Cyprien Gaillard finds layered undercurrents of history in present-day objects and situations, making unlikely connections across vast expanses of space and time.

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Gaillard’s film Ocean II Ocean (2019) premiered at the 58th Venice Biennale, where it was exhibited in a disused lighthouse at the edge of the Arsenale.

The film has a two-part structure. In the first, Gaillard’s camera focuses on the walls of metro stations in Russia and the former Soviet Bloc, which are clad in marble flecked with thousands of evocative fossils. The fossils embody the slow creep of geological time, yet here they line the walls of politically loaded sites built for hurried commuters.

The second half of Ocean II Ocean follows MTA subway cars on a journey across tracks, through bridges, onto barges, and then out to sea, where they are dumped into the Atlantic Ocean to create artificial reefs. Diving below the water’s surface, the camera captures aquatic life moving among the steel carriages.

The film plays on a loop, with the two sections linked by the haunting soundtrack of steel drums, conjuring a cycle of decay and renewal, both social and geological.

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Gaillard’s film Ocean II Ocean (2019) premiered at the 58th Venice Biennale, where it was exhibited in a disused lighthouse at the edge of the Arsenale.

The film has a two-part structure. In the first, Gaillard’s camera focuses on the walls of metro stations in Russia and the former Soviet Bloc, which are clad in marble flecked with thousands of evocative fossils. The fossils embody the slow creep of geological time, yet here they line the walls of politically loaded sites built for hurried commuters.

The second half of Ocean II Ocean follows MTA subway cars on a journey across tracks, through bridges, onto barges, and then out to sea, where they are dumped into the Atlantic Ocean to create artificial reefs. Diving below the water’s surface, the camera captures aquatic life moving among the steel carriages.

The film plays on a loop, with the two sections linked by the haunting soundtrack of steel drums, conjuring a cycle of decay and renewal, both social and geological.

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Ocean II Ocean, 2019
HD color video with sound
10:56 min
Various dimensions
Edition of 5

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Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Ocean II Ocean, 2019
HD color video with sound
10:56 min
Various dimensions
Edition of 5

Cyprien Gaillard
Ocean II Ocean, 2019
HD color video with sound
10:56 min
Various dimensions
Edition of 5

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Ocean II Ocean, 2019
HD color video with sound
10:56 min
Various dimensions
Edition of 5

Cyprien Gaillard
Ocean II Ocean, 2019
HD color video with sound
10:56 min
Various dimensions
Edition of 5

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Ocean II Ocean, 2019
HD color video with sound
10:56 min
Various dimensions
Edition of 5

Cyprien Gaillard
Ocean II Ocean, 2019
HD color video with sound
10:56 min
Various dimensions
Edition of 5

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Ocean II Ocean, 2019
HD color video with sound
10:56 min
Various dimensions
Edition of 5

Cyprien Gaillard
Ocean II Ocean, 2019
HD color video with sound
10:56 min
Various dimensions
Edition of 5

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Ocean II Ocean, 2019
HD color video with sound
10:56 min
Various dimensions
Edition of 5

Cyprien Gaillard
Ocean II Ocean, 2019
HD color video with sound
10:56 min
Various dimensions
Edition of 5

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Ocean II Ocean, 2019
HD color video with sound
10:56 min
Various dimensions
Edition of 5

Cyprien Gaillard
Ocean II Ocean, 2019
HD color video with sound
10:56 min
Various dimensions
Edition of 5

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Connecting Ocean II Ocean’s two segments is a lush blue vortex that is revealed to be a stainless steel New York public toilet, mid-flush, a swirling passageway from the earth to the submarine.

The film’s soundtrack, produced by Gaillard from samples of a steel pan orchestra, draws the stainless steel carriages to the percussive sound of steel, as if its vibrations might be emanating from the train cars themselves. In Ocean II Ocean, Gaillard enacts leaps across history and pre-history, creating a visionary glimpse of how nature and human culture, surface and depth, are intertwined.

