EMILE DEGORCE-DUMAS

ART AND CREATION

EMILE DEGORCE-DUMAS IS FASCINATED BY ANCESTRAL AND ANIMIST RITES OF HIS CHILDHOOD WHICH HE HYBRIDATES WITH THE CODES OF CONTEMPORARY WESTERN CULTURE. THUS SHAPED, IN SCULPTURES OR INSTALLATIONS, HE CHARGES THEM WITH A KIND OF ABSURDITY. FALSELY NAIVE AND A LITTLE BIT DISTURBING, THEY CONTAIN A POWERFUL AND CONTRADICTORY POWER OF ATTRACTION AND REPULSION, COMING TO QUESTION THE DEEP ROOTS OF THE ROLE OF MAGIC IN OUR CONTEMPORARY SOCIETIES.