Philippe Ramette

Le suicide des objets: le fauteuil (2001)

Sculptor Philippe Ramette was born in Auxerre, France in 1961 and rose to fame in the 1990s as part of the French contemporary art scene, creating strange wooden and metal instruments and objects, all designed for a specific use as their titles suggest: Objet pour voir le monde en detail (Object for seeing the world in detail), Objet pour communiquer avec soi-même (object for communicating with yourself), etc.
"Generally," says Ramette, "it's not the object that's important, it's the idea of a possible future use and especially what that use is going to entail in terms of transformation."

Between 2003 and 2008 he completed his series of gravity-defying photographs that picture the artist himself in seemingly impossible positions.
These optical illusions do not involve any digital manipulation, Ramette simply offers us a different perspective on the earth, turning it upside down or sideways. Ramette explores themes of gravity and man's relationship to the landscape in his works, turning the earth into a strange playground where virtually anything is possible.
Philippe Ramette has taken part in many solo and group exhibitions across the world and his work has found its way into many public and private collections worldwide.

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