 

 

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

 

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020
Aluminum honeycomb and limestone with stainless steel inlay
302.3 × 149.9 × 5.7 cm
119 × 59 × 2 1/4 inches

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Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020
Aluminum honeycomb and sedimentary rock with stainless steel inlay
304.8 × 150 × 5.4 cm
120 × 59 1/16 × 2 1/8 inches

More views
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020
Aluminum honeycomb and sedimentary rock with stainless steel inlay
304.8 × 150 × 5.4 cm
120 × 59 1/16 × 2 1/8 inches

More views
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020
Aluminum honeycomb and sedimentary rock with stainless steel inlay
304.8 × 149.9 × 5.6 cm
120 × 59 × 2 3/16 inches

More views
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020
Aluminum honeycomb and sedimentary rock with stainless steel inlay
304.8 × 150.5 × 5.6 cm
120 × 59 1/4 × 2 3/16 inches

More views
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020
Aluminum honeycomb and sedimentary rock with Tamper Resistant Torx Flat Head Screws
304.8 × 149.9 × 5.6 cm
120 × 59 × 2 1/8 inches

More views
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020
Aluminum honeycomb and sedimentary rock with stainless steel inlay
304.8 × 150 × 5.7 cm
120 × 59 1/16 × 2 1/4 inches

More views
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020
Aluminum honeycomb and sedimentary rock with stainless steel inlay
261.6 × 144.5 × 5.7 cm
103 × 56 7/8 × 2 1/4 inches

More views
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020
Aluminum honeycomb and sedimentary rock with stainless steel inlay
278.4 × 149.9 × 5.6 cm
109 5/8 × 59 × 2 1/8 inches

More views
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020
Aluminum honeycomb and sedimentary rock with stainless steel inlay
278.4 × 149.9 × 5.6 cm
109 5/8 × 59 × 2 3/16 inches

More views
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020
Aluminum honeycomb and sedimentary rock with stainless steel inlay
278.4 × 149.9 × 5.6 cm
109 5/8 × 59 × 2 3/16 inches

More views
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020
Aluminum honeycomb and sedimentary rock with stainless steel inlay
278.4 × 150 × 5.4 cm
109 5/8 × 59 1/16 × 2 1/8 inches

More views
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020
Aluminum honeycomb and sedimentary rock with stainless steel and coral inlay
278.4 × 149.9 × 5.6 cm
109 5/8 × 59 × 2 1/8 inches

More views

Gaillard’s new series of sculptures, Overburden, features swirling constellations of fossils embedded in limestone panels, each stamped with the logo of the New Jersey Transit commuter rail line.

The limestone panels are supported by aluminum substrates, lending an industrial, fabricated look to the sculptures, underlined by the inlaid screws. These machine-made elements of Gaillard’s new sculptures contrast with the natural aura of the stone itself, which ranges from smoky black to yellow-gold to delicate pink, and whose fossils testify to the existence of ancient ocean beds and the creatures that once inhabited them.

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Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020
Aluminum honeycomb and limestone with stainless steel inlay
302.3 × 149.9 × 5.7 cm
119 × 59 × 2 1/4 inches

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020
Aluminum honeycomb and limestone with stainless steel inlay
302.3 × 149.9 × 5.7 cm
119 × 59 × 2 1/4 inches

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020
Aluminum honeycomb and sedimentary rock with stainless steel inlay
304.8 × 150 × 5.4 cm
120 × 59 1/16 × 2 1/8 inches

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020
Aluminum honeycomb and sedimentary rock with stainless steel inlay
304.8 × 150 × 5.4 cm
120 × 59 1/16 × 2 1/8 inches

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020
Aluminum honeycomb and sedimentary rock with stainless steel inlay
304.8 × 150 × 5.4 cm
120 × 59 1/16 × 2 1/8 inches

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020
Aluminum honeycomb and sedimentary rock with stainless steel inlay
304.8 × 150 × 5.4 cm
120 × 59 1/16 × 2 1/8 inches

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020
Aluminum honeycomb and sedimentary rock with stainless steel inlay
304.8 × 149.9 × 5.6 cm
120 × 59 × 2 3/16 inches

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020
Aluminum honeycomb and sedimentary rock with stainless steel inlay
304.8 × 149.9 × 5.6 cm
120 × 59 × 2 3/16 inches

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020
Aluminum honeycomb and sedimentary rock with stainless steel inlay
304.8 × 150.5 × 5.6 cm
120 × 59 1/4 × 2 3/16 inches

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020
Aluminum honeycomb and sedimentary rock with stainless steel inlay
304.8 × 150.5 × 5.6 cm
120 × 59 1/4 × 2 3/16 inches

