Hugues Reip

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THE EYELAND
The eyeland
The eyeland
The eyeland
The eyeland
The eyeland, 2018
Branches of Accacia, metal, artificial flowers, light bulbs, earth & luminous globe, variable dimensions.

(Exhibition view: "L’évasion" , Credac, Ivry-sur-Seine)

Artificial island, where immortal flowers grow upside down on a recomposed tree. Metaphor of a nature humanly controlled and deregulated, this island is a fantasy of Eden, an illusion bathed by the light of a giant eyeball.