Human
Relics marks a turning point in Olivier
Goulet’s practice. The generous space of the Galerie
du Bellay offers him the opportunity to unfold the
various facets of his approach to the human body.
Here, it appears fragmented, in the form of trophies, territories,
and relics.
Goulet
fully embraces the conceptual gap between the contemplation
of Constellation of flint, a prehistoric chandelier,
and Relic of the Bionic Man, inaugurating a reflection
on human mutation and the technological
redefinition of the living.
The Human
Hunting Trophies emphasize our troubled relations
of power and desire,
while his photographic series (Box of Anthropomorphic
Insects, Portrait of Gilles Virget, Domestic
Series) extend the investigation through the classification
of a once-living being turned object.
It
is also here that his first synthetic skin bags are
presented, initiating his research around the SkinBag.
