• 'Like distant echoes blending in the distance Into a deep and shadowy unity' -Charles Baudelaire Hubert Barrère the creator, artistic... 'Like distant echoes blending in the distance Into a deep and shadowy unity' -Charles Baudelaire Hubert Barrère the creator, artistic... 'Like distant echoes blending in the distance Into a deep and shadowy unity' -Charles Baudelaire Hubert Barrère the creator, artistic...

    "Like distant echoes blending in the distance
    Into a deep and shadowy unity"


    -Charles Baudelaire

    Hubert Barrère the creator, artistic director of Maison Lesage (CHANEL Métiers d'Art) and visionary embroiderer, offers a personal and sensitive perspective on contemporary creation. At the crossroads of craftsmanship and visual arts, the exhibition celebrates the hand, the soul and inispiration.
     
    Through a selection of works that weave intimate connections between artists, the exhibition pays homage to the emotion of the image, to the artistic blur as a revealer of beauty, and to the feminine figure, whether as silent muse or defiant rebel.
    • Vhils Spectra #2, 2023 Embossed glazed ceramic tiles 10 x 7 tiles 140 x 100 cm 55 1/8 x 39 3/8 in
      Vhils
      Spectra #2, 2023
      Embossed glazed ceramic tiles
      10 x 7 tiles
      140 x 100 cm
      55 1/8 x 39 3/8 in
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    • Huang Rui Four Greens, 2014 Oil on canvas 135 x 300 cm 53 x 118 inches
      Huang Rui
      Four Greens, 2014
      Oil on canvas
      135 x 300 cm
      53 x 118 inches
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    • Erwin Olaf Shanghai Du Mansion Portrait 01, 2017 - 2018 Photograph Fine art print 75 x 56 cm 29 1/2 x 22 1/8 in Edition of 12 plus 2 AP
      Erwin Olaf
      Shanghai Du Mansion Portrait 01, 2017 - 2018
      Photograph
      Fine art print
      75 x 56 cm
      29 1/2 x 22 1/8 in
      Edition of 12 plus 2 AP
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  • 'The real change comes from the way the younger generations look at creativity' - Hubert Barrere
    "The real change comes from the way the younger generations look at creativity"

    - Hubert Barrere
  • In the spirit of Baudelaire’s Correspondances, the exhibition unfolds as a network of elective affinities, artistic friendships, and aesthetic infatuations.... In the spirit of Baudelaire’s Correspondances, the exhibition unfolds as a network of elective affinities, artistic friendships, and aesthetic infatuations.... In the spirit of Baudelaire’s Correspondances, the exhibition unfolds as a network of elective affinities, artistic friendships, and aesthetic infatuations....
    In the spirit of Baudelaire’s Correspondances, the exhibition unfolds as a network of elective affinities, artistic friendships, and aesthetic infatuations. As in the poem where “scents, sounds and colors answer one another” (“les parfums, les couleurs et les sons se répondent”), each artwork becomes a mirror, a thread, a whisper subtly echoing another.
    One of the recurring themes is an ode to the feminine not as a single representation, but as a plurality of presences, symbols, and tensions. The reclycled metal flowers of Abdul Rahman Katanani emerge like fragile protests, both tender and fierce, echoing lives scarred by exile yet blooming defiantly. Their sulfurous beauty resists ornamentation, invoking Baudelaire’s Fleurs du Mal, where the flower is never innocent.
    The photographic works and choreographic imprints of Liu Bolin bring another layer: a dance between disappearance and emergence, where the body becomes landscape, memory, or message. His invisible women dissolve into the environment, yet speaks louder through absence, a statement on both societal and personal erasure.
    In soft counterpoint, the pastel Countesses of Gaël Davrinche revisit classical portraiture with a deliberately dissonant twist. Their powdered elegance conceals an unsettling gaze, a knowing irony that plays with codes of beauty and power. These women, at once historical and invented, question our inherited ways of seeing the feminine figure.
    Together, these works form an emotional tapestry woven with gestures, textures, and silences. They do not illustrate a concept but suggest a constellation of meanings, inviting viewers to reflect, remember, and feel across time and form.
    • Mark Jenkins Roof Girl , 2022 Sculpture, wig, clothing 114 x 46 x 57 cm 45 x 18 x 22 1/2 in
      Mark Jenkins
      Roof Girl , 2022
      Sculpture, wig, clothing
      114 x 46 x 57 cm
      45 x 18 x 22 1/2 in
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    • Peikwen Cheng The Oracle, 2000 Inkjet print on Fine Art paper 50 x 75 cm Edition of 10 plus 2 AP
      Peikwen Cheng
      The Oracle, 2000
      Inkjet print on Fine Art paper
      50 x 75 cm
      Edition of 10 plus 2 AP
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    • Erwin Olaf Im Wald Auf dem See , 2020 Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle photo rag@ baryta 70 x 105 cm 27 1/2 x 41 3/8 in Edition of 12 plus 2 artist's proofs
      Erwin Olaf
      Im Wald Auf dem See , 2020
      Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle photo rag@ baryta
      70 x 105 cm
      27 1/2 x 41 3/8 in
      Edition of 12 plus 2 artist's proofs
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  • Erwin Olaf, Chessmen XXIV, 1988

