{"id":919571,"date":"2026-10-07T16:02:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T16:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/919571\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T16:02:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T16:02:16","slug":"precarious-dwellings-perch-atop-rocks-in-simon-laveuves-1-35-scale-miniatures-colossal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/919571\/","title":{"rendered":"Precarious Dwellings Perch Atop Rocks in Simon Laveuve’s 1\/35-Scale Miniatures \u2014 Colossal"},"content":{"rendered":"

When something\u2019s stable, dependable, and strong, we might say it\u2019s \u201clike a rock.\u201d Similarly, when things become difficult and challenges feel immovable, we might find ourselves \u201cbetween a rock and a hard place.\u201d These idioms suggest that perhaps especially when we face challenges, we find ways to beat the odds. And Simon Laveuve<\/a>\u2019s idiosyncratic, post-apocalyptic dwellings detail just that.<\/p>\n

The artist\u2019s 1\/35-scale miniature domiciles<\/a> perch atop stilts and boulders. Laveuve pairs tiny chairs, boxes of produce, fishing gear, and other daily essentials with objects that appear to have been scrounged from who-knows-where and repurposed into useful tools and furniture. While figures never occupy the scenes, evidence of their activities and lifestyle intimates their presence, as if the residents have simply slipped out to run a quick errand.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Detail of \u201cEau-del\u00e0 Du Gouffre \/ IDF2068\u201d (2026), mixed media, 63 x 32 x 22 centimeters<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re in Paris later this fall, see these works in person in the artist\u2019s solo exhibition, Ancr\u00e9 dans la roche (Anchored in Rock). The title nods to Laveuve\u2019s thematic throughline of dwellings in unexpected and often precarious places, where the anonymous builders make do with what\u2019s available\u2014a fitting metaphor for life amid contemporary political and economic turbulence. The work \u201cspeaks to this fundamental need: finding a place to hold on,\u201d the artist tells Colossal. \u201cAnd, from that point of anchorage, to live.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ancr\u00e9 dans la roche opens on November 12 and continues through December 22 at Loo & Lou Gallery<\/a>, which will also present Laveuve\u2019s work during Luxembourg Art Week<\/a> from November 20 to 22. Check out the artist\u2019s Instagram<\/a> for updates.<\/p>\n

\"a<\/a>\u201cEau-del\u00e0 Du Gouffre \/ IDF2068\u201d (2026), mixed media, 63 x 32 x 22 centimeters<\/p>\n

\"a<\/a>\u201cLe Graveur D\u2019\u00c9pitaphe \/ Les \u00c9toiles\u201d (2026), mixed media, 52 x 33 x 22 centimeters<\/p>\n

\"a<\/a>\u201cL\u2019Observateur \/ IDF2068\u201d (2026), mixed media, 66 x 22 x 17 centimeters<\/p>\n

\"a<\/a>Detail of \u201cL\u2019Observateur \/ IDF2068\u201d<\/p>\n

\"a<\/a>Detail of \u201cL\u2019Observateur \/ IDF2068\u201d<\/p>\n

\"a<\/a>\u201cL\u2019Usine Des Veilleurs \/ IDF2068\u201d (2026), mixed media, 61 x 25 x 24 centimeters<\/p>\n

\"a<\/a>\u201cDemain Sera Comme Hier \/ IDF2068\u201d (2026), mixed media, 65 x 16 x 16 centimeters<\/p>\n

\"a<\/a>Detail of \u201cDemain Sera Comme Hier \/ IDF2068\u201d<\/p>\n

\"a<\/a>Detail of \u201cEau-del\u00e0 Du Gouffre \/ IDF2068\u201d<\/p>\n

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