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Guillaume LachapelleMetro2013
2013
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Guillaume Lachapelle's artistic practice is shaped predominantly by sculpture, expressed in the form of installations and detailed miniature models. Lachapelle presents playful universes which combine objects of undetermined purpose; in this way, he opens the conventions of our reality to fresh disposition. The architecture of his models - which Lachapelle has recently begun to make with the help of the latest 3-D printing technology - shows motifs originating from the everyday, certainly, but seeming strange, alienating or even uncanny when combined as the artist chooses. A kind of transition between two worlds often appears in Lachapelle's work - for example when the model of a library filled with books curves inwards and reveals a mysterious opening pointing into darkness - these are the artist's references to spaces and occurrences which may be concealed below the surface of outward semblance.
- Creator:Guillaume Lachapelle (1974, Canadian)
- Creation Year:2013
- Dimensions:Height: 6 in (15.24 cm)Width: 6 in (15.24 cm)Depth: 11 in (27.94 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Montreal, CA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU476148812
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