Hugo Servanin

Hugo Servanin

BornNationalityBased In
1994FrenchParis
Biography

The work of Hugo Servanin revolves around the creation of sculptures that the artist calls Géants [Giants]: hybrid beings that are first moulded on human bodies and then assembled with an array of synthetic materials. Referencing the aesthetics of classical sculpture – busts or naked bodies displayed on plinths – Servanin’s Géants express the visceral, fragile and ephemeral nature of human bodies. These characteristics are conveyed through the minute study of the bodies’ armatures and an empirical approach of materials. Once his sculptures are shaped, Servanin composes immersive installations in which, using a wide range of advanced technologies and artificial intelligence, he attempts to recreate the conditions of organic life. Acting like a scientist in his laboratory, Servanin is constantly inventing new methods to animate his sculptures; for instance, by using humidification/evaporation procedures which progressively modify their shape and surface colour; heat monitoring incubators that crackle their epidermis; ventilators that make them breathe; or complex mechanical systems distributing their body fluids. By bridging traditions of ‘good form’ with cutting-edge technologies, Servanin composes alternative environments through which he critically analyses the success and failure of the cornucopian civilization we live in. ...

Selected Artworks
Giant 31
Hugo Servanin
Giant 31, 2023
100 x 80 x 88cm
Object 20
Hugo Servanin
Object 20, 2023
120 x 80 x 4cm
Géant #23
Hugo Servanin
Géant #23, 2021
190 x 30 x 30cm
Giant 39
Hugo Servanin
Giant 39, 2024
93 x 50 x 20.5cm
Media #2
Hugo Servanin
Media #2, 2021
205 x 150 x 50cm
Giant 38
Hugo Servanin
Giant 38, 2023
100 x 80 x 10cm
Object 17
Hugo Servanin
Object 17, 2023
120 x 80 x 4cm
Giant 40
Hugo Servanin
Giant 40, 2023
94 x 74 x 4cm
Media #2
Hugo Servanin
Media #2, 2021
205 x 150 x 50cm
Giant 38
Hugo Servanin
Giant 38, 2023
100 x 80 x 10cm
Object 17
Hugo Servanin
Object 17, 2023
120 x 80 x 4cm
Giant 40
Hugo Servanin
Giant 40, 2023
94 x 74 x 4cm
Gallery Representation
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