Cubicron
Produced using an unusual assemblage technique, Cubicron is a sculpture made from an unexpected material: spaghetti carefully intertwined to form a cube. The work is all the more startling as we are all so familiar with this food. The piece, which plays on accumulation and repetition, is presented in a glass case that is also cubic, in keeping with traditional presentation techniques. This display invites us in closer so as to discern the details and identify the material. Éric Baudart focuses on the properties and physical structure of the strands of pasta. By removing them from their usual form, he encourages us to reconsider our relationship to the materiality of the elements of our daily lives, an approach that he extends through a series of Cubicrons made of metal box springs or cellular plastic foam.
Text written by Camille Philippon as part of the partnership between the École du Louvre and Lafayette Anticipations – Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin.
Exhibitions
La Maison Rouge - Fondation Antoine de Galbert, Paris (France)
from 17 Oct to 21 Oct 2007
La Galerie des Galeries, Paris (France)
from 27 Oct to 09 Dec 2006
Galerie Chez Valentin, Paris (France)
from 20 Mar to 24 Apr 2004
Eric Baudart
Born in 1972 in Saint-Cloud, France
Éric Baudart a d’abord centré sa pratique sur la photographie avant de l’étendre à la sculpture, à l’installation et à la vidéo. Ses œuvres ont pour sujet l’attention qu’il porte à la matière : celle d’objets du quotidien qu’il détourne (éléments naturels, nourriture) et de matériaux qu’il utilise dans ses expérimentations techniques (travail de la résine). Pour en renouveler notre perception, il zoome, joue avec les échelles et utilise parfois l’objet directement à la manière des ready-mades de Marcel Duchamp qui interrogent le statut de l’œuvre d’art.
