis of fiction.
(*) Philip K. Dick, author of science-fiction novels.
Presentation text for the exhibition “Owner?Tenant?” at Huberty & Breyne Gallery, Brussels.
“A Very Old Thing, 2015. Mixed media. 195 x 228 x 110 cm. In the background, “Sixteen Donkeys” and “The Emmentalist”.
“A Very Old Thing, 2015. Mixed media. 195 x 228 x 110 cm. In the background, “Sixteen Donkeys” and “The Emmentalist”.
“A Very Old Thing”, 2015. Mixed media. 195 x 228 x 110 cm.
“A Very Old Thing”, 2015. Mixed media. 195 x 228 x 110 cm.
“A Very Old Thing”, 2015. Detail.
“A Very Old Thing”, 2015. Detail.
“A Very Old Thing”, 2015. Detail.
“A Very Old Thing”, 2015. Detail.
“A Very Old Thing”, 2015. “The Obese.
“A Very Old Thing”, 2015. “The Obese.
“The Obese”, 2012. Posca® and spray paint on polyester. 224 x 210 cm (four panels 112 x 105 cm each).
“The Obese”, 2012. Posca® and spray paint on polyester. 224 x 210 cm (four panels 112 x 105 cm each).
“The Fog”, 2012. Posca® and spray paint on polyester. 112 x 105 cm.
“The Fog”, 2012. Posca® and spray paint on polyester. 112 x 105 cm.
“Sixteen Donkeys in the Sunset”, 2012. Posca® and spray paint on polyester. 112 x 210 cm (two panels 112 x 105 cm each).
“Sixteen Donkeys in the Sunset”, 2012. Posca® and spray paint on polyester. 112 x 210 cm (two panels 112 x 105 cm each).
“”The Emmentalist” (second version), 2023. Resin and fabric. 105 cm high. In the background, “ The Almost Invisible Woman ”.
“”The Emmentalist” (second version), 2023. Resin and fabric. 105 cm high. In the background, “ The Almost Invisible Woman ”.
“ The Emmentalist ” (second version). Detail.
“ The Emmentalist ” (second version). Detail.
“ The Almost Invisible Woman ”, 2012. Posca® and spray paint on polyester. 112 x 105 cm.
“ The Almost Invisible Woman ”, 2012. Posca® and spray paint on polyester. 112 x 105 cm.
“Equilibrium”, 2023. Gouache on paper. “Cosmic Comics”, 2023. Gilded leaf on wood. On the floor: “ Between Joints, Language”, 2023, “ The Foam”, 2023 and “Tormentum”, 2023.
“Equilibrium”, 2023. Gouache on paper. “Cosmic Comics”, 2023. Gilded leaf on wood. On the floor: “ Between Joints, Language”, 2023, “ The Foam”, 2023 and “Tormentum”, 2023.
Grand Equilibrium #1, 2023. Gouache on paper, 190 x 148 cm.
Grand Equilibrium #1, 2023. Gouache on paper, 190 x 148 cm.
Grand Equilibrium #3, 2023. Gouache on paper, 190 x 148 cm.
Grand Equilibrium #3, 2023. Gouache on paper, 190 x 148 cm.
“ Between joints, language ”, 2023. Thermoformed methacrylate and resin on lightbox. 148 x 125 x 95 cm.
“ Between joints, language ”, 2023. Thermoformed methacrylate and resin on lightbox. 148 x 125 x 95 cm.
Equilibrium #6. Gouache on paper, 65 x 50 cm. 2023
Equilibrium #6. Gouache on paper, 65 x 50 cm. 2023
Equilibrium #5. Gouache on paper, 65 x 50 cm. 2023
Equilibrium #5. Gouache on paper, 65 x 50 cm. 2023
Equilibrium #11. Gouache on paper, 65 x 50 cm. 2023
Equilibrium #11. Gouache on paper, 65 x 50 cm. 2023
Equilibrium #12. Gouache on paper, 65 x 50 cm. 2023
Equilibrium #12. Gouache on paper, 65 x 50 cm. 2023
Equilibrium #3. Gouache on paper, 65 x 50 cm. 2023
Equilibrium #3. Gouache on paper, 65 x 50 cm. 2023
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“ The Foam ”, 2023. Thermoformed methacrylate, Plexiglass box. 163 x 35 x 35 cm.
