Hubert Le Gall: Fabula

Hubert Le Gall

ISBN 10: 208020386X / ISBN 13: 9782080203861

Published by Rizzoli International Publications Feb 2019, 2019

About this Item

Neuware - A major monograph dedicated to contemporary French designer, sculptor, and painter Hubert Le Gall. French artist Hubert Le Gall's work defies classification by genre or artistic movement-he seamlessly blends sculpture with design in a unique style born out of his singular imagination. Over the past twenty years, Le Gall gained international renown through numerous exhibitions and is featured in galleries around the world, from London to Shanghai and from New York to Beirut. This monograph is a curation of the artist's work by Pamela Mullin, who, over many years, has become one of his most devoted collectors. Their relationship is grounded in the juncture where their common interests and different perspectives as artist and collector combine. Their shared passion for joyful and cultivated yet offbeat creations is evident in this selection of Le Gall's key creations, most of which were photographed in situ at Mullin's seventeenth-century manor in Saint- Calais, Normandy. These works demonstrate Le Gall's exceptional craftsmanship in his use of noble materials such as bronze, the simultaneously naturalistic and sculptural style of their lines, and their references to art and decorative art history. From the commanding trumeau, created especially for Mullin, to the many decorative guéridon tables, chandeliers, 'flower tables,' sculptural vases, screens, and other commodes, each one of his creations is at home within the world of the French Classical-style estate. They evoke Le Gall's numerous sources of inspiration, which include the perfection of Pompeian relics, the sophistication of eighteenth-century furnishings, the imaginative freedom of the Art Nouveau movement, but also Pop Art, culminating in pieces that are firmly rooted in the present.

Seller Inventory # 9782080203861

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hubert Le Gall: Fabula
• Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications Feb 2019
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 208020386X
• ISBN 13: 9782080203861
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 394W x 310H x 41D millimeters 394 millimeters width by 310 millimeters height by 41 millimeters depth
• Weight: 4037 grams

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Synopsis

Discover the dreamlike vision of French sculptor and furniture designer Hubert Le Gall, as reflected in an exceptional collection of his works in this new, limited-edition volume.

Contemporary artist Hubert Le Gall draws upon numerous historical sources of inspiration for his sculptures and decorative art--from Pompeian relics, to eighteenth-century furnishings, to Pop Art--and these diverse sources culminate in works that are firmly rooted in the present. This monograph is a curation of Le Gall's work by Pamela Mullin, one of his most devoted collectors; the selected works reflect their shared passion for joyful yet offbeat creations, photographed primarily in situ in a spectacular seventeenth-century manor in Normandy.

About the Author

Hubert Le Gall is a contemporary French sculptor and furniture designer; his work is exhibited in galleries around the world.

Pascaline Noack, photographer, has covered the Comédie Française and the Opéra de Paris and contributed to works on decorative arts and gardens.

Patt Morrison is a columnist for the Los Angeles Times, and a multi-award winning fiction and non-fiction author, journalist, and radio-television presenter based in California.

Dany Sautot, author and curator specialized in decorative arts and the history of landscapes and gardens, has published several exhibition catalogues, including Baccarat, René Lalique, and 1925.