Group exhibition
Exposition collective
12.06.2020—10.09.2020
Parc des Eaux-Vives
Parc des Eaux-Vives
Geneva, CH
Genève, CH
Biennale de Genève : Sculpture GardenBiennale de Genève: Sculpture Garden Avec : With: Daniel Dewar & Grégory Gicquel
Daniel Dewar & Grégory Gicquel proposent une suite sculpturale en écho
au parc, à sa proximité du lac et de ses usagers. Une paire de jambes, un
coquillage, un robinet, une palme, un système intestinal et un bidet discutent par
correspondances et fonctions. Le contenant calcaire qu’est la coquille lacustre
renvoie au bidet en céramique. Le bidet répond aux besoins du corps, dont le
système digestif s’apparente à celui des sanitaires. Par le mouvement de l’eau, ces éléments échouent sur une plage, transitent dans nos corps, ou font de l’homme un amphibien le temps d’un plongeon dans le lac. Ces associations à la fois légitimes et fantasques s’expriment avec un érotisme incarné. Elles se présentent comme une poésie flottante des éléments, figée par la taille directe dans le marbre rose
pâle.
Initiée et organisée par artgenève en collaboration avec le MAMCO et
la Ville de Genève, la biennale 2020 est placée sous le commissariat de
Balthazar Lovay, anciennement directeur de Fri Art Kunsthalle, Fribourg.
https://sculpturegarden.ch/
The installation by Dewar & Gicquel consists of a series of sculptures that echoes the park, its proximity to the lake, and its visitors. A dialogue is established among a pair of legs, a shell, a faucet, a flipper, an intestinal system, and a bidet. The chalky contents of the lake shell refer to the clay bidet. The bidet, for its part, answers to the needs of the body, whose digestive system resembles plumbing and sanitary systems. Through the flow of water, these elements wash ashore on a beach, transit through our body, or turn humans into amphibians during a dip in the lake. These associations, at once functional and whimsical, are expressed with an embodied eroticism.
Initiated and organized by artgenève in collaboration with MAMCO (Geneva’s contemporary art museum) and the City of Geneva, the Biennial is curated by Balthazar Lovay, former director of Fri Art Kunsthalle, Fribourg.
https://sculpturegarden.ch/
Vue de la biennale de Genève Sculpture Garden, Parc des Eaux-Vives, Genève, Suisse, 2020.
Installation view of the Sculpture Garden Geneva Biennale, Parc des Eaux-Vives, Geneva, Switzerland, 2020.
© Photo Julien Gremaud.
© Photo Julien Gremaud.

Daniel Dewar & Grégory Gicquel
Nudes XI, 2020
Daniel Dewar & Grégory Gicquel
Nudes XI, 2020
Nudes XI, 2020
Nudes XI, 2020
Marbre rose du Portugal
123 × 194 × 90 cm
Courtesy the artists; C L E A R I N G, New York/Brussels; Jan Kaps, Cologne; Loevenbruck, Paris
© Photo Julien Gremaud.
Rosa Aurora Marble
48 7/16 × 76 3/8 × 35 7/16 in
Courtesy the artists; C L E A R I N G, New York/Brussels; Jan Kaps, Cologne; Loevenbruck, Paris
© Photo Julien Gremaud.
123 × 194 × 90 cm
Courtesy the artists; C L E A R I N G, New York/Brussels; Jan Kaps, Cologne; Loevenbruck, Paris
© Photo Julien Gremaud.
48 7/16 × 76 3/8 × 35 7/16 in
Courtesy the artists; C L E A R I N G, New York/Brussels; Jan Kaps, Cologne; Loevenbruck, Paris
© Photo Julien Gremaud.

