Monsieur Cailloux’s Imaginary Planet Spawns New Blobby Ceramic Specimens — Colossal



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A Paris studio doubles because the mysterious planet of MRCX. Populated with cute specimens with stone-like our bodies and two or three quick legs, the imaginary universe is the positioning of rigorous scientific examine for the artist referred to as Monsieur Cailloux, who’s pioneered a fantastical world of blobby ceramic creatures.

“I spend most of my time on planet MRCX, which is as shocking in its magnificence and imperfection as ever,” he tells Colossal. “As I discover ceramics, I uncover increasingly concerning the completely different areas of the planet and its inhabitants.” A few of these findings—which he shares as animated reviews on Instagram—embody tree-like rings that reveal the creatures’ age, a mean “locomotion pace” of fifty meters per minute, and that typically, when found deep in a cave, the specimens even glow in the dead of night.

There are a number of alternatives to fulfill the characters this month, together with at each YTF Gallery in New Taipei Metropolis and Nahcotta Gallery in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. You may at all times discover the creatures at Club Sensible in Paris. To dive deeper into the pondering behind MRCX, choose up a duplicate of the forthcoming Ceramic Artists on Creative Processes, wherein Monsieur Cailloux shares perception into his work.

Made in collaboration with Philip Kupferschmidt

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