Whether it is lubricated with graffiti, overgrown with moss, or decorated with found trash, Simon LaveuveThe sculptures indicate an anonymous lives. Although we never see those who inhabit the eclectic miniature homes, the artist invites us to investigate an alternative way of life.
Made on 1/35 scale, small tables, windows, paintings and other objects fill rooms with multiple floors and mezzanines. In his most recent works, Laveuve continues his characteristic assembly-like style, in which he imagines a post-apocalyptic reality where basic gains ensure a simple life.

In “d’on bout à l’Arinre”, for example, which translates into “from one end to the other”, the structure seems to have risen from the pier of a long -destructive bridge. The swampy base contains old tires and other detritus, while above contains a narrow hut of three -storey basic facilities.
In this imagined existence there is probably no electricity grid or internet, a windmill offers sufficient power for a fan and a refrigerator and a tank store water. Laveuve uses a kind of ‘future past’, turning to equipment and methods that many of us today consider outdated, such as gramophones and metal milk jugs.
If you are in Paris, you will see Laveuve’s Solo exhibition Voir Lenden bee Loo & Lou Gallery up to and including 1 March. His work is also included in Small is beautiful” which can currently be seen in Taipei. Discover more miniature worlds at the artist website And Instagram.







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