ANIMA ARTIFICIALIS We are pleased to present you Quentin Garel: Anima Artificialis – the artist’s first solo exhibition in Asia. It comprises some of his latest creations, including an exclusive sculpture made for Singapore: The mask of Bullmastiff – his first ever Dog sculpture, as a tribute to this year’s animal of the Chinese Zodiac. Through his sculptures, Quentin Garel (b. Paris, 1975) explores the animal kingdom. For him, “animals have an infinite number of shapes. Every animal I represent, is a technical challenge, which allows me to constantly surpass my skills as a sculptor”. Garel adds: “every angle, every craft, every skill has to be perfect. Anything weaker, the viewer will not be convinced”. One can find a variety of animals such as ostriches, gorillas and camels, but also skulls from ancient animals such as the Saber-tooth tiger. Anima Artificialis, a latin expression which translates to artificial life, is the artist’s never-ending dynamic between truth and illusion. Amidst the exhibition stands the Elephant II, an African elephant head mounted against the wall which appears to be entering the room. With a hint of entertainment, each animal carries in themselves a unique passion. As seen in Ostrich III, a curious ostrich peeks out from the wall. Garel teases the viewers with a promise of its body hiding behind the wall. Quentin Garel is a master of disguise by hiding away the identity of his sculptural material from its viewers. So seamless is his craft that rarely would one ever suspect that these ‘wood’ animal sculptures are in fact cast out of bronze. The artist distorts his viewers’ perception further in a double-illusion twist through his animal skulls made of bronze. Viewed from afar, the Saber-tooth tiger sculpture is identical to the fossilized skeletons found in a natural history museum. Yet looking closer, details of wood texture embellished onto the skull reminds us that it is perhaps carved out of wood. Only to eventually discover the material’s true bronze identity. In 2016, this series was exhibited in the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, France. Also on display will be Quentin Garel’s two large charcoal drawings depicting several animals in the current exhibition.
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From wood to bronze the process behind the Bullmastiff
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Mask of the Bullmastiff, 2018
Polychromatic wood 65 x 32 x 40 cm One of a kind
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Mask of the Bullmastiff, 2018
Bronze (Available in Beige and Grey Patina) 65 x 32 x 40 cm Edition of 8
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Mask of the Baby Orangutan, 2017
Polychromatic Wood 55 x 22 x 33 cm One of a kind
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Mask of the Baby Orangutan, 2017
Bronze 55 x 22 x 33 cm Edition of 8
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Mask of the Baboon, 2017
Bronze 53.5 x 23 x 39 cm Edition of 8
Mask of the Chimpanzee, 2015
Bronze 55 x 26 x 24 cm Edition of 8
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Gorilla VI, 2018
Bronze 180 x 52 x 30 cm Edition of 8
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Giraffe II, 2014
Bronze 276 x 50 x 110 cm Edition of 8
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Ostrich IV, 2017
Bronze 177 x 65 x 30 cm Edition of 8
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Mask of the Rabbit, 2017
Bronze 82 x 93 x 36 cm Edition of 8
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Mask of the Pig, 2017
Bronze 57.5 x 43.5 x 38 cm Edition of 8
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Ostrich III, 2015
Bronze 130 x 35 x 42 cm Edition of 8
Elephant II, 2013
Bronze 235 x 66 x 66 cm Edition of 8
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Baby Elephant, 2017
Bronze 96 x 32 x 34 cm Edition of 8
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Mask of the Camel, 2013
Bronze 66 x 59 x 35 cm Edition of 8
Mask of the Ostrich, 2017
Bronze 48 x 26.5 x 46.5 cm Edition of 8
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skull of the Saber-tooth Tiger, 2013
Bronze 75 x 39 x 25 cm Edition of 8
Skull of the Lion, 2012
Bronze 70 x 51 x 26 cm Edition of 8
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Palimpsest (Baby elephant), 2017
Charcoal on paper 100 x 136 cm One of a kind
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Palimpsest (Rabbits), 2017
Charcoal on paper 100 x 136 cm One of a kind
QUENTIN GAREL Born in 1975. Lives and works in Paris. Selected Personal exhibitions 2018
Mazel Galerie, Recent Works, Brussels, Belgium.
2016
National Museum of Natural History, The Bone Wizard, Paris, France.
2015
Mazel Galerie, Hangovers, Brussels, Belgium. Espace Julion Gonzalez, Hangovers, Arcueil, France. National Museum of Natural History, On the trail of great apes, Paris, France.
2014
Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, Bestiary, New York, USA.
2013
Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, Hangovers , New York, USA.
2012
Dell 'Incisione Gallery, Bestiario, Brescia, Italy.
