o+c+s
Chloé and Oscar's encounter happened with a collaboration: the latter asked the other for a device to present textile works, then returned the favour by sewing a cushion for a sculpture of hers. Between metal and fabric, the sharpness of tips and the delicacy of satin, they designed this exhibition as the testament of a fortunate companionship between two extremes. Somewhere in the center of this, they moved propelled by their shared liking of dogs, embodied during the whole exhibition by the presence of Salem, Chloé’s pup.
This gave life to a porous collaboration, a dialogue between two worlds opposed in everything - but violence, binding them together as a raw material.
duo show
with chloé arrouy
putsch gallery
brussels
2021
Oscar Mathieu le Bussy is a faggot. At the moment, he’s trying to make something out of the ambiguity of this identity where pleasure & danger are entwined. Here come little houses for protection, little dogs for companions, shiny clothes for becoming who we already are.
He aims to suggest, through this multidisciplinary practice, clues that possess the power to recount a complex & intimate narrative. Art is viewed as a means to create bonds, to address a public in its core knowledge of something shared.
Feeling a sense of risk in unveiling oneself, as well as an urgency to do so, he uses cuteness and childlike imagery for their capacity of emotional honesty & visual delight.
From a technical standpoint, he’s forever curious of new mediums, always learning, rejecting mastery. But wherever he goes - sewing, drawings, sculpting, tattooing… - the body is always present, pleasured or hurting, cared for or caring.