Rodolphe Huguet's Playful Yet Political Works at Galerie Telmah

Rodolphe Huguet, born in France in 1969, presents a solo exhibition titled "Les gens pressés sont déjà morts" at Galerie Telmah in Rouen, running until April 30, 2022. The show features his multidisciplinary practice spanning textile, glass, paper, terracotta, metal, and found objects. Huguet collaborates with communities in Africa and Asia, producing vernacular works like woven sculptures and a rattan pant titled "l'Économie de marché(r)". Critic Pascal Beausse notes Huguet works "in situ and in vivo," engaging with peoples and cultures beyond the empire's margins. The exhibition includes pieces such as "Warchitectures" (tiles pierced like shrapnel), "Passage piéton" (a wool weaving of Africa's map as a pedestrian crossing), and "Transhumance" (glass sandals with barbed wire straps evoking war refugees). Other works feature bronze African masks from old wicker baskets, a car wing with a swallow's nest ("Nid d'aile"), and a series selling melting icebergs as real estate ("Agence Iceberg Résidence"), referencing climate change. Huguet's practice blends humor with political consciousness, described by critic Paul Ardenne as "superficial and profound, schoolboyish and concerned."