Philippe Weisbecker
Architectures
Opening on Thursday, January 15, 2026 from 6 PM to 8 PM
Exhibition on view until March 1st, 2026
For Architectures, Philippe Weisbecker continues the exploration he has been conducting for several decades on form, structure and object. Known for his rigorously constructed works, the artist presents a series combining drawings and architectural studies in which his graphic language is fully deployed.
The origin of this new exhibition is echoed in the objects he has long represented: “Exteriors are nothing more than the expression of the interior; impenetrable, they arouse a certain curiosity.”
For a long time, the artist sought to faithfully reproduce the buildings that inspired him. Then, gradually, his gaze shifted: “I quickly realised that what really interested me was the skeleton of buildings, their structures, the vectors of force that organise them.”
This transition—from the descriptive to the essential—is one of Weisbecker’s hallmarks. In Architectures, each work condenses complex structures into sober, distilled, almost elemental forms, while preserving a powerful sculptural presence.
Several directions emerged as the work progressed: a large drawing of Notre-Dame de Paris, large-format studies, and the integration of small ‘physical’ buildings that interact with the recent series of black drawings. From this creative effervescence, the exhibition took shape with clarity: new works and earlier pieces come together to form an architectural landscape of great clarity.
Architectures is not just a series of drawings: it is a reflection on construction, the memory of forms and the beauty of the useful – a celebration of what remains when we strip things of all that is superfluous.
