Entomologist of the Imagination
For years, I have been exploring the natural world, in city parks and by the seashore, gathering bits and pieces of all kinds for my work. I turn them into fantastic insects with which to fill my imaginary.
As different parts of plants become a thorax, an elytra or an antenna, an insect appears. All it needs now is the breath of live, a lifestyle and a social role. I install these insects in a mysterious procession around a nest or cocoon, or in a museum-like display case. And so I become an entomologist of the imagination, an explorer of worlds yet to be discovered. For me this is an invitation to glimpse nature in a reinvented form, a fabulous opportunity to appreciate it's wealth.
Christian Bobin, who wrote “Le huitième jour de la semaine”, says that the simplest things, from fruit to stones, grass and stars invite us to enjoy an infinite celebration. Beauty lies in the outdoors, he explains, inside a chestnut, along a path, in the corner of a windowpane, on the dark fruit of roots, in the dust along the road and in the green of a river- everywhere there is beauty life itself.
This is how I see and perceive all of these tiny bits of nature and other found objects that are just waiting to be given a second life. Removed from their usual context, they become now more precious- like jewels or treasures. This is my take on beauty, the fragility of nature, life.
Damien Louche-Pelissier
born 1966 in Grenoble, France
lives and works in Marseille, France
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Graduated 1989 from Ecole Emile Cohl, animation department.
Since 1990 works as an author, graphic creator and director in animation movies. In 2003 started a second career as an visual artist.
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| 2010 | Affordable Art Fair (AAF), Brussels | Groupe exhibition at stand G5 of Leslie's Artgallery |
| 2009 | Leslie's Artgallery, Bridel, Luxembourg | Solo exhibition Espace II |
| 2009 | Galerie L'Art à Part, Ollioules, France | Permanent exhibition |
| 2009 | Centre Marcel Pagnol, Lançon de Provence, France | Solo exhibition "Micro Sculpture" |
| 2008 | Blurb, ArtBook of Leslie's Artgallery | Featured Artist |
| 2008 | Paris, France | Caravanabraille |
| 2008 | Urban Gallery, Marseille, France | Group exhibition "Manipulations Naturistes" |
| 2008 | Chapelle St. Sulpice, Istres, France | Group exhibition |
| 2008 | La Poissonnerie, Marseille, France | Solo exhibition (Installation) |
| 2007 | Festival Vice & Versa, Valence, France | Caravanabraille |
| 2007 | Insectarium, Montreal, Canada | Exhibition "Spiders on parade" |
| 2006 | Muséum, Lyon, France | Exhibition "Insectes, je vous aime" |
| 2005 | Kasa Galeri, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey | Group show |
| 2005 | Casa de Velazquez, Ciudad University, Madrid, Spain | Exhibition "Magnolia" |
| 2005 | Candyland, Stockholm, Sweden | Group exhibition « Have you ever been stung by a dead bee? » |
| 2004 | Galerie Objet Trouvé, Paris, France | Group exhibition |
| 2003 | Hall Saint Pierre, Paris, France | Group exhibition "Printemps des singuliers" |