Opening:
Thursday, September 15, 2016
12
to 4 pm (Special Guests), 4 – 8 pm (public opening)
André
Robillard
Guns
André
Robillard, Fusil x Russe Rapide RCA.H, 1992, mixed media, 24 x
94 cm and
Fusil
USA T.R. 628 Rapide Aux Combat, 1990s, mixed media, 30 x 145,5 cm
At
this year's edition of abc Delmes & Zander will show works by
André Robillard (*1932), inventor, visionary and gun crazy tinkerer.
Robillard's
guns are detailed replicas of actual firearms, inspired by the images
of real rifles and submarine guns, which he studied from books and
magazines. Creating his objects with sardine cans, typewriter-ribbon
spools, gun-shell casing, light bulbs, bicycle parts or adhesive
tapes, he re-contextualizes familiar materials, giving them new
meaning by placing them in an unintended setting. Not surprisingly,
his assembled weapons have something subversive but sinister. This is
the general ambiguity that pervades Robillard's work: while his
fascination for guns is rooted in his childhood memories of quality
time spend with his father hunting, the gun in itself can still kill.
It is clear that there is no such thing as innocent junk.
André
Robillard is today a classic of the art brut. His work has been shown
at the KW Berlin, the Kunstmuseum Thurgau and the Collection de l'Art
Brut. It is currently found in several international collections such
as that of the Museum of Everything, the Treger-Saint Silvestre
Collection and the Collection abcd. Galerie Susanne Zander showed the
first exhibition with his work as early as 1992.
Press
contact:
Monika
Koencke
Koencke@delmes-zander.de
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