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020
Aluminum honeycomb and sedimentary rock with Tamper Resistant Torx Flat Head Screws
304.8 × 149.9 × 5.6 cm
120 × 59 × 2 1/8 inches

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020
Aluminum honeycomb and sedimentary rock with Tamper Resistant Torx Flat Head Screws
304.8 × 149.9 × 5.6 cm
120 × 59 × 2 1/8 inches

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020
Aluminum honeycomb and sedimentary rock with stainless steel inlay
304.8 × 150 × 5.7 cm
120 × 59 1/16 × 2 1/4 inches

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020
Aluminum honeycomb and sedimentary rock with stainless steel inlay
304.8 × 150 × 5.7 cm
120 × 59 1/16 × 2 1/4 inches

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020
Aluminum honeycomb and sedimentary rock with stainless steel inlay
261.6 × 144.5 × 5.7 cm
103 × 56 7/8 × 2 1/4 inches

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020
Aluminum honeycomb and sedimentary rock with stainless steel inlay
261.6 × 144.5 × 5.7 cm
103 × 56 7/8 × 2 1/4 inches

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020
Aluminum honeycomb and sedimentary rock with stainless steel inlay
278.4 × 149.9 × 5.6 cm
109 5/8 × 59 × 2 1/8 inches

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020
Aluminum honeycomb and sedimentary rock with stainless steel inlay
278.4 × 149.9 × 5.6 cm
109 5/8 × 59 × 2 1/8 inches

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020
Aluminum honeycomb and sedimentary rock with stainless steel inlay
278.4 × 149.9 × 5.6 cm
109 5/8 × 59 × 2 3/16 inches

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020
Aluminum honeycomb and sedimentary rock with stainless steel inlay
278.4 × 149.9 × 5.6 cm
109 5/8 × 59 × 2 3/16 inches

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020
Aluminum honeycomb and sedimentary rock with stainless steel inlay
278.4 × 149.9 × 5.6 cm
109 5/8 × 59 × 2 3/16 inches

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020
Aluminum honeycomb and sedimentary rock with stainless steel inlay
278.4 × 149.9 × 5.6 cm
109 5/8 × 59 × 2 3/16 inches

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020
Aluminum honeycomb and sedimentary rock with stainless steel inlay
278.4 × 150 × 5.4 cm
109 5/8 × 59 1/16 × 2 1/8 inches

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020
Aluminum honeycomb and sedimentary rock with stainless steel inlay
278.4 × 150 × 5.4 cm
109 5/8 × 59 1/16 × 2 1/8 inches

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020
Aluminum honeycomb and sedimentary rock with stainless steel and coral inlay
278.4 × 149.9 × 5.6 cm
109 5/8 × 59 × 2 1/8 inches

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020
Aluminum honeycomb and sedimentary rock with stainless steel and coral inlay
278.4 × 149.9 × 5.6 cm
109 5/8 × 59 × 2 1/8 inches

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020

Cyprien Gaillard
Overburden, 2020

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Gaillard’s new series of sculptures, Overburden, features swirling constellations of fossils embedded in limestone panels, each stamped with the logo of the New Jersey Transit commuter rail line.

The limestone panels are supported by aluminum substrates, lending an industrial, fabricated look to the sculptures, underlined by the inlaid screws. These machine-made elements of Gaillard’s new sculptures contrast with the natural aura of the stone itself, which ranges from smoky black to yellow-gold to delicate pink, and whose fossils testify to the existence of ancient ocean beds and the creatures that once inhabited them.

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

All installation views: Robert Wedemeyer

 

In Overrunner, a new series of Polaroid diptychs, Gaillard combines views of public restrooms with double-exposed compositions shot in Stockholm, extending the layered impulses of the film and the sculptures. In one work, Glimpses of Sea God (Sjöguden), a public sculpture by the Swedish artist Carl Milles melds with images of the Stockholm underground.

