“Sîmn L’Rue’z ʈrd sôlo xbišn at Vėn priznts wrcs cerfli n sductvli corı̣graft wɖn ɖ spês in rspons t ɖ artist’s growñ dzîr t cnstruct in siču wrc, trnsfwmñ ɖ dnamic meʈdoḷji v hiz stydiopractis wɖn ɖ gaḷri wōlz. Fr ɖ last fiftīn yirz L’Rue hz dveḷpt an intṛst in ɖ conflicts inet t nošnz v teritri n hz crietd wrcs ebl t indivijli ivoc ɖ complx cnẋn btwn ɖ prîvt n ɖ public sfirz. Fr ɖs prezntešn L’Rue hz actvli trnsfwmd ɖ spês intu a landscep, huz mapñ têcs plês undr ɖ îz v ɖ vizitr. Ɖs šift v scêl, tgɖr wɖ ɖ mtikḷs n prisîs ple on ɖ sîz v objcts, alâz L’Rue t ignît multipl rlešnšps btwn fwm, strucčr n imij, trnsfwmñ ɖ gaḷri intu a tablo reminisnt v erı̣l vyz. Č miničrîzd strucčr z psivd in relešn t ɖ uɖrz n hints at ɖ imnsti v a landscep.
Ɖ uɖr sîd v y n m olso seḷbrets L’Rue’z intṛst in ācitecčr n sṗsificli drwz on its rlešnšp t sculpčr. H cunjrz ɖ siti n gvz it sīcṛt cwnrz t iluminet its fosf̣resnt nîtlîf. Lîc frajîl, slendr scîscreprz ɖ wrcs Innenhof n Alibi ple wɖ trnspaṛnsiz, opec mirrz n rflẋnz. In Déjà Vu, ẇt mt b ācitcčṛl modlz r prizntd az a fyčristc ācîv seṗretñ ɖ repṛzentešns v bildñz fṛm ɖer ŕbn contxt. L’Rue plez wɖ ɖs consvešnist pspctv n in a rbełs we trnsfwmz a cnd v myziymdsple intu a platfwm fr flamboyns n ostntešn, ẇr ōṇmntl gusto gvz hymn caṛctristcs n sensbiḷti t fwm.
F in L’Rue’z wrc ɖ siti n its xesz hv an xūbṛnt têst, nêčr z nvr far awe. Olmst meṇsñli, az in Sistr n Ɖ axidnt, it rcwlz ɖ rwṇs v ɖ sýl, ɖ brâņs v drîd blud n ɖ fṛjiḷti n inadqsiz v hymn strucčrz ẇn cnfruntd bî ɖ sblîm pâr v mântinz n ošnz. L’Rue stêjz a luẋŭrı̣nt yt rfînd xbišn ẇr laftr n seḷbrešn nvr fŭli masc ɖ sând v brêcñ îs.”
