Secured Wall, 2014
Courtesy of the artist
Collection
Industrial foam, steel
240 x 174.7 x 54 cm
Central to French-Algerian artist Neïl Beloufa’s approach is his use of inexpensive construction materials and techniques, collaboration with friends, and the creation of irregular environments to influence the tone of the space in which his works are arranged. Through these methods, he seeks to reject the modern-day hierarchy of content, images, and source material while addressing “authority and human relations.” In this sense, Beloufa deconstructions the division between fiction and reality while building on a foundation related to the new technologies and media of a post-internet age – his work is less about the object and more about the relationship it evokes. The pseudo-sculptural work Secured Wall, a seductive, plush sculpture constructed of foam, pigment, and metal, functions as an intermediary object, a structure assembled by hand with prefabricated materials that inverts the space it exists in without reason or context. In combining these elements, the artist unapologetically creates a shifting framework for viewing the work – one in which the artist, object, and viewer exist on equal ground. – Alicia Reuter
*1985 in Paris, France | Living and working in Paris, France, New York and Los Angeles, USA
240 x 174.7 x 54 cm
Central to French-Algerian artist Neïl Beloufa’s approach is his use of inexpensive construction materials and techniques, collaboration with friends, and the creation of irregular environments to influence the tone of the space in which his works are arranged. Through these methods, he seeks to reject the modern-day hierarchy of content, images, and source material while addressing “authority and human relations.” In this sense, Beloufa deconstructions the division between fiction and reality while building on a foundation related to the new technologies and media of a post-internet age – his work is less about the object and more about the relationship it evokes. The pseudo-sculptural work Secured Wall, a seductive, plush sculpture constructed of foam, pigment, and metal, functions as an intermediary object, a structure assembled by hand with prefabricated materials that inverts the space it exists in without reason or context. In combining these elements, the artist unapologetically creates a shifting framework for viewing the work – one in which the artist, object, and viewer exist on equal ground. – Alicia Reuter
*1985 in Paris, France | Living and working in Paris, France, New York and Los Angeles, USA