Angélique Aubrit and Ludovic Beillard build environments inhabited by figures in which burlesque narratives and absurd theatre unite. Their wearable costumes as well as their sculptures representing characters are a combination of self-sewn clothes and wooden helmets that imitate human faces and other creatures. These figures often represent minorities marginalised by society. Sometimes they appear as protagonists in Aubrit and Beillard's video installations and sometimes they come to life in the exhibition context. In their extensive staging composed of an assortment of recycled furnishings and/or paper walls, a psychologically charged state prevails. In a satirical way, they reflect our present day with its brutal and nebulous aspects. For Aubrit and Beillard, however, it is less about presenting a pessimistic view of the world and more about establishing a state of civilisation and highlighting its relations of domination in order to (re)write new forms of collective venting. For their exhibition in Bielefeld, the artist duo opens a new chapter in their work with three beings from “elsewhere” who have made themselves comfortable at home on the upper floor of the Kunstverein.
KUNSTVEREIN BIELEFELD
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33602 Bielefeld
Thu - So 12:00 – 18:00
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Angélique Aubrit (1988 in Angoulême, lives in Brussels) and Ludovic Beillard (1982 in Bordeaux, lives in Bordeaux) have been exhibiting together as an artist duo since 2017. They presented their works in solo exhibitions at Galerie Valeria Cetraro, Paris (2022), La Tôlerie, Clermont Ferrand, Lindre-Basse Residency - La Syngogue, Delme, Etablissement d'en face, Brussels (all three 2021) and Komplot, Brussels (2019). The duo has been participated in group exhibitions at Le 19 Crac, Montbéliard (both 2022), and CAPC, Bordeaux (2021), a. o.