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117 - Yazid OULAB (Algeria, Sedrata born 1958) Plumb line, 2008 Se…
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Yazid OULAB (Algeria, Sedrata born 1958) Plumb line, 2008 Set of seven sculptures in gel-cot resin, cotton thread and lead. 24 x 16 x 18 cm Traces of humidity, blistering, oxidation of the lead. *** A set of seven sculptures in gel-coat resin, cotton thread and lead (each approximately 9½ × 6¼ × 7⅛ in.) This series, presented in 2008 at the Éric Dupont gallery in Paris, evokes the plumb bob - a fundamental tool in the building trades that the artist himself has practised. Heads arranged at a height, extended by wires finished with masses of lead, materialise an axis of descent that is both physical and symbolic: the molten lead shapes also refer to a divinatory practice widespread in Algeria. Through this characteristic economy of means, Oulab offers a meditation on verticality, transmission and balance, at the crossroads of working-class experience and a spirituality imbued with Sufi references. The work also featured in the Traces du sacré exhibition at the Centre Pompidou, 2008. A Franco-Algerian artist who lives and works in Marseille, trained in Algiers and then at the École des Beaux-Arts in Marseille, Oulab has developed a multi-disciplinary practice - sculpture, drawing, installation and video - that constantly questions memory, transmission and the sacred. His work is a process of reduction and simplification, using simplified objects and humble materials - rope, wire and wood - charged with cultural, social and spiritual resonances accumulated over centuries. The notion of links, both literal and symbolic, is at the heart of his research: linking forms, linking histories, linking civilisations. A residency at the Atelier Calder enabled him to develop this theme on a monumental scale. Represented by the Éric Dupont gallery in Paris, he took part in the Les Traces du Sacré exhibition at the Musée national d'art moderne - Centre Georges Pompidou in 2008. His work can be found in several public collections in France and Luxembourg.
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