Daniel Dewar & Grégory Gicquel
Nudes XI, 2020
Daniel Dewar & Grégory Gicquel
Nudes XI, 2020
Nudes XI, 2020
Nudes XI, 2020
Marbre rose du Portugal
123 × 194 × 90 cm
Courtesy the artists; C L E A R I N G, New York/Brussels; Jan Kaps, Cologne; Loevenbruck, Paris
© Photo Julien Gremaud.
Rosa Aurora Marble
48 7/16 × 76 3/8 × 35 7/16 in
Courtesy the artists; C L E A R I N G, New York/Brussels; Jan Kaps, Cologne; Loevenbruck, Paris
© Photo Julien Gremaud.
123 × 194 × 90 cm
Courtesy the artists; C L E A R I N G, New York/Brussels; Jan Kaps, Cologne; Loevenbruck, Paris
© Photo Julien Gremaud.
48 7/16 × 76 3/8 × 35 7/16 in
Courtesy the artists; C L E A R I N G, New York/Brussels; Jan Kaps, Cologne; Loevenbruck, Paris
© Photo Julien Gremaud.

Daniel Dewar & Grégory Gicquel
Nudes XI, 2020
Daniel Dewar & Grégory Gicquel
Nudes XI, 2020
Nudes XI, 2020
Nudes XI, 2020
Marbre rose du Portugal
123 × 194 × 90 cm
Courtesy the artists; C L E A R I N G, New York/Brussels; Jan Kaps, Cologne; Loevenbruck, Paris
© Photo Julien Gremaud.
Rosa Aurora Marble
48 7/16 × 76 3/8 × 35 7/16 in
Courtesy the artists; C L E A R I N G, New York/Brussels; Jan Kaps, Cologne; Loevenbruck, Paris
© Photo Julien Gremaud.
123 × 194 × 90 cm
Courtesy the artists; C L E A R I N G, New York/Brussels; Jan Kaps, Cologne; Loevenbruck, Paris
© Photo Julien Gremaud.
48 7/16 × 76 3/8 × 35 7/16 in
Courtesy the artists; C L E A R I N G, New York/Brussels; Jan Kaps, Cologne; Loevenbruck, Paris
© Photo Julien Gremaud.

Daniel Dewar & Grégory Gicquel
Nudes X, 2020
Daniel Dewar & Grégory Gicquel
Nudes X, 2020
Nudes X, 2020
Nudes X, 2020
Marbre rose du Portugal
130 × 225 × 72 cm
Courtesy the artists; C L E A R I N G, New York/Brussels; Jan Kaps, Cologne; Loevenbruck, Paris
© Photo Julien Gremaud.
Rosa Aurora Marble
51 3/16 × 88 9/16 × 28 3/8 in
Courtesy the artists; C L E A R I N G, New York/Brussels; Jan Kaps, Cologne; Loevenbruck, Paris
© Photo Julien Gremaud.
130 × 225 × 72 cm
Courtesy the artists; C L E A R I N G, New York/Brussels; Jan Kaps, Cologne; Loevenbruck, Paris
© Photo Julien Gremaud.
51 3/16 × 88 9/16 × 28 3/8 in
Courtesy the artists; C L E A R I N G, New York/Brussels; Jan Kaps, Cologne; Loevenbruck, Paris
© Photo Julien Gremaud.

Daniel Dewar & Grégory Gicquel
Nudes X, 2020
Daniel Dewar & Grégory Gicquel
Nudes X, 2020
Nudes X, 2020
Nudes X, 2020
Marbre rose du Portugal
130 × 225 × 72 cm
Courtesy the artists; C L E A R I N G, New York/Brussels; Jan Kaps, Cologne; Loevenbruck, Paris
© Photo Julien Gremaud.
Rosa Aurora Marble
51 3/16 × 88 9/16 × 28 3/8 in
Courtesy the artists; C L E A R I N G, New York/Brussels; Jan Kaps, Cologne; Loevenbruck, Paris
© Photo Julien Gremaud.
130 × 225 × 72 cm
Courtesy the artists; C L E A R I N G, New York/Brussels; Jan Kaps, Cologne; Loevenbruck, Paris
© Photo Julien Gremaud.
51 3/16 × 88 9/16 × 28 3/8 in
Courtesy the artists; C L E A R I N G, New York/Brussels; Jan Kaps, Cologne; Loevenbruck, Paris
© Photo Julien Gremaud.

