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Briques II
2012
Benjamin SABATIER
Sculpture
195 x 43 x 55 cm
"Briques II" is a cheerful allegory of the work of art at the heart of contemporary social and economic realities. It questions different features of our society - standardisation, excessive consumerism, the alienation of work – and the place that these sociological reflections occupy in current art.
Benjamin Sabatier places objects and waste generated in excess by our consumer societies, such as bricks, at the heart of his "ready to install" creations. In his own original way, he pursues the questioning about contemporary creation and its technical reproduction.
Benjamin Sabatier places objects and waste generated in excess by our consumer societies, such as bricks, at the heart of his "ready to install" creations. In his own original way, he pursues the questioning about contemporary creation and its technical reproduction.
Benjamin SABATIER
France
Born in 1977
An artist of action, Benjamin Sabatier's social approach to art focuses on the importance of "matter" and the involvement of the person viewing the work. Performance, painting, sculpture, installation, video - the medium is of little importance - he always chooses whichever medium best creates meaning. The paradoxical theoretical influence of Keith Haring and the "Support/Surface" group on his work form a singular, explosive cocktail.
The artist likes to say that his work "beats about the bush", meaning that he prefers to remain at the periphery, the better to question what is at the centre.
The artist likes to say that his work "beats about the bush", meaning that he prefers to remain at the periphery, the better to question what is at the centre.
Artwork of
Benjamin SABATIER
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