 

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overrunner (Sjöguden / Kungsträdgården / East River Park), 2019 (detail)
Double exposure polaroid, mat, aluminum and plexi frame
Diptych
Each frame: 103 × 73 × 4.5 cm
Overall dimensions: 103 × 146 × 4.5 cm
Each frame: 40 1/2 × 28 3/4 × 1 3/4 inches
Overall dimensions: 40 1/2 × 57 1/2 × 1 3/4 inches

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Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overrunner (Sjöguden / Kungsträdgården / East River Park), 2019
Double exposure polaroid, mat, aluminum and plexi frame
Diptych
Each frame: 103 × 73 × 4.5 cm
Overall dimensions: 103 × 146 × 4.5 cm
Each frame: 40 1/2 × 28 3/4 × 1 3/4 inches
Overall dimensions: 40 1/2 × 57 1/2 × 1 3/4 inches

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overrunner (Sjöguden / Rådhuset / East River Park), 2019 (detail)
Double exposure polaroid, mat, aluminum and plexi frame
Diptych
Each frame: 103 × 73 × 4.5 cm
Overall dimensions: 103 × 146 × 4.5 cm
Each frame: 40 1/2 × 28 3/4 × 1 3/4 inches
Overall dimensions: 40 1/2 × 57 1/2 × 1 3/4 inches

More views
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overrunner (Sjöguden / Rådhuset / East River Park), 2019
Double exposure polaroid, mat, aluminum and plexi frame
Diptych
Each frame: 103 × 73 × 4.5 cm
Overall dimensions: 103 × 146 × 4.5 cm
Each frame: 40 1/2 × 28 3/4 × 1 3/4 inches
Overall dimensions: 40 1/2 × 57 1/2 × 1 3/4 inches

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overrunner (East River Park / Sjöguden / Rådhuset), 2019 (detail)
Double exposure polaroid, mat, aluminum and plexi frame
Diptych
Each frame: 103 × 73 × 4.5 cm
Overall dimensions: 103 × 146 × 4.5 cm
Each frame: 40 1/2 × 28 3/4 × 1 3/4 inches
Overall dimensions: 40 1/2 × 57 1/2 × 1 3/4 inches

More views
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overrunner (East River Park / Sjöguden / Rådhuset), 2019
Double exposure polaroid, mat, aluminum and plexi frame
Diptych
Each frame: 103 × 73 × 4.5 cm
Overall dimensions: 103 × 146 × 4.5 cm
Each frame: 40 1/2 × 28 3/4 × 1 3/4 inches
Overall dimensions: 40 1/2 × 57 1/2 × 1 3/4 inches

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Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overrunner (Sjöguden / Kungsträdgården / East River Park), 2019 (detail)
Double exposure polaroid, mat, aluminum and plexi frame
Diptych
Each frame: 103 × 73 × 4.5 cm
Overall dimensions: 103 × 146 × 4.5 cm
Each frame: 40 1/2 × 28 3/4 × 1 3/4 inches
Overall dimensions: 40 1/2 × 57 1/2 × 1 3/4 inches

Cyprien Gaillard
Overrunner (Sjöguden / Kungsträdgården / East River Park), 2019 (detail)
Double exposure polaroid, mat, aluminum and plexi frame
Diptych
Each frame: 103 × 73 × 4.5 cm
Overall dimensions: 103 × 146 × 4.5 cm
Each frame: 40 1/2 × 28 3/4 × 1 3/4 inches
Overall dimensions: 40 1/2 × 57 1/2 × 1 3/4 inches

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overrunner (Sjöguden / Kungsträdgården / East River Park), 2019 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard
Overrunner (Sjöguden / Kungsträdgården / East River Park), 2019 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overrunner (Sjöguden / Kungsträdgården / East River Park), 2019

Cyprien Gaillard
Overrunner (Sjöguden / Kungsträdgården / East River Park), 2019

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overrunner (Sjöguden / Kungsträdgården / East River Park), 2019
Double exposure polaroid, mat, aluminum and plexi frame
Diptych
Each frame: 103 × 73 × 4.5 cm
Overall dimensions: 103 × 146 × 4.5 cm
Each frame: 40 1/2 × 28 3/4 × 1 3/4 inches
Overall dimensions: 40 1/2 × 57 1/2 × 1 3/4 inches

Cyprien Gaillard
Overrunner (Sjöguden / Kungsträdgården / East River Park), 2019
Double exposure polaroid, mat, aluminum and plexi frame
Diptych
Each frame: 103 × 73 × 4.5 cm
Overall dimensions: 103 × 146 × 4.5 cm
Each frame: 40 1/2 × 28 3/4 × 1 3/4 inches
Overall dimensions: 40 1/2 × 57 1/2 × 1 3/4 inches

