In Deauville, Philippe Ramette realized three « sculptures-installations » : the swimmingpool, the beach and the seawall.
Philippe Ramette is a plastic artist born in 1961 in Auxerre (France) and living and working in Paris. Primarily a sculptor, he creates objects whose purpose is not so much their quotidian use but the thinking process engaged in them. He then stages his sculptures in photographs. His practice is generally concerned with imagination, shifting meaning and perception and his works tinted with a defiantly absurd sense of demonstration.
Philippe Ramette stages himself in a suit, composing the image of a landscape of which he will be a part of in the most extravagant way, in a visually stunning, or (literally) tilted image. His photographs, or rather his “installation-sculptures”, are never retouched or manipulated, as the artist wishes to preserve his sculpture.
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Represented by Gallery Xippas Paris
www.xippas.com
FESTIVAL
Planche(s) Contact 2014
Philippe Ramette
From October 25th to November 30th, 2014
Le Point de Vue
Boulevard de la mer
14800 Deauville
France
