• Hubert Duprat. Vue d’exposition / Exhibition view, La mer Imaginaire / The Imaginary Sea, Fondation Carmignac, Porquerolles/FR, 2021. Curator: Chris Sharp. Photo: Marc Domage
  • Hubert Duprat, Martyr, 2019. Plexiglas / Plexiglass. 20 × 100 cm (7 ⅞ × 39 ⅜ inches)
  • Hubert Duprat, Sans titre / Untilted, 2013. Plâtre, pots en terre cuite / Plaster, baked clay pots. 232 × 1 800 × 15 cm (91 ⅜ × 708 ⅝ × 5 ⅞ in.)
  • Hubert Duprat, Volos, 2013-2015. Pointe de hache en silex poli du néolithique tardif, argile crue / Late neolithic polished flintstone axehead, raw clay. 51 x 20 x 6 cm (20 1/8 x 7 7/8 x 2 3/8 in.)
  • Tribulum, 2012-2015. Hubert Duprat, Tribulum, 2012-2015. Mousse de polyuréthane, silex / Polyurethane foam , flint, 100 x 69,85 x 18,1 cm (39 3/8 x 27 1/2 x 7 1/8 in.)
  • Hubert Duprat, Chagrin, 2009-2012. Polystyrène, bois et chagrin / Polystyrene, wood and shagreen, dimensions variables / variable dimensions
  • Hubert Duprat, Chagrin, 2009-2012. Polystyrène, bois et chagrin / Polystyrene, wood and shagreen, dimensions variables / variable dimensions
  • Hubert Duprat, Sans titre/ Untilted, 2008-2015. 200 000 magnétites / 200 000 lodestones, 85 x 280 x 280 cm (33 1/2 x 110 1/4 x 110 1/4 in.)
  • Hubert Duprat, Sans titre / Untilted, 2007-2008. Cristaux de pyrite broyés, colle araldite, base / Crushed pyrite crystals, araldite glue, base, hauteur: 44 cm, diamètre: 48 cm / height: 17 3/8 in., diameter: 18 7/8 in.
  • Hubert Duprat, Comme un gant / Like a glove 2003-2005. Galets d’hématite, mastic polyester, 5 tubes / Hematite pebbles, polyester mastic cement, 5 tubes, 120 x 205 x 120 cm. (47 1/4 x 80 3/4 x 47 1/4 in.)
  • Hubert Duprat, Sans titre (Le feu) / Untilted (The Fire), 2002. Encre de chine sur contreplaqué / Chinese ink on plywood, 122 x 420 cm (122 x 165 3/8 in.)
  • Hubert Duprat, Sans titre (série Les bêtes) / Untilted (beast series) 1992-1999. Silex / Flint, 30 x 35 cm (11 3/4 x 13 3/4 in.)
  • Hubert Duprat, Corail Costa Brava / Costa Brava Coral, 1994-2021. Corail rouge de Méditerranée, mie de pain, colle / Red mediterraneen coral, bread, glue, 20 × 22 × 24 cm (7 ⅞ × 8 ⅝ × 9 ½ in.)
  • Hubert Duprat, Coupé-Cloué / Cut-Nailed, 1991-1994. Bois et clous de laiton / Beech wood and upholstery brass nails, 53 × 507 cm (20 ⅞ × 199 ⅝ in.)
  • Hubert Duprat, Les Agates / The Agates 1986-1989. Quatre cibachromes couleur / Four color cibachromes, 4 x (76 x 160 cm) ( 4x (29 7/8 x 63 in.)), ed 1/3
  • Hubert Duprat, Tube de trichoptère / Trichoptera’s tube, 1980-2015. Or, turquoise, saphir / Gold, turquoise, sapphire, 0,5 × 1,8 cm (¼ × ¾ in.).

Biography

Hubert Duprat was born in 1957 in Nérac in Lot-et-Garonne, he lives and works in the South of France.

Protean, demanding and complex, Duprat’s work draws inspiration from chance and the empirical, combining the discovery of objects, remnants and texts in a testing-out of matter, technique and dexterity. The artist is equally happy in the natural world or working with strange minerals (iron pyrites, calcite, ulexite, etc.), species that defy classification (amber, coral, etc.) and everyday industrial materials (polystyrene, concrete, paraffin, modelling clay, etc.) His repurposed processes come largely from the crafts – marquetry, goldsmithery, upholstery – but also from such vernacular domains as string art.*

His work can be found in several public collections among which: Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), Tasmanie/AU; Centre Pompidou, Paris/FR; Nouveau Musée National de Monaco, Monaco/FR; Collection Musée des Arts Contemporains de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Grand-Hornu/BE ; Paris Museum of Modern Art, Paris/FR; Musée d’Art Contemporain de Lyon/FR ; Fondation Cartier, Paris; Fond National d’Art Contemporain, Paris; and in numerous regional art funds (FRAC).

A retrospective of his work is presented at the City of Paris Museum of Modern Art until 2021. Solo exhibitions have been dedicated to his work among which: Art : Concept, Paris/FR (2019); MONA, Tasmania/AU (2013); Norwich Museum, Norwich/UK (2011); Centre International d’Art et du Paysage, Vassivière/FR (2008); Musée Picasso, Antibes/FR (1998).
 
*Read the press release for the exhibition “Hubert Duprat” at the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, written by Jessica Castex, 2020

At the gallery

Video

Downloads

CV (pdf)Download
Press (pdf)Download