Works
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polyester resin. ed. 3/3, 120 × 85 × 15 cm
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polyester resin. edition of 8, 120 × 200 × 30 cm
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aluminium. edition of 5, 226 cm, diameter 50 cm
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inox, tarp, 231 x 156 cm each
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polyester resin. edition of 5, 300 x 200 x 80 cm
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galvanized steel, 390 x 16 cm
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aluminium, steel, wood. edition of 5 + 2 Artist's Proof, 240 x 500 x 170 cm
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wood, inox, polyester resin, variable dimensions
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polyester resin, steel, polyurethane paint, 250 x 90 x 60 cm
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resin polyester, steel, 230 x 150 x 90 cm
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galvanized steel, wheels and polyester resin, 210 x 230 x 150 cm each
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polyester resin. edition of 4, variable dimensions
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inox steel. edition of 5, 600 x 120 x 120 each
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stainless steel. edition of 3, 650 × 150 × 150 cm
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galvanized steel. edition of 3, 600 × 430 × 430 cm
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inox, pvc und polyurethane paint. edition of 5, 40 x 15 x 15 cm each
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polyester resin. edition of 5 + 2 Artist's Proof, 300 × 600 × 300 cm
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aluminium, steel, lacquered wood. edition of 5, 187.7 × 500 × 160 cm
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aluminium. edition of 20, 190 × 104 × 154 cm
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inkjet prints on paper, wood, steel, dustbin. edition of 3, variable
Exhibitions
Portrait
The work of Lilian Bourgeat has to be seen in at least two layers, the oversized object being a forgery. Enlarging day-to-day objects has been used to many times by artists and designers after Claes Oldenburg that it has lost its interest if it was the single goal. “Art Unlimited” has become a categorisation in sculpture, sometimes only ment to be spectacular. What defines the rightfulness is the program that animates the motivations of this becoming-monster of the object, by getting out of the utilitarian domain to take a new function in the monumental field.
The immediate seduction caused by enlarged objects, perfectly reproduced in form and material, the entertaining aspect for kids from 3 to 103 years old, are only forgeries. The swiftian paradigm makes of course that the spectator looses his usual mastery. But moreover, the devices imagined by Lilian Bourgeat snub the spectator, aggressing him, pushing him away from the exhibition space, making him understand that he is not allowed inside.
At this point starts the nightmare where the human being is no more adapted to an environment created by itself. Lilian Bourgeat does not pretend to reenchant the world. It is the moral of an
Biography
Lives and works in Dijon, France
Education
Selected Solo Shows
"Carte blanche à Lilian Bourgeat", Musée Hebert, Isère, France
"Lilian Bourgeat", Le Carré et le festival Les 3 éléphants, Laval, France
"L'art au grand air", Les Extatiques, Paris, France
"Grandeur nature", Musée de l'Abbaye, Saint-Claude, France
"Sculpture (XXL) dans la ville", Namur, Belgium
"Ville en chantier", musée d'art contemporain Saint Martin, Montélimar, France
"Place aux arts", Château de Fougères, Fougères, France
"Lilian Bourgeat", CCCOD, Tours, France
"Magnus Facio", Open Art 2015, Örebro, Sweden
"Installation", Maladrerie Saint-Lazare, Beauvais, France
