The seventh volume in the collection published by the Antoine de the Galbert Foundation, dedicated to the French artist Benoit Huot.
The monographs in this collection titled Un certain désordre are published by the Antoine de Galbert Foundation. Each book features numerous reproductions of artworks alongside a text written by the artist him or herself. There were no rules for the choice of artists.
The seventh volume of this collection is dedicated to Benoit Huot.
"Benoit Huot's work perfectly matches the spirit of our 'Un certain désordre' collection, which dedicates him its seventh issue. In 2012, a representative from the Ministry of Culture brought him to my attention, pointing out that his work was too far removed from what the State could support, which naturally triggered my curiosity. I discovered an isolated artist, yet deeply knowledgeable about the world, who flirted with bad taste without ever succumbing to it. There was a 'Maison Rouge' spirit to his work, which immediately led to the organisation of his first solo exhibition".
Antoine de Galbert
Born in 1966 in Montbéliard (France), Benoit Huot lives and works in Franche-Comté. Having graduated from the Beaux-Arts de Besançon (Besançon School of Fine Art) in 1989, he abandoned painting in the early 2000s to dedicate himself to a practice that oscillates between sculpture and installation. Fascinated by religious and non-Western art, the artist, in an atypical approach, dresses stuffed animals in velvet, bandages and jewels, creating a world both strange and mesmerizing. These metamorphosed animals, like fetishes or creatures with shamanic properties, evoke the rituals of Asia and South America. The stuffed animals are no longer hunting trophies, but real chimera, fabulous, imaginary monsters. Thus dressed, in the style of reliquaries, wild animals become sacred creatures, characters from fables or fairy tales. Strong visions, some of his works can arouse a strange feeling, between anxiety and enchantment.
