Gauthier Hubert

The canvas on the left (A4-P21) was originally a painting that Gauthier Hubert found at a flea market and cut down to A4 size. The artist then set about covering parts of it with white paint, applied in varying shades, to give it the appearance of a picture gallery; the works hanging on the canvas serve as windows opening onto the original background. On the canvas on the right (A0-L1), Gauthier Hubert has copied the original painting, surrounding it with an imposing white frame within which he has sketched almost imperceptible motifs. The format of A4-P21 corresponds to that of the work reproduced in A0-L1, which, bordered in white, becomes 16 times larger. Through this diptych, the artist skilfully plays with the codes of painting, the dimensions associated with the hierarchy of genres, and the market value linked to ‘good’ and ‘bad’ painting. For Gauthier Hubert, ‘Every painting is a performative act, but at the same time always a game’. 

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