This abstract artwork features a grid-like composition of geometric shapes in muted shades of grey and brown. The overall aesthetic is minimalist, with a focus on the interplay of intersecting triangular forms and the textured, weathered appearance of the surface. The artist's use of industrial materials, such as metal or wood, suggests a sculptural and architectural approach to the medium. The piece likely reflects the artist's interest in exploring concepts of balance, pattern, and the relationship between positive and negative space within a constrained, geometric framework. The work's understated yet visually striking nature invites the viewer to contemplate the essential qualities of the materials and the underlying structural principles that govern the composition. ...
Playing on both formal and conceptual paradoxes, Mathilde Albouy's sculptural work invites the viewer to a game whose rules are not clearly defined. We don't know whether the encounter with her sculptures is an act of courtship or predation, confronting us with a dangerous seduction. Nourished by feminist science fiction, Mathilde uses the fictions generated by her pieces as political tools to question an established, binary reality. By hijacking scales and materials, the sometimes sharp or toxic objects become individuals in their own right, revealing how the beauty of objects, particularly feminine ones, conveys patterns of oppression. ...
Galerie Derouillon was founded in Paris in 2013 by Benjamin Derouillon and is dedicated to discovering and supporting emerging contemporary artists. Since its inception, Galerie Derouillon has put the emphasis on providing young artists a long term support in every stage of production, exhibition and dissemination of our artists’ practice.
The main focus is on international emerging artists, creating a community and bonds with historical and more established artists through curated group shows. Collaboration is an important feature in the ecosystem of the gallery as we dedicate ourselves in creating relationships between artists, galleries and institutions by producing books, exhibitions as well as working closely with public and private institutions. ...
