In his predominantly sculptural work, Baptiste Debombourg combines information and materials in experiments that unveil repressed, unspoken, or ignored stories. A willing "restorative" artist, he repairs walls, furniture, and objects, while at the same time exposing their marks. His work asserts itself primarily through its monumentality, but it is paradoxical, precarious, and fragile. It is a monument, as if in a state of convalescence, which pays tribute to destruction, to incomplete repair, even to resilience, rather than power. This play of mobile reconstruction, beyond its ironic aspect, is fuelled by a reflection on time, history, memory, and dreams - (excerpt) Guillaume Désanges, art critic, exhibition curator, and current president of Palais de Tokyo in Paris.
