Éclats

Following a wisp of smoke this summer, a fan of crackling matches to light up Interface this autumn!

Hugues Reip does not play with fire; he summons chance and captures snapshots that lend meaning and poetry to things that are often invisible to us.

This solo exhibition, *Éclats*, is therefore a logical continuation, both in terms of Interface’s interest in Hugues Reip’s work and in the sequence of artistic proposals that seem straight out of a domestic fairy tale, from the everyday nature of things and the domestication of found objects, brought together and combined by the artist. For the occasion, a collection of relatively small-scale works has been assembled to create a unique world where poetry lies in the details. Visitors are invited to draw closer, to use their visual and intellectual focus to imbue with meaning and magic what may, at first glance, appear to be merely an assemblage of disparate objects. Each fragment has a story of gathering, of collecting along the course of a lifetime: from a simple daily journey to a more distant voyage. Hugues Reip captures what others do not necessarily notice. A keen eye which, through connections, assemblages and reinterpretations, enables him to create works of art.