Daniel Dewar & Grégory Gicquel
Nudes X, 2020
Daniel Dewar & Grégory Gicquel
Nudes X, 2020
Nudes X, 2020
Nudes X, 2020
Marbre rose du Portugal
130 × 225 × 72 cm
Courtesy the artists; C L E A R I N G, New York/Brussels; Jan Kaps, Cologne; Loevenbruck, Paris
© Photo Julien Gremaud.
Rosa Aurora Marble
51 3/16 × 88 9/16 × 28 3/8 in
Courtesy the artists; C L E A R I N G, New York/Brussels; Jan Kaps, Cologne; Loevenbruck, Paris
© Photo Julien Gremaud.
130 × 225 × 72 cm
Courtesy the artists; C L E A R I N G, New York/Brussels; Jan Kaps, Cologne; Loevenbruck, Paris
© Photo Julien Gremaud.
51 3/16 × 88 9/16 × 28 3/8 in
Courtesy the artists; C L E A R I N G, New York/Brussels; Jan Kaps, Cologne; Loevenbruck, Paris
© Photo Julien Gremaud.

Daniel Dewar & Grégory Gicquel
Flipper, 2020
Daniel Dewar & Grégory Gicquel
Flipper, 2020
Flipper, 2020
Flipper, 2020
Marbre rose du Portugal
67 × 110 × 50 cm
Courtesy the artists; C L E A R I N G, New York/Brussels; Jan Kaps, Cologne; Loevenbruck, Paris
© Photo Julien Gremaud.
Rosa Aurora Marble
26 3/8 × 43 5/16 × 19 11/16 in
Courtesy the artists; C L E A R I N G, New York/Brussels; Jan Kaps, Cologne; Loevenbruck, Paris
© Photo Julien Gremaud.
67 × 110 × 50 cm
Courtesy the artists; C L E A R I N G, New York/Brussels; Jan Kaps, Cologne; Loevenbruck, Paris
© Photo Julien Gremaud.
26 3/8 × 43 5/16 × 19 11/16 in
Courtesy the artists; C L E A R I N G, New York/Brussels; Jan Kaps, Cologne; Loevenbruck, Paris
© Photo Julien Gremaud.

Daniel Dewar & Grégory Gicquel
Flipper, 2020
Daniel Dewar & Grégory Gicquel
Flipper, 2020
Flipper, 2020
Flipper, 2020
Marbre rose du Portugal
67 × 110 × 50 cm
Courtesy the artists; C L E A R I N G, New York/Brussels; Jan Kaps, Cologne; Loevenbruck, Paris
© Photo Julien Gremaud.
Rosa Aurora Marble
26 3/8 × 43 5/16 × 19 11/16 in
Courtesy the artists; C L E A R I N G, New York/Brussels; Jan Kaps, Cologne; Loevenbruck, Paris
© Photo Julien Gremaud.
67 × 110 × 50 cm
Courtesy the artists; C L E A R I N G, New York/Brussels; Jan Kaps, Cologne; Loevenbruck, Paris
© Photo Julien Gremaud.
26 3/8 × 43 5/16 × 19 11/16 in
Courtesy the artists; C L E A R I N G, New York/Brussels; Jan Kaps, Cologne; Loevenbruck, Paris
© Photo Julien Gremaud.

Daniel Dewar & Grégory Gicquel
Flipper, 2020
Daniel Dewar & Grégory Gicquel
Flipper, 2020
Flipper, 2020
Flipper, 2020
Marbre rose du Portugal
67 × 110 × 50 cm
Courtesy the artists; C L E A R I N G, New York/Brussels; Jan Kaps, Cologne; Loevenbruck, Paris
© Photo Julien Gremaud.
Rosa Aurora Marble
26 3/8 × 43 5/16 × 19 11/16 in
Courtesy the artists; C L E A R I N G, New York/Brussels; Jan Kaps, Cologne; Loevenbruck, Paris
© Photo Julien Gremaud.
67 × 110 × 50 cm
Courtesy the artists; C L E A R I N G, New York/Brussels; Jan Kaps, Cologne; Loevenbruck, Paris
© Photo Julien Gremaud.
26 3/8 × 43 5/16 × 19 11/16 in
Courtesy the artists; C L E A R I N G, New York/Brussels; Jan Kaps, Cologne; Loevenbruck, Paris
© Photo Julien Gremaud.
