Lifelike mammals with sage expressions characterize the sculptures of Quentin Garel (beforehand). A deer with monumental antlers, an ibex—a sort of untamed goat—with curving horns, and a beady-eyed donkey are only a few of the creatures within the artist’s present solo exhibition with Galerie LJ, Dans la Forêt Lontaine—or, “in the faraway forest.”
Oscillating between actuality and fantasy, Garel’s sculptures painting creatures threatened by overhunting, displaying them on the wall or atop metallic rods like trophies. He works with the wooden’s pure grain, permitting the whorls and knots to emphasise musculature.
A part of a commissioned sequence for a public set up in Thonon-les-Bains, France, Garel explores the theme of mountain animals, drawing consideration to the pointless impulse to hunt for sport. In Thonon-les-Bains, bronze casts of the items proven at the moment at Galerie LJ shall be put in in a big wall fountain.
Dans la Forêt Lontaine continues by November 23 in Paris. Discover extra of Garel’s work on Instagram.
