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Thibo Moreels

Thibo works with a variety of mediums to investigate the concepts that occupy him. He’s more interested in communication then committing himself to a single discipline. Ideas present themselves in a variety of vessels, Thibo is open to materializing them in whatever form they require. His studio houses a number of experimental constructions and unusual building materials. His sculptures are primarily found-object collages that tend to be full of contrasting associations. Meanwhile, his paintings contain the same thoughtful ironies. They look like tiny versions of the epic Hudson River School paintings of the Sublime and Romanticist movements. And like the found objects, his small paintings when paired make their own unusual connections and associations.

Country
Belgium
Discipline
Painting & Sculpture

Available works

Sculpture

Galileo

Thibo Moreels
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Sculpture

Circus

Thibo Moreels
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Sculpture

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Thibo Moreels
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Artist Statement

His sculptural creations originate during his search for materials at flea markets, thrift stores, attics, container parks, objet-trouvé, etc. Moreels collects things when he has an affinity for their form, color, contrasts of raw materials and finesse.

Within his work, the recycling and upcycling of objects is very present. He values the aesthetics of the things we all too often throw away. By assembling and repositioning things, he gives a new purpose and value to that which was worthless. Coincidence plays an important role in his creative process. It is searching for a symbiosis or mutualism between the different materials he collected. Sometimes he has had that one piece lying around for months, waiting, yearning to be incorporated into a sculpture or object. The merging and assembling of his creations is blissful for the artist, but also caresses the eyes of the viewer. They shine, as it were, in each other's presence.
When viewing the sculptures, the artist has room for the audience to interact with his or her imagination or create their own story.

Thibo talks about his sculptures ...

For several years I have been creating sculptural works that are in stark contrast to my paintings. They are crafted devotional sculptures that undergo a metamorphosis somewhere in my imagination and are subsequently sent back to our worlds via reincarnation to warn and protect us from the dangers and temptations that all too often lurk in our current polarizing society.

The sculptures are often given names from existing, forgotten religions or completely made up from my own imagination.

I equip them with a new armor, one protected by a mask, the other by an arsenal of color that protects us from dark thoughts or evil spirits.

Sometimes they are tarnished by war and destruction, full of holes, but the light and hope they carry no less. They shine from within,full of love,hope,tolerance,friendship...they bring enlightenment literally and figuratively, as it were.

Not only are these gods equipped with their equipment, sometimes they have just returned from a mission and need to recharge, refuel at their charging station or stand proudly atop their base of operations.

As an artist, it is mainly a way for me to allow more colour, fun, fantasy into my own living world. Creating and fantasising about these sculptures has a particularly therapeutic effect. Not only does it make me happy myself, it also helps me forget the daily bad news show for a while. My aim as an artist is also to spark the viewer's imagination, that you weave your own story around the work. That then, like me, you may feel a little bit happier.