Xavier Mary

To create *Modern Industrial Units*, Xavier Mary makes use of industrial materials such as these galvanised profiled steel sheets, which are typically used as motorway barriers. In the manner of Duchamp, he removes objects from their utilitarian context and imbues them with artistic value. But this is not his only artistic influence; the work features graphic interplay of lines reminiscent of American minimalism. The sculpture also features diamond-pointed edges, as if playing on the contrast between the precious and the raw. Xavier Mary creates a kind of aesthetic syncretism, blending past and present within a resolutely contemporary language.

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