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overrunner (Sjöguden / Rådhuset / East River Park), 2019 (detail)
Double exposure polaroid, mat, aluminum and plexi frame
Diptych
Each frame: 103 × 73 × 4.5 cm
Overall dimensions: 103 × 146 × 4.5 cm
Each frame: 40 1/2 × 28 3/4 × 1 3/4 inches
Overall dimensions: 40 1/2 × 57 1/2 × 1 3/4 inches

Cyprien Gaillard
Overrunner (Sjöguden / Rådhuset / East River Park), 2019 (detail)
Double exposure polaroid, mat, aluminum and plexi frame
Diptych
Each frame: 103 × 73 × 4.5 cm
Overall dimensions: 103 × 146 × 4.5 cm
Each frame: 40 1/2 × 28 3/4 × 1 3/4 inches
Overall dimensions: 40 1/2 × 57 1/2 × 1 3/4 inches

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overrunner (Sjöguden / Rådhuset / East River Park), 2019 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard
Overrunner (Sjöguden / Rådhuset / East River Park), 2019 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overrunner (Sjöguden / Rådhuset / East River Park), 2019

Cyprien Gaillard
Overrunner (Sjöguden / Rådhuset / East River Park), 2019

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overrunner (Sjöguden / Rådhuset / East River Park), 2019
Double exposure polaroid, mat, aluminum and plexi frame
Diptych
Each frame: 103 × 73 × 4.5 cm
Overall dimensions: 103 × 146 × 4.5 cm
Each frame: 40 1/2 × 28 3/4 × 1 3/4 inches
Overall dimensions: 40 1/2 × 57 1/2 × 1 3/4 inches

Cyprien Gaillard
Overrunner (Sjöguden / Rådhuset / East River Park), 2019
Double exposure polaroid, mat, aluminum and plexi frame
Diptych
Each frame: 103 × 73 × 4.5 cm
Overall dimensions: 103 × 146 × 4.5 cm
Each frame: 40 1/2 × 28 3/4 × 1 3/4 inches
Overall dimensions: 40 1/2 × 57 1/2 × 1 3/4 inches

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overrunner (East River Park / Sjöguden / Rådhuset), 2019 (detail)
Double exposure polaroid, mat, aluminum and plexi frame
Diptych
Each frame: 103 × 73 × 4.5 cm
Overall dimensions: 103 × 146 × 4.5 cm
Each frame: 40 1/2 × 28 3/4 × 1 3/4 inches
Overall dimensions: 40 1/2 × 57 1/2 × 1 3/4 inches

Cyprien Gaillard
Overrunner (East River Park / Sjöguden / Rådhuset), 2019 (detail)
Double exposure polaroid, mat, aluminum and plexi frame
Diptych
Each frame: 103 × 73 × 4.5 cm
Overall dimensions: 103 × 146 × 4.5 cm
Each frame: 40 1/2 × 28 3/4 × 1 3/4 inches
Overall dimensions: 40 1/2 × 57 1/2 × 1 3/4 inches

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overrunner (East River Park / Sjöguden / Rådhuset), 2019 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard
Overrunner (East River Park / Sjöguden / Rådhuset), 2019 (detail)

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles
Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overrunner (East River Park / Sjöguden / Rådhuset), 2019

Cyprien Gaillard
Overrunner (East River Park / Sjöguden / Rådhuset), 2019

Cyprien Gaillard – Reefs to Rigs – Los Angeles

Cyprien Gaillard
Overrunner (East River Park / Sjöguden / Rådhuset), 2019
Double exposure polaroid, mat, aluminum and plexi frame
Diptych
Each frame: 103 × 73 × 4.5 cm
Overall dimensions: 103 × 146 × 4.5 cm
Each frame: 40 1/2 × 28 3/4 × 1 3/4 inches
Overall dimensions: 40 1/2 × 57 1/2 × 1 3/4 inches

Cyprien Gaillard
Overrunner (East River Park / Sjöguden / Rådhuset), 2019
Double exposure polaroid, mat, aluminum and plexi frame
Diptych
Each frame: 103 × 73 × 4.5 cm
Overall dimensions: 103 × 146 × 4.5 cm
Each frame: 40 1/2 × 28 3/4 × 1 3/4 inches
Overall dimensions: 40 1/2 × 57 1/2 × 1 3/4 inches

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