Hugo Cantegrel
Exhibition view from It was all a dream, at Foco Gallery, 2022
Exhibition view from It was all a dream, at Foco Gallery, 2022
Alone together, 2022
Uv print on aluminium, metal, neon, cables, transformer
100×70 cm
Blues I, 2022
Bronze, tripod
245x110x110 cm
Blues II, 2022
Bronze, tripod
245x110x110 cm
Detail of Blues I, 2022
Bronze, tripod
245x110x110 cm
Soft winds, 2022
Uv print on aluminium, metal, neon, cables, transformer
145×180 cm
Soft winds, 2022
Uv print on aluminium, metal, neon, cables, transformer
145×180 cm
It was all a dream, 2022
Engraved acrylic, metal, aluminium, bolts
97×70 cm
It was all a dream, 2022
Engraved acrylic, metal, aluminium, bolts
97×70 cm
Exhibition view from It was all a dream, at Foco Gallery, 2022
I woke up dreaming of a new world, 2022
Engraved acrylic, metal, aluminium, bolts
97×70 cm
Exhibition view from It was all a dream, at Foco Gallery, 2022
Sleeping dancer sleep on, 2022
Uv print on aluminium, metal, neon, cables, transformer
150×105 cm
Good for nothing, 2022
Engraved acrylic, metal, aluminium, bolts
69×48 cm
Exhibition view from It was all a dream, at Foco Gallery, 2022
Always resist always, 2022
Engraved acrylic, metal, aluminium, bolts
69×48 cm
Exhibition view from It was all a dream, at Foco Gallery, 2022
Almost nothing, 2022
Engraved acrylic, metal, aluminium, bolts
76,5×53 cm
Hank’s symphony, 2022
Uv print on aluminium, metal, neon, cables, transformer
180×116 cm
Exhibition view from It was all a dream, at Foco Gallery, 2022
Blues III, 2022
Bronze, tripod
245x110x110 cm
Exhibition view from It was all a dream, at Foco Gallery, 2022
Carol’s interlude I & II
Neon, cables, transformer
60×60 cm | Ed.3
Grace, Grace and Grace I,II,III, 2021
Plexiglass, plastic, metal
156x100x30 cm | 165.5x100x31 cm | 185x100x31 cm
Grace, Grace and Grace I, 2021
Plexiglass, plastic, metal
156x100x30 cm
Grace, Grace and Grace II, 2021
Plexiglass, plastic, metal
165.5x100x31 cm
Grace, Grace and Grace III, 2021
Plexiglass, plastic, metal
185x100x31 cm
Exhibition view of the group show Amuse-Bouche at Foco Gallery, 2021
The Three Graces, 2021
Vidéo, 3D Holographic Projector
Ø 52cm | Ed.1/3
Exhibition view of Just Before We Begin at Foco Gallery, 2020
Exhibition view of Just Before We Begin at Foco Gallery, 2020
Sometimes I cry for nothing, 2020
Blue neon, electrical wires, transformer
300×40 cm
Exhibition view of Just Before We Begin at Foco Gallery, 2020
Every man for himself I (serie of 2), 2020
Glazed ceramic, Nylon Cable Ties, Wheels
65x65x26 cm
Every man for himself II (serie of 2), 2020
Glazed ceramic, Nylon Cable Ties, Wheels
65x65x26 cm
Exhibition view of Just Before We Begin at Foco Gallery, 2020
Every man for himself III (serie of 2), 2020
Glazed ceramic, Nylon Cable Ties, Wheels
65x65x26 cm
Detail of Every man for himself III (serie of 2), 2020
Glazed ceramic, Nylon Cable Ties, Wheels
65x65x26 cm
Exhibition view of Just Before We Begin at Foco Gallery, 2020
Unidentified I (series of 4), 2020
Stolen photos from internet, prints on acrylic, light box
162x56x21cm
You will not be forgotten VI, 2019
Print on aluminium, red neon, wood
78x122x08 cm
404 (An error has occurred), 2020
25 elements of pink neon, electrical wires, transformer
Variable dimension
Holiday Landscape, 2015
Metal, wood, acrylic, fluorescent paint
200×200 cm
Detail of Holiday Landscape, 2015
Metal, wood, acrylic, fluorescent paint
200×200 cm
It was a Good Day, 2019
