UP. 10.11.2021
Jean-Claude Jolet develops his projects as an observer of the world and of its social constructs. While initially trained as a sculptor, his work ranges from photography to architectural installations and conjures up a form of human dramaturgy through the mise en abyme of cultural or political objects. While avoiding any direct collision, Jean-Claude Jolet’s works whisper to anyone who wants to listen a potential new way of the world, in perpetual construction, motion and folds. Built with a variety of manufactured materials, as well as raw natural elements, they are organised into simple and delicate “mental sculptures” put together with the precision of a skilled technician, the ingenuity of a handyman and the sensitivity of a poet.
Laetitia Espanol, 2020
Translated by Lucy Pons | Biographical notes translated with the support of the Centre national des arts plastiques - Cnap.
Performance
Masonjoany
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Médiums
Le lambrequin n’est pas des tropiques…
Ils ornent les maisons traditionnelles ou les architectures néocréoles des lotissements de banlieues de La Réunion : héritage, signes de reconnaissance et symboles identitaires, les lambrequins résument l’architecture créole.
« Jean-Claude Jolet est sculpteur. Ce qu’il donne à voir dans Light bulb est issu, comme ses précédentes propositions vidéo, de ses expérimentations autour de l’ampoule à filament, son empreinte dans le sable, et le jeu d’eau et de lumière qu’il y inscrit. »