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By exploring just about every medium \u2013 from drawing to sculpture, photography, film, and installations \u2013 Olaf Breuning has created an eclectic body of work that draws from the visual codes of popular culture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Created based on the artist\u2019s drawings then produced in human size proportions in 2007, The Humans \u2014 six sculptures made of Carrara marble and bronze \u2014 were first showcased during the 2023 edition of Le Voyage \u00e0 Nantes. From now on, these six creatures will forever reside in the Cour de la Pr\u00e9sidence de l\u2019Universit\u00e9. With attributes conveying stereotypes of both past and present, they present a skewed, humorous, and sarcastic vision of humanity’s evolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From left to right: Rock symbolizes the creation of the Earth; Half Fish Half Monkey represents the emergence of life; Venus is a reinterpretation of a Paleolithic Venus, symbolizing the appearance of humankind; Religion takes the form of a medieval crusader; King spills over with crowns, representing absolute power; and finally, Mouse, with its tail shaped like an electrical cord, evokes contemporary humans and their dependence on the connected world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using the same visual codes as those for emojis, Breuning\u2019s Humans express perplexity and distress. With their simple smiles curved downwards, the characters are both transfigured and resolutely pathetic.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<\/div><\/section>\n\t

Olaf Breuning was born in 1970 in Schaffhausen\u2000(switzerland) and now lives and works in New York. He is represented by Semiose\u2000(Paris), Nils Staerk Gallery (Copenhagen), Carbon12 Gallery (dubai), Von Bartha Gallery (basel).
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