Hubert Garnier (1936-2024)
LYCKANS PORTAR
[Les Portes du Bonheur] 2020
Med den gula färgen, som blivit Hubert Garniers signum, markerar den 5 meter höga porten vägen in mot Kivik Art Centre. Hubert Garnier (1936– 2024), arkitekt till
yrket, utvecklade sig allt mer mot skulpturen under
senare delen av sitt liv. Hans strikta stålkonstruktioner skapar spänning, rymd och nya volymer i tomrummen. Verket Lyckans Portar skapades under Covidpandemin och Hubert Garnier själv fick aldrig se sina portar på plats på Kivik Art Centre.
The intense yellow color, the signature of Hubert Garnier, greets the visitor welcome to Kivik Art Centre. The 15 ft high steel construction is the result of Hubert Garnier’s reduced forms that he developed over time. They create tensions and new forms of the emptiness between them and makes us see new shapes and meanings. Garnier, an architecht by profession, devoted the later part of his life to sculpture. Les Portes du Bonheur was erected during the Covid Pandemic and Hubert Garnier never got to see his work in place.

