vincent dubourg at carpenters workshop gallery

vincent dubourg at carpenters workshop gallery‘double buffet nouvelle zélande’ 2010, aluminum, 110 x 290 x 37 cm

vincent dubourg carpenters workshop gallery, london march 19 – may 28, 2011

using traditional furniture making techniques, such as wood-bending and metal casting, french artist vincent dubourg cuts, twists and bends materials, creating a dialogue between the conceptual and functional, hand-made and mass produced. each piece is created without prior drawings or design, and is cut directly from the material and assembled without any mold or predetermined outcome.

on display at the carpenters workshop gallery in london, are eight of his most recent works which reveal the violent deconstruction of form and manipulation of materials. the viewer is presented with a view into the interior space of an object while examining the deconstruction of the original classic form and the creation of a new form and function.

‘there is a desire to know the origin of shape in order to remove it from its context and deconstruct its form. the destruction is necessary for the construction of a new order. it is irreversible and necessary, just as in nature.’ -dubourg

detail of ‘double buffet nouvelle zélande’

‘nouvelle zélande shelf’ 2010, chestnut oak, 74 x 320 x 30 cm

detail of ‘nouvelle zélande shelf’

‘doors I’ 2010, aluminum & black paint, 55 x 322 x 31 cm

detail of ‘doors I’

detail of ‘doors I’

‘doors II’ 2010, aluminum, 60 x 215 x 31 cm

detail of ‘doors II’

detail of ‘doors II’

scale model for private commission, knightsbridge london, three storey staircase