You know the old saying that says a person eats around seven pounds of lipstick in their lifetime? Try imagining what 330 pounds of the stuff looks like.
As part of his newest exhibit at the Palais de Tokyo, French artist Fabrice Hyber sculpted a massive cubic meter of red listick sitting atop a cold cement slab. The sculpture, entitled "1M3 de beauté" is part of a larger exhibition called "Matières Premières” (raw materials) showing through the holidays.
Inspired by the masculine and feminine elements of the Saint Laurent house, Fabrice chose Yves Saint Laurent Rouge Pur Couture in Le Rouge as his muse and medium. Fabrice was interested in materiality and transformation when sculpting the piece, "a material that permanently moves...a work that is never finished," he recently explained to WWD.
Artists have long used makeup as inspiration. In fact, we're instantly reminded of Claes Oldenburg's hyper-scaled lipstick sculpture and these other amazing examples, but in this case the actual material of the makeup—not just the typical cylindrical tube—is of interest. Color and texture take first priority here, but we're just left wondering what happens to all the YSL after the exhibition ends.
Fabrice Hyber, Matières Premières, September 28, 2012 to January 7, 2013, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
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Comments
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Feb 22, 2013
Maria G.
This would be hard to put on your lips
Feb 01, 2013
Sophie A.
how crazy c:
Dec 30, 2012
Sloan H.
Cool!!! Omg I need that, not really, but it would be cool
Nov 07, 2012
Chrissy S.
Haha that's crazy awesome!
Oct 25, 2012
Makeupartbybrekal i.
I want to kiss that block every day!
Nov 07, 2012
Tyni R.
Nov 07, 2012
Makeupartbybrekal i.
Oct 23, 2012
Caitlin M.
Reminds me of Janine Antoni's 'Gnaw' piece. They're very different but that's what it brings to mind. I have this really silly thought of going up to this and pressing my lips to it; instant lipstick application!! Haha
Oct 24, 2012
Victoria S.
Oct 18, 2012
Bec S.
I love it! Good contemporary art has a lot of thought behind it. Sometimes, it's about shape, texture and materials. Sometimes, it's about leading you to ask certain questions, or just creating a feeling in the viewer. On TV or the web, you get a lot of things where you look at them and you say "I like it" or "I don't like it". But in contemporary art, it opens up all the other thoughts in between "Why was this made?" "What's going on?" "I don't understand" "I feel uneasy" "What was the artist thinking about when they made this?" "I like it but I don't know why". Those kinds of unanswered questions open up a world of possibilities.
This piece is so great in terms of it's materials-- the combination of lipstick, this creamy red, feminine, perishable substance, and the cement block, that is so masculine, hard and rough. And then the quantity! What an enormous amount of lipstick! Just that alone is really fun!
Oct 18, 2012
Kayli H.
I don't get it..
Oct 18, 2012
Victoria D.