Raphaël Galley

Raphaël Galley is a designer, but also a visual artist, photographer, carpenter... For him, both physical and ideological borders have no place. The artist appeals to logics of constructions and/or manufacturing. Most often, he develops his vocabulary from a base borrowed from children's games, adding techniques and know-how acquired during his experiences in an industrial or artisanal environment. The weight and the form of the propositions are always determined by the relation to the body. The elements must be able to be arranged according to the physical capacity of the people required to handle them. 

The participation of people also takes place from a playful angle and without ever instrumentalizing the user. Raphaël Galley is part of a sustainable development approach, systematically using natural or recycled materials: wood, rubber, felt, ceramics, balls or even truck tarpaulins intended for scrap... He sees shapes and materials as a possibility of re-agreement with our environment, whether natural or urban, starting from a sign (visual or physical) that surprises and questions. In his objects, the intervention of the buyers is just as decisive and participates in the activation of the work which then reveals all the poetics of its creator.