“Tormentum”, 2023. Thermoformed methacrylate on lightbox.100 x 80 x 70 cm.
“Tormentum”, 2023. Thermoformed methacrylate on lightbox.100 x 80 x 70 cm.
“Tormentum”, 2023. Thermoformed methacrylate. 55 x 57 x 61 cm
“Tormentum”, 2023. Thermoformed methacrylate. 55 x 57 x 61 cm
“Cosmic Comics”, 2023. Gilding leaf on wood.
“Cosmic Comics”, 2023. Gilding leaf on wood.
“Six Stories of the Diceman”. 2011 – 2018.
“Six Stories of the Diceman”. 2011 – 2018.
“Six Stories of the Diceman”. 2011 – 2018.
“Six Stories of the Diceman”. 2011 – 2018.
“Six Stories of the Diceman”. 2011 – 2018. Detail.
“Six Stories of the Diceman”. 2011 – 2018. Detail.
“Six Stories of the Diceman”. 2011 – 2018.
“Six Stories of the Diceman”. 2011 – 2018.
“Six Stories of the Diceman”. 2011 – 2018. Detail.
“Six Stories of the Diceman”. 2011 – 2018. Detail.
“Six Stories of the Diceman”. 2011 – 2018.
“Six Stories of the Diceman”. 2011 – 2018.
“Six Stories of the Diceman”. 2011 – 2018.
“Six Stories of the Diceman”. 2011 – 2018.
“Six Stories of the Diceman”. 2011 – 2018.
“Six Stories of the Diceman”. 2011 – 2018.
“Camembert Race”, 2013. Resin and glaze paint. 123 x 180 x 16 cm.
“Camembert Race”, 2013. Resin and glaze paint. 123 x 180 x 16 cm.
“ Tar and Feathers ” (second version), 2023. Mixed media, 245 cm high.
“ Tar and Feathers ” (second version), 2023. Mixed media, 245 cm high.
“ Tar and Feathers ” (second version, detail), 2023. Mixed media, 245 cm high.
“ Tar and Feathers ” (second version, detail), 2023. Mixed media, 245 cm high.
“ Tar and Feathers ” (second version, detail), 2023. Mixed media, 245 cm high.
“ Tar and Feathers ” (second version, detail), 2023. Mixed media, 245 cm high.
On the wall a set of 36 ”What Came Out of the Hat Today”, 2015 – 2023. On the floor, 5 “Still Memory”. 2013 – 2023.
On the wall a set of 36 ”What Came Out of the Hat Today”, 2015 – 2023. On the floor, 5 “Still Memory”. 2013 – 2023.
“What came out of the hat today: 15/02/2016”. Gouache, Posca® and spray paint on polyester. 84 x 59 cm
“What came out of the hat today: 15/02/2016”. Gouache, Posca® and spray paint on polyester. 84 x 59 cm
“What came out of the hat today: 21/12/2015”. Gouache, Posca® and spray paint on polyester. 84 x 59 cm
“What came out of the hat today: 21/12/2015”. Gouache, Posca® and spray paint on polyester. 84 x 59 cm
“What came out of the hat today: 31/01/2016”. Gouache, Posca® and spray paint on polyester. 84 x 59 cm
“What came out of the hat today: 31/01/2016”. Gouache, Posca® and spray paint on polyester. 84 x 59 cm
“What came out of the hat today: 02/01/2016”. Gouache, Posca® and spray paint on polyester. 84 x 59 cm
“What came out of the hat today: 02/01/2016”. Gouache, Posca® and spray paint on polyester. 84 x 59 cm
“What came out of the hat today: 22/01/2023”. Gouache and Posca® on paper. 84 x 59 cm
“What came out of the hat today: 22/01/2023”. Gouache and Posca® on paper. 84 x 59 cm