Paul Duncombe
Through a singular reflection on the interactions between human beings and nature, Paul Duncombe explores the different scales of the landscape. His successive research projects on the ice floes of Labrador, the storms of the Celtic Sea, the boreal forests and the irradiated lands of Fukushima have focused on the contingent mechanisms that link these vast territories with the creatures that thrive there. Based on exploratory work in situ, followed by a series of methodical experiments in the studio or laboratory, his projects compare the apparent simplicity of nature’s works with the increasing technicality of modern society. From simple gestures to the most complex and monumental installations, between performances, minimal sculptures and on-site interventions, his work crosses borders and disciplines.
A 2014 graduate of the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, Paul Duncombe develops and exhibits his creations in France and abroad: Elektra (Montreal, 2022), Coal Prize (IUCN, 2021), Némo Biennial (Le 104, Paris, 2021 & 2019), Festival ]interstice[ (Caen, 2022-2018), Unicorn Center for Art (Beijing, 2018), Salon de Montrouge (Paris, 2018), Palais de Tokyo (Paris, 2017), Jeune Création (Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, 2016), Avatar (Coopérative Méduse, Québec, 2015), Kyoto Art Center (Kyoto, 2012).
Mekuat e minu-mamituenitakanit eishpanit innuat ute assit ka taht mak ne tshishiku e uitakanit, Paul Duncombe uauapatamu mitshetuait eishinakuannit assinu. Ishpish mishta-nanatuapatitshet anite Labrador eishi-taniti mishkumia, tshashkueienitakuak anite shipekut Celtique, minashkuat e uashtushkuat kie ma nenua assia anite uet nukuaki Fukushima, eukuan ne uet tshi kassinu ishi-atussemakak tshetshi ut tapatik kassinu ne assi eshpishat ashit kassinu anite auennua eshi-nitautshiniti. Ne atusseun anite meshekut ka ut uauapatakanit mak eiapishish ka ut natu-tshissenitakanit, ekue itutakanit anite mamu tshe uauitakanit kie ma anite kanatu-tshissenitakanit tshekuan, nenua utatusseuna e tutak eukuan tshetshi metinu nukutat utatusseun tshishikunu ashit nenua ussi-atusseuakana aiat e mussipaniti ute ume anutshish eshinniunanut.
Kiatshitinat ukanuma anite École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs anite Paris-utenat 2014 pipunnu, Paul Duncombe eshku atushkatamu kie uapatiniueu nenua tshekuana ka tutak anite Tshishe-mishtikushiu-assit kie anite mishue maniteu-assit : Elektra (Munian, 2022), Prix Coal (UICN, 2021), Biennale Némo (Ne 104, Paris-utenat, 2021 &2019), Festival ]interstice[ (Caen, 2022-2018), Unicorn Center for Art (Beijing, 2018), Salon de Montrouge (Paris-utenat, 2018, Palais de Tokyo (Paris-utenat, 2017), Jeune Création (Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris-utenat, 2016), Avatar (Coopérative Méduse, Uepishtikueiau-assit, 2015), Kyoto Art Center (Kyoto, 2012).