Julien Hübsch
Places in the In-Between

Julien Hübsch (*1995) is a multi-disciplinary artist from Luxembourg whose works revolve around the actors of the urban space, like construction sites and vandalism, as well as the historical industrial sites in the South of Luxembourg that formed the Greater region throughout the 20th century. His practice oscillates between painting, sculpture, installation and archive of the public space. He uses art-historical references as well as his own body of work as material, thereby turning the studio into material in and of itself. The works of Julien Hübsch have been shown in group and solo shows in Frankfurt, Berlin, Mainz, Luxembourg, New York and Vienna. They are also part of public museum collections in Luxembourg.

untitled combination presents a fragment of a construction tarp collected from a site in the Marais district of Paris. Over the course of one month, an anonymous exchange unfolded on this surface through a layering of graffiti tags. The work captures this ephemeral form of communication among graffiti writers and the way they collectively shape public space without formal authorship.

The white tarp fragments are mounted against a striking black-and-yellow background made of large-scale posters from a construction site in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, creating a visual tension between urban order and disorder. The result is a fragmented, tactile composition that reflects the constant visual transformation of the city through temporary, often erased interventions.

Rooted in Hübsch’s broader practice, which investigates vandalism, collective authorship and the shifting aesthetics of public space, untitled combination acts as a contemporary witness to the subtle, ongoing negotiations between visibility and erasure, structure and spontaneity. The work exemplifies his interest in material-based archives that blur the boundaries between studio and city.