Constintin Debuffu
With an army of alter-egos at his command, the ever elusive artist Olivier Castel first exhibited under his own name in December 2008. Working with a multitude of identities, he adopts characters and narratives as containers to be filled with new content. His singular visions have featured in two shows at Auto Italia, About, November 2008, and an exhibition of fake works of art entitled A History of Two Mountains. Other significant shows include 2007 Cubitt Archive Weekend, and Wasting Time at The Crypt, London, 2007. Frequently using films as both a material and a source of inspiration, Olivier removes works from their original material by mixing references, once mapping out entire buildings in glitter mixed to the colours of Jacques Tati’s films.
Long view, short cut
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Installation
62cm x 113cm
Cut vinyl on glass
Multiple vinyl overlays fuse shapes, colours reminiscent of a subway map, with text challenging the reader to adventure beyond the armour of Selfridges. Literally through a fauvist treasure map with amusing connotations of misguided tourism, or magnanimous advertising, the artist uses light and written word to activate the wider space of the exhibition, intervening in our assumptions of the physical containment of a show or shop.
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