    Erwin Olaf

    Chessmen XXIV, 1988
    Icons such as photographer Erwin Olaf, whose passing in 2023 left a profound impression on Hubert Barrère, meet a new generation of artists, including Rakajoo, Charles Hascoët, and Saype. Transmission becomes vibrant, not didactic, but tender and demanding.
    The artworks converse like a visual fugue. The handcrafted gestures of Li Hongbo, the veiled portraits of the Miaz Brothers, and the totemic embroideries of Eko Nugroho respond to the light of photography, the texture of drawing, and the depth of painting.
    In the spirit of Charles Baudelaire’s correspondences, the exhibition evokes elective affinities, artistic friendships, and aesthetic infatuations. Each piece becomes a mirror, a thread, a whisper.
  • Rakajoo, Quatre Chemins, Nos silences, 2024

    Rakajoo

    Quatre Chemins, Nos silences, 2024
    Acrylic and oil on canvas
    27 x 22 cm
    10 1/2 x 8 1/2 in
    • Eko Nugroho Museum of Remains, 2022 Embroidered painting 277 x 120 cm 114 x 61 in
      Eko Nugroho
      Museum of Remains, 2022
      Embroidered painting
      277 x 120 cm
      114 x 61 in
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    • Huang Rui The Qian Hexagram, 2016 Oil on canvas 85 x 65 cm 33 1/2 x 25 5/8 in
      Huang Rui
      The Qian Hexagram, 2016
      Oil on canvas
      85 x 65 cm
      33 1/2 x 25 5/8 in
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    • Liu Bolin Red No.1 (medium), 2012 Epson ultra giclee on epson glossy photo paper 150 x 112 cm 59 1/8 x 44 1/8 in Edition of 8 plus 2 AP
      Liu Bolin
      Red No.1 (medium), 2012
      Epson ultra giclee on epson glossy photo paper
      150 x 112 cm
      59 1/8 x 44 1/8 in
      Edition of 8 plus 2 AP
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  • ABOUT HUBERT BARRERE

    Hubert Barrère is a French fashion designer, corset maker, and embroiderer. Since 2011, he has served as the Artistic Director...

    Hubert Barrère is a French fashion designer, corset maker, and embroiderer. Since 2011, he has served as the Artistic Director of Maison Lesage (CHANEL Métiers d’art). Trained at the École de la Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture, he launched his own fashion line, which was awarded the Grand Prix de la Mode by the City of Paris, before leading the prestigious embroidery house Hurel for fourteen years, working closely with Karl Lagerfeld.

     

    In the 2020s, he has exhibited at Villa Noailles and Artcurial, and designed costumes and scenography for the Opéra-Comique, the Hyères Festival, and the ballet B comme…. Internationally recognized, he embodies the convergence of artisanal savoir-faire and contemporary creation, advocating a sensitive and innovative vision of Couture.