Bertrand Lamarche - GaleriePOggi

BAPHOMET (Protoplasme), 2017
Sculpture mixed matérials, vinyl spheres, helium, veil, ropes, fishing leads
460 × 480 × 210 cm
Production La Maréchalerie
Unique


Bertrandlamarche Baphomet La Marechalerie Versailles
View of the exhibition "Le Baphomet" at La Maréchalerie, Centre d'art contemporain, Versailles 2017. Photo Nicolas Brasseur

Idolatrous and androgynous, the Baphomet is an occult and mystic entity, re popularized by Pierre Klossowki's eponymous book. Previously featured in previous works (the installation Réplique or the video The Breaths for example), the « prince of modification » here take flesh into a levitating subject, that respond to other works referring to specific topics and processes relative to initiatory journey, scale shift and mutations.
Animated in an lively meaning, the exhibition space is fueled by voices, pulsations and movement that appear as incarnated abstract concepts. It convoke a specific bestiary by staging organic and automaton shapes, that echoes to classic of fantastic and science fiction litterature.


Bertrandlamarche Baphomet La Marechalerie Versailles

View of the exhibition "Le Baphomet" at La Maréchalerie, Centre d'art contemporain, Versailles 2017. Photo Nicolas Brasseur