Neon Light
Variable Dimensions
Detail of It was a Good Day, 2019
Neon Light
Variable Dimensions
Exhibition view of Hell What A View at Foco Gallery, 2018
Detail of SHAPE (NOCTORNO BLUE) & SHAPE (BEACH YELLOW), 2018
Aluminium, paint, spray paint, transparent resin
Dimension variable
Detail of SHAPE (NOCTORNO BLUE), 2018
Aluminium, paint, spray paint, transparent resin
Dimension variable
Detail of SHAPE (BEACH YELLOW), 2018
Aluminium, paint, spray paint, transparent resin
Dimension variable
SHAPE (FLAMINGO PINK), 2018
Aluminium, paint, spray paint, transparent resin
Dimension variable
Detail of SHAPE (FLAMINGO PINK), 2018
Aluminium, paint, spray paint, transparent resin
Dimension variable
Exhibition view of Hell What A View at Foco Gallery, 2018
Detail of MANIFESTATION SILENCIEUSE, 2018
Acrylic, spray paint, textile
400cm x 200cm
Detail of DANSES SOLAIRES, 2018
Acrylic, spray paint, textile
200cm x 134cm
Detail of NOCTURNE ANDALOUSE, 2018
Acrylic, spray paint, textile
200cm x 134cm
HELL, WHAT A VIEW, 2018
UV print on aluminium, metal structure
200cm x 118cm x 1cm
Detail of HELL, WHAT A VIEW, 2018
UV print on aluminium, metal structure
200cm x 118cm x 1cm
CE QU’IL RESTE DE NOS RÊVES, 2019
Paper airplane, fan, nylon thread
Dimensions variables
CE QU’IL RESTE DE NOS RÊVES, 2019
Paper airplane, fan, nylon thread
Dimensions variables
Exhibition view of Hell What A View at Foco Gallery, 2018
TENDRESSE I, 2018
UV print on aluminium, metal structure
110cmx 60cm x 01cm
TENDRESSE II, 2018
UV print on aluminium, metal structure
110cmx 60cm x 01cm
PASSWORD PARADISE, 2019
Neon, metal structure
120cm x 12cm x 10cm
TERRAINS VAGUES, 2017
Ceramic, enamel
20 x 20 x 20 cm
TERRAINS VAGUES, 2017
Ceramic, enamel
20 x 20 x 20 cm
TERRAINS VAGUES, 2017
Ceramic, enamel
20 x 20 x 20 cm
TERRAINS VAGUES, 2017
Ceramic, enamel
20 x 20 x 20 cm
LOOKING AROUND THE SKY I, 2017
Mdf, motor, object
180cm x 20cm x 20cm
LOOKING AROUND THE SKY II, 2017
Mdf, motor, object
180cm x 20cm x 20cm
Hugo Cantegrel is a French artist. He studied in Paris and in London. He graduated from Central Saint Martins school in 2015. He is now based in Lisbon where he works. Hugo Cantegrel’s practice is built up from an autobiographical narrative. He works on installations, and is mainly concerned about their compositions. He is looking for a certain visual musicality, a certain theatricality in the installation.
In this way, some works are main characters; some others have a subordinate role. Some bring a dynamic for the eye of the viewer, some act as silences.
His work is strongly influenced by the Nouveau Roman. In “Les Choses” by Georges Perec, everyday life objects become the main characters of multiple narratives. He likes to keep his work open. It is to say that he is looking for different layers of understanding, a certain idea of universality, a mass of references, a call for memories, an interweaving of narrations that each viewer is able to create.
The works’ aesthetic is based on the interior of houses. When inside someone’s flat, he likes to see decorative arrangements as landscapes of objects. Everyday-life objects have entered the museum now, and people are able to look at it as art pieces because they change their way of looking at things, they look at them in a different profile. We can look at objects in a house as an installation in a gallery and the world reveals its poetry, its musicality, its theatricality.