From 2 December 2017 to 13 January 2018
Galerie Les Yeux Fertiles, 27 rue de Seine, Paris 6e
An underrated entomologist suffering from acute and incurable punnitis, little Lou Dubois went off to look elsewhere. Poet and artist, he opens up worlds of infinite vastness in compressed cabinets of curiosities.
Collage is first of all cutting out. Edited like films, the images tip into the great void and are subjected to sharply felt commentary. He folds L’autre et amont into an umbrella, a sewing machine, an anatomical écorché and a few glasses for you.
He displays a discreet and courtly eroticism but takes a dim view of mothers-in-law, decking them out with turgid crucifixes and dangling sausages. Brains are occupied by inappropriate objects. A melancholy scholar, he amuses and moves us with his brilliant follies. But the worst of it is that he cuts up children to make pictures of them.
Serious once more, he contributed to the late review Supérieur inconnu, and exhibits at the Galerie Les Yeux Fertiles.
Artist: Lou Dubois