Thibault Philip

Introduction

Introduction is the largest and most narrative work in the series. A red figure with raised arms is linked by a winding red cord to small seed-like forms, while a large dark shape in squid ink reaches across the composition from one side. The scene suggests a story of origins (birth, encounter, perhaps creation) told in the stripped-down vocabulary of the earliest human images. Thibault Philip draws it in strips of intestine dyed with madder root and squid ink, set into a translucent sheet of intestine offcuts reclaimed from the food industry and bound without glue or resin. It is presented between clear acrylic panels with an undulating outline, and it is a unique work.

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    Thibault Philip

  • Produced

    2026

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    Thibault Philip

    Artist

    Thibault Philip

    French artist and designer Thibault Philip works across sculpture, installation, and research, exploring the relationships between the living world, traditional craft, and contemporary production.

    A 2021 graduate of the École européenne supérieure d'art de Bretagne, he has exhibited across Europe, Paris, Copenhagen, Milan, Eindhoven, and collaborates with galleries, architects, cultural institutions, and researchers.

    At the centre of his practice is a single material: animal intestines. Revisiting preindustrial techniques through by-products of the meat industry, he allows the material's natural proteins to bind as it dries — a process developed with CNRS researchers — and colours it with natural pigments drawn from ancient textile traditions. The result transforms industrial waste into sculptural forms that reveal the fragile beauty of living matter.

    His work also engages with the stories that shape our relationship with animals and production: drawing on agricultural myths and traditions, it questions the balance between humanity, animality, and the living world.