Joseph
In Gold We Trust

About the Item

About Joseph: Joseph is a conceptual artist born in Paris in 1961. In his latest series of creations, the work assigns to the viewer a place, a function and a power, acting as an abyss as the viewer sees through it, and in another way, our gaze concretizes it as such. The engaged work of the artist in this sense, by the use of texts rather than images sends a signal to us, giving the intuition of what he sees, the assembly of a work of lime confronted with the stiffness of the steel contributes to exacerbate the reflection of the viewer as for the past and the present, the man as the work being the sum of the years. This is actually the moment where our own reason start to see. Joseph is a conceptual mixed-media artist born in Paris in 1961. Trained in architecture at EDPI and graphic arts at Sornas, Joseph eventually found his true passion at the prestigious École des Beaux-Arts studying painting and design. He developed his formal training into a striking combination of metalwork and mixed media abstraction. In his latest series of creations, Joseph's pieces directly confront the viewer with mirrored steel and cut-out words, an abstract landscape of concrete and color beneath the surface. The engaging nature of the work, using text rather than images, propels his audience into dialogue with the artist. The phrases often challenge social expectations, accepted ideas of normalcy, and sharp reminders of our most human vulnerabilities.

Creator:
Joseph (1961, French)
Dimensions:
Height: 52 in (132.08 cm)Width: 43 in (109.22 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
Medium:
Steel,Mixed Media
Movement & Style:
Contemporary
Period:
2010-
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Miami, FL
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU161428877832
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