Handmade works depict imagination
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FRENCH artist Lilian Daubisse is bringing his unbridled imagination to Shanghai by creating the 2017 Spring window installations at the Maison Hermes on Huaihai Road M.
The artist is best known for his passion of using corrugated cardboard that usually has a strong industrial appeal. Earthen tones and cardboard artworks with primitive textures depict Daubisse’s unique interpretation of caves and allow viewers to experience the inspiring qualities of human history and culture.
His initial collaboration with Hermes began in 2014 with petit H for the display windows at the rue de Sevres location in Paris, which was launched in 2015. He was then invited to create the windows for the brand’s Hong Kong airport store last year, followed by a re-adaptation of those windows for Seoul.
“My work has in common with Hermes the fact that it is handmade. Craftsmanship is key and it is essential to what I do, as I believe it is to Hermes as well,” he said.
He said the corrugated cardboard is a central part of the identity of his work. “With the industrial materials, I create handcrafted pieces... I believe the Maison is interested in the way I’m able to transform cardboard, using a wide variety of techniques, from a simple industrial material to a work of art.”
Daubisse said it was from his third year at Fine Arts School of Nantes he started to use corrugated cardboard.
“At some point I began using left-over pieces of cardboard to create small objects. My use of cardboard developed from there, until it became my material of predilection.”
Over the years, he has developed more intricate techniques for transforming cardboard. “This has allowed me to expand my work in all sorts of unexpected directions. However, I remain attached to the idea of creating all aspects of my work by hand — this has not changed since I was a student.”
“What fascinates me with cardboard is the idea of using this industrial material, produced for the needs of consumer society, to create unique, handcrafted works. I like this contradiction. I also enjoy the freedom granted from using a material which is largely absent from the history of art, which allows me to invent and create in new ways,” he added.
Daubisse considers his hands as the most useful tool. “If humans did not have hands, we would not have invented everything that has allowed us to become so evolved. My work celebrates this tool. I’m also interested in old or imaginary civilizations, as well as traditional arts. I express this through the creation of the imaginary vestiges of some lost civilization: armors, pottery, costumes, ritual sculptures...”
His creative style, or how it may be seen or interpreted by others, lies at the crossroads of different artistic fields. He prefers working at the intersection of design, sculpture, fashion, installations and craft art.
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