QUENTIN GAREL
B E S T I A RY
535 west 25th street, nyc | 212.627.4444 www.bdgny.com cover/above: Eléphant II 92½” x 26” x 26” Bronze
2 | Masque de gorille lV (Unique) 22½” x 11” x 11” Wood & Polychrome
Palimpseste IX (Gorille) 79” x 59” Charcoal on paper | 3
4 | Palimpseste XIII 27½” x 39½” Charcoal on paper
Palimpseste X (Girafe) 39½” x 59” Charcoal on paper | 5
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Girafe 109” x 47” x 25½” Bronze | 7
8 | Rhinocéros II 86½” x 45½” x 23½” Bronze
Palimpseste VIII (Rhino) 79” x 59” Charcoal on paper | 9
10 | Palimpseste XII 39½” x 59” Charcoal on paper
Palimpseste XI (Poisson) 27½” x 39½” Charcoal on paper | 11
QUENTIN GAREL (b. 1975 Paris, France) French sculptor Quentin Garel received 5 prestigious awards for drawing and sculpting between 2001 and 2005 from institutions including the Académie des Beaux-Arts, Paris and the Salon de Mai, Paris. His work appears in public and private collections in the US, Italy, France and Spain. He lives and works in Normandy. Quentin Garel’s bronze sculptures constantly encourage questions. Are they actual fossils? Are they wood? Intricate details and textures on Garel’s sculptures intrigue viewers who are often surprised to learn that they are, in fact, bronze sculptures. Garel first begins with a drawing, and then makes a carving in wood. From there he makes the mold to cast the bronze sculpture. The result is a beautifully realistic shining skull of a bird, dolphin or gorilla. Others, originally sculpted in Styrofoam, appear to be real bone. They too are bronze. Quentin’s unique sculptures, or “trophies” as he calls them, seem organic in material and origin but unlike real wood or bone, these works of art will stand the test of time.
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Crâne de flamand rose (Unique) 67” x 39½” x 15¾” Wood & Polychrome | 15
16 | Autruche III 89” x 18” x 31” Bronze | 17
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Orang-outan (Unique) 59” x 59” x 27½” Wood & Polychrome | 19
20 | Grenouille 25½” x 17½” x 16½” Bronze
Tortue 36½” x 30½” x 9” Bronze
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© 2014 Quentin Garel
SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2014 Bestiary, Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, New York, NY 2013 Gueule de Bois, Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, New York, NY 2012 Gremillion & Co. Fine Art, Houston, TX 2012 Hôtel de Région Haute-Normandie, Rouen, France 2011 Musée Départemental de l’Abbaye de Saint-Riquier, Somme, France 2010 Quentin Garel, Galerie L.J., Paris, France 2010 Trophées, Mazel Galerie, Brussels, Belgium 2009 Quentin Garel, La Lune en Parachute, Epinal, France 2009 Quentin Garel, Galerie Daniel Duchoze, Rouen, France
2004 Animalia, Galleria Forni, Milan, Italy 2004 Paysage en bataille, St-Riquier, France 2003 Animal et Territoire, Luxembourg Garden, Paris, France 2002 Salon d’Art Contemporain, Montrouge, France 2000 Encuentro, Casa Velazquez, Madrid, Spain 2000 Institut de France, Paris, France 1999 Centro Cultural del Conde Duque, Madrid, Spain 1999 Casa Velazquez, Madrid, Spain 1999 Institut de France, Paris, France 1996 Art Institute, Chicago, IL
2009 Dessins et Sculptures, Galerie L.J., Paris, France
ART FAIRS
2009 Dessins et Sculptures, Galleria Forni, Milan, Italy
2014 Boston Design Show, Boston, MA
2007 Sculpture Installation, Palazzo Poggi, Bologna, Italy
2014 Art Palm Beach, Palm Beach, FL
2006 Etudes Préparatoires, Galerie RL Beaubourg, Paris, France
2013 Miami International Art Fair, Miami, FL
2005 Trofei, Galleria Forni, Bologna, Italy
2013 Red Dot, Miami, FL
2004 Galerie Vent d’Ocres, Paris, France
2012 Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy
2004 Trophées, Galerie RL Beaubourg, Paris, France
2011 Art Elysées, Paris, France
2003 Centre d’Art Contemporain de Saint-Cyprien, France
2011 Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy
2002 Trophées, Galerie Vent d’Ocres, Paris, France
2010 Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy 2009 SLICK, Paris, France
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
2009 Art Paris, Paris, France
2014 Garel & Garel, Galleria Forni, Bologna, Italy
2009 Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy
2014 Axelle Fine Arts, Boston, MA 2014 2D vs 3D, Mazel Galerie, Brussels, Belgium
2008 Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy 2007 Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy
2014 Axelle Fine Arts, New York, NY
2006 Art Paris, Paris, France
2013 Centre d’Art Contemporain de la Matmut, Saint-Pierre-de-Varengeville, France
2005 Art Paris, Paris, France 2005 Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy
2013 Dialogues de bêtes, Centre Culturel Aragon, Oyonnax, France
2004 Art Paris, Paris, France
2013 Galerie Duchoze, Rouen, France
2003 Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy
2013 Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Art Paris, Paris, France
2013 Axelle Fine Arts, New York, NY
2002 Art Paris, Paris, France
2012 Galerie Duchoze, Rouen, NY 2012 Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, New York, NY 2012 Tensions, Mazel Galerie, Brussels, Belgium 2011 Remix, Mazel Galerie, Brussels, Belgium 2011 Zoo O Logis, Mazel Galerie, Brussels, Belgium 2010 19, Mazel Galerie, Brussels, Belgium 2009 2nd Sculpture Biennial, Yerres, France 2007 1st Sculpture Biennial, Yerres, France 2007 Il Settimo Splendore. La modernita della malinconia, Verona, Italy 2005 Salon de Mai, Paris, France 2005 Le cochon, portrait d’un séducteur, St-Riquier, France
22 | Hippopotame 33½” x 39” x 22” Cast iron
COLLECTIONS AND COMMISSIONS 2014 Cirque du Soleil 2014 Jardin de la tour Carpe Diem, Paris, France 2014 Water Table, Place de la Paix, Mulhouse, France 2012 Arbranimal, Pôle Régional des Savoirs, Rouen, France 2009 Jardin des Géants, Lille Municipal Garden, Lille, France 2007 Musée d’Art Contemporain de Vérone, Verona, Italy 2006 Sculpture Installation, Le Parc du Chemin de l’Ile, Nanterre, France 2003 Les Collections de Saint-Cyprien, Saint-Cyprien, France
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Poisson 21½” x 17” x 9½” Bronze
Crâne d’albatros 22½” x 29½” x 9½” Bronze
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Tigre à dents de sabre 29½” x 10½” x 23” Bronze
Crane d’ours 67” x 43” x 24” Bronze | 25