Book launch: Philippe Malouin, Steel Works

Hyper Hypo and The Breeder are pleased to co-host an artist talk and launch of Steel Works, Philippe Malouin’s book with Nero editions, next Thursday 27 April 2023, 19.00-22.00, at Hyper Hypo. Philippe Malouin will be at the shop to talk about the book and the entire process leading up to the creation the new series. Published on the occasion of his solo show at  the Breeder Gallery (Athens, 2021), while spending time in scrapyards from the UK to Greece, Malouin got particularly interested in salvaged steel. Borrowing the Dadaist technique of “cutting out,” the materials were cut out and reassembled according to a surprising formal language. 35 objects – seats, tables, coffee tables, lamps, etc. – came to life to achieve new forms without using anything new. The publication discloses Malouin’s “design by making” approach, documenting his creative process from the early experimentation to the final shape.