Quentin Carnaille
Kinetic Design
After studying architecture, Quantin Carnaille created his first pieces incorporating old clock mechanisms. Diverted from their original purpose, they become the ornaments of jewellery or accessories which, beyond their decorative aspect, already raise the question of time and the relativity of its passage, a recurring theme in the artist's work.
Intense
This initial research phase was followed by a period of intense creativity during which Carnaille diversified his use of watch mechanisms. Freed from their mechanical arrangement and linked together by magnets, they now appear to the eye as veritable sculptures. This led to the creation of the ‘Horlogerie’ series, in which the artist expresses an intimate rhythm and gives his questions a universal scope by looking to the future. Composed of original creations and tributes to certain iconic works, ‘Horlogerie’ establishes Quentin Carnaille in the artistic landscape. 2013: exhibitions in Lille and Geneva; 2014: Belgium; 2015: Luxembourg and Germany; 2016: Taiwan, Kuwait, China, United Arab Emirates…
Metaphysical
Alongside his sculptural experiments, which continued to diversify (such as ‘Apparition’, in which he imprisons watch parts in ice), Quentin Carnaille opened up to new forms of expression through installations and happenings. This was a logical extension, bringing Carnaille's work closer to a conceptual minimalism fully expressed in ‘Introspection’. The first work to be devoid of clockwork, ‘Introspection’ combines a resolutely pared-down aesthetic with the artist's metaphysical thoughts, inviting the viewer to look inwards, while at the same time encouraging meditation on the human being and its origins.
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Collection
‘Identité’ saw the light of day in 2017. This time Carnaille left his studio to take to the streets, where for three weeks his facetted mirror cubes covered the faces of the figurative sculptures in the city of Lille. Identity’ is a powerful demonstration of how commemorative sculptures can be transformed into contemporary ones, rekindling public interest in them. A reflection on otherness, appealing to elementary modes of perception, ‘Identity’ provokes an aesthetic and mental shock, and is a high point in Carnaille's production.
In this way, Quentin Carnaille's research continues, somewhere between technical prowess and the desire to place art at the service of a primordial source, that of time and mankind; or how to enable the latter to see the former no longer as the implacable enemy, but rather as the possible of which they are another expression.
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