Artist in focus: Vincent Dubourg

April 2011

French artist Vincent Dubourg uses traditional furniture making techniques, such as wood-bending and metal casting, as he cuts, twists and bends materials, creating a dialogue between the conceptual and functional, hand-made and mass produced. Each piece is created organically, without sketches or design beforehand, and is cut directly from the material and assembled without any mold or preconceived outcome.

Currently showing, his Inside exhibition showcases 8 of his most recent works which reveal the violent deconstruction of form and manipulation of materials. The viewer is able to see into the interior space of an object while examining the deconstruction of the exterior in its original and classic form, creating a new form and function.

Dubourg describes his pieces as a fusion of furniture, architecture and sculpture and says this about his design work: 'There is a desire to know the origin of shape in order to remove it from its context and deconstruct its form. The destruction is necessary for the construction of a new order. It is irreversible and necessary, just as in nature.'

Dubourg works between Paris, London and his atelier in the small town of Creuse. During his education Dubourg spent three years studying applied arts at Corvisart in Paris and before that he studied industrial design at Pivaut de Nantes, and furniture design at the School of Decorative Arts in Paris.

Vincent Dubourg
Inside
19 April - 28 May 2011
Carpenters Workshop Gallery
3 Albemarle Street, London

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