Curated by Gaël Charbau, the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès presents at the Musée du Cristal Saint-Louis with the group exhibition “Sables brûlants” (Burning sands) the works of visual artists who have participated in the artist residency program that the Foundation has been running since 2010, inviting artists to discover the skillful practice of craftsmen in Hermès workshops throughout France.
The works on display draw on wide-ranging experiments with the medium of crystal and address the individual fascinations of the eight artists: the mystery of time (Atsunobu Kohira), light in its different states (DH McNabb), art history (Emmanuel Régent), ecology and science fiction (Guillaume Dénervaud), matter and space (Lucia Bru), the intrinsic defense of the female body (Marie-Anne Franqueville), the perception and materialization of sound (Oliver Beer) and the geological history of matter (Olivier Sévère).
“Sables brûlants”: an exhibition on the potential of crystal
The Musée du Cristal Saint-Louis with the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès presents the works produced by the artists involved in the artist residencies program.
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Courtesy of the artist. Photo © Tadzio / Fondation d’entreprise Hermès
Courtesy of the artist. Photo © Tadzio / Fondation d’entreprise Hermès
Courtesy of the artist. Photo © Tadzio / Fondation d’entreprise Hermès
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Courtesy of the artist. Photo © Tadzio / Fondation d’entreprise Hermès
Courtesy of the artist. Photo © Tadzio / Fondation d’entreprise Hermès
Courtesy of the artist. Photo © Tadzio / Fondation d’entreprise Hermès
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- Romina Totaro
- 11 November 2020
- Saint-Louis-lès-Bitche, Grand Est, France
Each work, on display until March 1, 2021 is the result of a long period of conception and development, upstream of its final form. Each of them marks the point at which two abilities intersect: the mastery of the raw material and its transfiguration.
- Sables brûlants
- Gaël Charbau
- Atsunobu Kohira, DH McNabb, Emmanuel Régent, Guillaume Dénervaud, Lucia Bru, Marie-Anne Franqueville, Oliver Beer, Olivier Sévère
- La Grande Place, Musée du Cristal Saint-Louis, Saint-Louis-lès-Bitche, Grand Est, France
- 6 November 2020 - 1 March 2021
Working with molten crystal at the Cristallerie Saint-Louis, 2016
Portrait of Oliver Beer, 2012
Oliver Beer, Outside-In, 2012
Oliver Beer, Silence is Golden, 2012
Oliver Beer, Silence is Golden, 2012
Portrait of Lucia Bru, 2016
Lucia Bru, (movidas), 2016,
Lucia Bru, (aérocubes), 2016
Portrait of Guillaume Dénervaud, 2019
Guillaume Dénervaud, STRATA, 2019
Guillaume Dénervaud, STRATA, 2019
Portrait of Marie-Anne Franqueville, 2013
Marie-Anne Franqueville, Presque innocente, 2013
Marie-Anne Franqueville, Presque innocente, 2013
Portrait of Atsunobu Kohira, 2011
Atsunobu Kohira, Instrument pour Saint-Louis, 2011
Atsunobu Kohira, Instrument pour Saint-Louis, 2011
Atsunobu Kohira, Instrument pour Saint-Louis, 2011
Portrait of DH McNabb, 2015
DH McNabb, The Heart(h) of Saint-Louis, 2015
DH McNabb, Prism(s) after J. G. Ballard’s The Crystal World et Spherical Horizon(s), 2015
DH McNabb, Furnace Ring, 2015
Portrait of Emmanuel Régent, 2018
Emmanuel Régent, Le Naufrage de l’Espérance (La Mer de glace), 2018
Emmanuel Régent, Le Naufrage de l’Espérance (La Mer de glace), 2018
Emmanuel Régent, Himmelsturz, 2018
Portrait of Oliver Sévère, 2010
Olivier Sévère, De rien ne se crée rien, 2010
Olivier Sévère, De rien ne se crée rien, 2010
Olivier Sévère, De rien ne se crée rien, 2010
Portrait of Gaël Charbau