CHARLES MALHERBE - SCULPTING ARTIST

Charles Malherbe's sculptures are isolated reefs on which a sort of architectural patchwork has agglomerated, improbable refuges marked by the passing of time and the multiple reorganisations of the communities that inhabit them. Others are like observation stations, relics of recently collapsed civilizations.
It is as if Miyasaki had been asked to shoot the next episode of Mad-Max.
They are the basis of an open-ended narrative whose bricks would be demographic density, collapse, resilience, choice and routing of energy sources...
His technique is more akin to photographic work that focuses on detail, with miniaturisation being less a performance than a subterfuge. He uses multiple materials (stone, wood, metal, sheet metal, cardboard, plastic) to achieve the most realistic rendering possible.
Charles Malherbe draws his inspiration from various influences...

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