Production Techniques
At the start, there is a drawing representing a composition of apparent cubes set in geometric perspective.
This drawing is almost a blueprint or a score to interpret in different dimensions, proportions, depths, and textures.
The modified blueprint, when transferred to steel, folded and welded, becomes a volume in between the second and third dimension.
These volumes, in reality made up of diamonds and trapezoids, are organized like pixels, detached from each other, but structured as a single rigid ensemble, passing through the blind angles of each element.
A bit like foliage concealing the branch to which it is attached. The white acrylic surfaces are light receptors, and by their tilt, they reveal volumes and voids through shades of white and gray.
The brushed and oxidized steel surfaces are achieved by brushing and using iron acids, combining two opposite states of the same steel allowing for a natural contrast and a dual graphic identity.
The mixed-media surfaces imply the use of self-adhesive and permanent photography, combining the space depicted in the images with the space represented by the sculpture's volumes.
Artistic Approach
From my earliest creations, I sought a unique perspective on reality with the intention of revealing a fantastical universe.
A fascination for science and technology is a source of inspiration. For my perspective sculptures, I use descriptive geometry as a language that allows representing in space the relativity of the viewpoint itself.
In this sense, this approach is also aligned with kinetic art.The voids between the elements of a sculpture symbolize the invisible energy that holds together a dispersed ensemble, seemingly by order and disorder.
It's also a way to showcase suspended time, as if in a virtual world anchored to reality. Both abstract and concrete, the compositions are a search for a balance and harmony equation.They act as questions and answers.
Formation
1990
ESAG Penninghen, Ecole supérieure de design, d’art graphique et d’architecture intérieure, Paris
Exhibitions (selection)
2022
Solo show, Galerie Olivier Waltman, Paris
2021
Art Miami, Waltman Ortega Fine Art, USA
OPEN !, Galerie Olivier Waltman, Paris, France
2020
In Perspectivo, Stevens Dossou-Yovo & Fabien Yvon, Galerie Olivier Waltman, Paris
2019
Art Elysées 2019, Galerie Olivier Waltman, Paris
Oeuvres choisies 1+1, Galerie Olivier Waltman, Paris
Art Central Hong Kong, Galerie Olivier Waltman
Design, Galerie Artima, Paris
2018
Summer exhibition, Galerie Olivier Waltman, Paris
London Art Fair, Galerie Olivier Waltman, Londres
Art Wynwood, Waltman Ortega Fine Art, Miami
The Art and Antique Fair, Galerie Artima, Londres
2017
Forme, Galerie Olivier Waltman, Paris
Winter exhibition, Galerie Olivier Waltman, Paris
London Art Fair, Galerie Olivier Waltman, Londres
Art Wynwood, Waltman Ortega Fine Art, Miami
Art Paris, Galerie Olivier Waltman, Paris
Art Elysées, Galerie Olivier Waltman, Paris
Art New York Art Fair, Waltman Ortega Fine Art, New York
Summer Show, Galerie Olivier Waltman, Paris
2016
Recent works, Galerie Olivier Waltman, Paris
Galerie Detais, Paris
Art 16 London, Galerie Olivier Waltman
Art New York, Waltman Ortega Fine Art
Art Miami, Waltman Ortega Fine Art
2015
Art Miami New York, Waltman Ortega Fine Art
Sculpture-perspective, Galerie Detais, Paris
2013
Galerie Detais, Paris
Toog, Ibiza
Cercle des nouveaux artisans, Paris
Chauvet, Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie, Paris
2012
Cercle des nouveaux artisans, Paris
2011
Océan climat, Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie, Paris
2010
Cutlog, Paris
Simple Gallery, Gstaad, Suisse
Galerie Xavier Nicolas, Paris
2009
Simple Gallery, Gstaad, Suisse
2008
Simple Gallery, Gstaad, Suisse
L’Art béninois, Maison des Arts, Evreux
Cocoa Arts, Coningsby Gallery, Londres
Dispatch, Sculptures 3D, The Smithfield Gallery, Londres
2007
Perspectives, Sculptures 3D, The Smithfield Gallery, Londres
2006
Simple Gallery, Gstaad, Suisse
2005
London Art Fair
Rev’arts, Biennale des Arts Plastiques, Bezons
2001 – 2002
L’Homme transformé, Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie, Paris
2000
Homme, nature, technologie, Exposition universelle, Pavillon français, Hanovre, France
1998
Victoire de la musique africaine, Hôtel de Crillon, Paris
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