Sans Titre (Ohne Titel & Moby 1)

« Deliberately making mistakes when you copy, it is the liberty or the desire to innovate, to create something new. In that sense, the source is only a source, a reason to start. »

Imitation, mutation, recognition are all topics that artist Christoph Meier explores through his work. For Meier as for John Dewey or Richard Rorty (Pragmatism thinker), it is impossible to achieve the perfect imitation because the reality and the truth only exist in the eye of the watcher and changes according to his practical perspectives. Reality is not unique, but is multiple. Consequently, an object is never an inert element for Meier, it is an element of his palette that contains a whole narrative complexity in its germ. Meier invites us to discover his different facets. His composite sculptures seem to be one of the possibilities, one of the numerous transformations of materiality.

We could easily get lost in Christoph Meier’s microcosm but his universe is familiar to us. We recognize the mediums, the shapes and the patterns. We could almost find them a use. However, once assembled, they escape us. Amputated, combined, Meier’s works evolve through this window and suggest a wavering reality.

Christoph Meier is represented by the Nosbaum Reding gallery, Luxembourg.