ÜGLY
Sculptures · Robert Bibeau
Multimedia sculptures hand-carved in the Plateau Mont-Royal. Wood provides the frame; depending on the piece, stone, crystal or gathered vegetal matter joins it. Figures emerge from the wood through subtraction. Voids count for as much as mass, and some of the polishing takes on an almost ceremonial quality. Outsider art, on the side of the contemporary memento mori.
Beauty earned at the threshold of unease.
Read the full manifesto →He works in the Plateau Mont-Royal, by direct carving in wood, and opens passages through the material. He exhibits at Galerie Usine 106u under the name ÜGLY Sculptures.
A twisted root sometimes keeps its original shape. Elsewhere, a stone sits in a hollow carved for it; the base, a log, keeps its bark. His sculptures read as ritual objects; the grotesque remains legible, without ornament.
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There are canvases as well. The faces return there, laid flat, under a stipple applied dot by dot.
All paintingsThe artist also makes sculptures and paintings from what you describe: a figure carved in wood, a canvas conceived for a particular wall. He reviews each proposal before committing. Requests are made through a form, and you receive a reply within two business days.
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