Duchoze Gallery, Rouen, France. LJ Gallery, Paris, France. Upper Normandy Region Hotel, Rouen, France. Mazel Gallery, Bestiary , Brussels, Belgium. Gremillion & Co, Recent Works, Houston, USA. 2011
Departmental Museum of the Abbey of Saint-Riquier, France.
2010
Mazel Galerie, Trophy , Brussels, Belgium. LJ Gallery, Trophy, Paris, France.
2009
LJ Gallery, Drawings and Sculptures, Paris, France. Galleria Forni, Drawings and Sculptures, Milan, Italy. The Moon in Parachute, Quentin Garel , Epinal, France.
2007
Palazzo Poggi, Bologna, Italy.
2006
Galerie RL Beaubourg, Preparatory Studies, Paris, France.
2005
Galleria Forni, Trofei, Bologna, Italy.
2004
Galerie RL Beaubourg, Trophies, Paris, France.
2003
Collections of Saint-Cyprien, France.
2002
Vent d'Ocres Gallery, Trophies , Paris, France.
Selected Group shows 2018
Mazel Galerie, Art Stage , Singapore. Mazel Galerie, The Great Race , Singapore. Mazel Galerie, Jakarta Art Fair, Jakarta, Indonesia. Mazel Galerie, Beirut Art Fair, Beirut. Lebanon.
2017
Mazel Galerie, London Art Fair, London, United Kingdom. Mazel Galerie, French touch , Singapore. Mazel Galerie, St-art Strasbourg art fair , Strasbourg, France.
2016
Mazel Galerie, ART.FAIR , Koelnmesse, Cologne, Germany.
2015
Mazel Galerie, ART.FAIR , Koelnmesse, Cologne, Germany.
2014
Mazel Galerie, Art Up , Lille Grand Palais, Lille, France.
Mazel Galerie, St.Art Art Fair, Strasbourg, France.
LJ Gallery, Paris, France. Mazel Galerie, Singapore Art Fair ME.NE.SA ART, Singapore. 2013
Mazel Galerie, SOON , Brussels, Belgium.
2012
Mazel Gallery, Paris Art Fair Art, Paris, France. Mazel Gallery, Lille Art Fair, Lille, France.
Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, Group Show, New York, USA. Mazel Gallery, Tensions, Brussels, Belgium. Mazel Gallery, Art Gent, Ghent, Belgium. 2011
Mazel Gallery, Lille Art Fair , Lille, France. Mazel Gallery, Remix , Brussels, France. Mazel Gallery, Chic Art Fair, Paris, France. LJ Gallery, Art Elysees, Paris, France. Mazel Gallery, Zoo O Logis, Brussels, Belgium. Mazel Galerie, LINEART, Ghent, Belgium.
2010 Galleria Forni, Paris + Guest Art, Paris, France. Mazel Galerie, 19 , Brussels, Belgium. 2009 Galleria Fomi, Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy. Galeria Forni, Paris Art, Paris, France. LJ Gallery, Slick , Paris, France. 2008 Galleria Fomi, Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy. 2007 Palazzo Forti, Settimo II Splendore. The modemita della malinconia, Italy. 4th Biennial of Contemporary Art, Cultural Center Jacques Prevert, France. First Biennial of Sculptures, Caillebotte Property, Yerres, France. Galleria Fomi, Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy. 2006 RL Beaubourg Gallery, Art Paris, Paris, France. 2005 Abbey of Saint-Riquier, The pig, portrait of a seducer, France. May Salon, Paris, France. Galleria Fomi, Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy. RL Beaubourg Gallery, Art Paris, Paris, France. 2004 Galleria Forni, Animalia , Milan, Italy. RL Beaubourg Gallery, Art Paris, Paris, France. 2003 Gardens of Luxembourg, Animal and Territory , Paris, France. RL Beaubourg Gallery, Art Paris, Paris, France. Galleria Fomi, Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy. 2002 Contemporary Art Exhibition in Montrouge, France. RL Beaubourg Gallery, Art Paris, Paris, France. 2000 Garenne Lemot Cultural Center, GĂŠtignĂŠ, France. Institute of France, Paris, France. Casa Velazquez, Encuentro , Madrid, Spain. Public orders 2006
Chemin de l'Ile Park, Nanterre.
2007-2009
New Municipal Gardens of Lille, Gardens of the Giants.
2011
"L'Arbranimal" for the Regional Knowledge Center of the city of Rouen.
Scholarships, awards, and residencies 1995
Drawing Prize, Academy of Fine Arts, Paris.
1999-2000
Resident and member of the artistic section of Casa Velazquez, Madrid.
2001
23rd International Prize of Contemporary Art in Monte Carlo.
2002
Sculpture Award, Montrouge Contemporary Art Fair. Sculpture Award, COFFIM Foundation, Paris.
2003
Drawing Prize, Academy of Fine Arts, Paris.
2004
Sculpture Award, Salon de Mai, Paris.