WETTERER

Aug 15, 2016

Wetterer

Jacques Wetterer was born near Strasbourg. Graduate in Arts and dental techniques, in which he made a long career. he pursued parallel to these activities, studying biology that will stimulate his curiosity and his infinite love for nature in all its aspects.
Reached the end of his career, he decided to devote himself entirely to his passion, carved reproduction of the animal world.

His experience in modeling and sculpture, his mastery of ceramic materials, plastics and metals allow him to grasp with equanimity this new field, which will provide him with sensations and emotions that are unknown …
The happiness of contact closer to the animals in their environment, motivates the majority of its investments in time and resources.

Jacques Wetterer made trips to Africa to be closer to the animals.
He shoots with a lot of talent and then reproduced as close to reality, bronze or ceramic.

His hyper-realist sculptures are amazing and surprising: hippo full size (2.30 meters for 230 kg of ceramic and resin), rhinos, monkeys humorous situations, elephants with calves … To be even closer to reality, the artist uses dental and optical materials and hair monkeys. « Beware the Gorilla » Georges Brassens sang … We are impressed and amazed at such a love of animals that gives such beautiful results.

The artist Wetterer is a member of the Taylor Foundation, the Marwell International Wildlife Art Society (MIWAS) and Associate Member of the Society Of Animals Artists (USA). He has exhibited in Barcelona, London, and the Carrousel du Louvre with the National Society of Fine Arts. He has received numerous awards for the quality of his work.

Wetterer distinctions:

2015

•Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. Louvre, PARIS

“Prix Rumsey”

2014
• David Shepherd Wildlife Art Foundation. Great-Britain
“Wildlife Artist of the Year, Wildlife in 3D Runner-up”

2013
• Academic Society Arts Sciences and Letters
“Medal of Vermeil”

2012
• International VITTEL France Salon
“Medal Special Jury”

• Society of Animal Artists. USA
“Award of Excellence”

• National Society of Fine Arts, Louvre PARIS
“TAYLOR Price”

2011
• David Shepherd Wildlife Art Foundation. Great-Britain
“Highly Recommended Finalist”

• National Society of Fine Arts, Louvre PARIS
“Price Georges Hilbert”

2010
• Marwell International Wildlife Art Society. Great-Britain
“Best 3D Sculpture”

• The Wildscape Winners. Great-Britain

JENK – LAURENCE JENKELL

Aug 15, 2016

JENKELL Laurence “JENK” was born in 1965 in Bourges.

Leaving quickly academicism of his first works, JENK – JENKELL flourish in a more contemporary style with colors and excessive materials. A traditional canvas succeeds Plexiglas, resin and aluminum, contemporary materials, in harmony with the urban environment that inspires his art.

Seduced by the alchemy of sugar and multiple combinations SWEET, both in its form and in its potential for transformation, Laurence JENKELL accept the metamorphosis of the substance, to keep the idea of sugar that melts on the canvas .

His research is part of a variation of designs with bright colors, with delicious textures and sweet fragrances. With a single glance, the viewer feels transported by this very personal work. His senses are awakened, his smell, his taste, his touch and his childhood memories resurface, pulling like a bee to honey.

The work of JENKELL is a crystallization phenomenon in itself, slow ascent to the final stage: the desire embodied in the object. The CANDY involved in both of that subtle moment when the subject turns to pleasure. Gluttony becomes sublimated, or by a cast aluminum sand or by packaging Altuglas which gives its dynamic to the work of JENKELL.

The sublime object by object: new process developed by the artist to magnify the object by a technique of draping and twisting Altuglas in the purest spirit of candy wrappers.

A specialist speech looks like its candy sculpture is a radical move from the semantic content of Pop Art and New Realism. A profane speech talk of an artistic delicacy which delights our senses and raised by its softness allows to magnify all subjects carried by these sweets.

Exhibited worldwide, Laurence Jenkell now based on a more architectural universe. The robot is one of its new themes.
The work of Laurence Jenkell is represented by many galleries and private collections, public and institutional.
His works are in the collections of Francois Pinault, Martin Bouygues, Françoise Bettencourt, foundations (Datris Foundation KNEIP, Chanel, Cristobal Gabarron, etc.) and museums such as the Museum of Fine Arts of Calais, the Miniatures Museum Amsterdam, Copelouzos Family Art Museum in Athens.
In 2011, Laurence Jenkell at the G20 in Cannes, invents a concept of traveling exhibitions of her giant candy colors of flags.
She exhibited 55 sculptures Candy, monumental versions Flags and combining diverse materials and high technology, for five months in Cannes on the Croisette. A guard of honor of his sculptures Candy Flags welcomes the presidents to the G20 summit in Cannes.

ALBEN

Aug 15, 2016

Alben, star honors in America … The Wall Street Journal …

Alben is a young artist Bordeaux. Self-taught, he exercises his activity as a painter in a studio located above a nightclub on the docks of Bordeaux ( “fabrick”). Fell in art from a young age, Alben was fed by the multiplicity of images, advertising and documentaries that criminalizes “contemporary mythologies.”

These large colorful paintings are directly inspired by the street art and graffiti, but also and especially American pop art of Andy Warhol, whom he admires above all. Hollywood icons, kings, old cars, superheroes … By accumulating images mostly taken from pop iconography from the 50s to today, Alben plays with kitsch, always subtly. This symbolism, which remains enigmatic, establishes an intimate and even spiritual relationship with the viewer.

In addition to paintings, made especially for the bomb and with stencils he makes himself one by one, Alben also features original sculptures. In fulfilling its busts in resin with objects from everyday life, candy or toys for children, Alben remembers his childhood and once again underlines a latent nostalgia, very present in his work.

It is simply the way of being of Alben, autonomous and independent artist. Indeed, his art can not suffer from any classification, any specific categorization may enclose his “maniera” in a specific register. He turned to a transcript of the contemporary immediacy, experimenting and inventing clean technology responsible for digesting forms to erect the status icons. We have to make “a designer craftsman”!

The only purpose of his art, but if we had to assign one, involves the transcription of a raw immediacy. The viewer is then transported in a space-time universe shifted. This touches the ironic vein of his work. Conditioned by a society where the quest for meaning is a leitmotiv, we find ourselves pushed around, if not poor, the face of this gross delivery of images, scripted and transformed through various technical, shattered the traditional cliches of ‘art.

The artist Alben has exhibited around Europe and the United States. He also creates installations in France. His works are in public and private collections in Paris, Dubai, Hong Kong, Australia, Bordeaux, London, Zurich, Italy, Mexico, New York, San Diego and Chicago.

With the release of one of his works in the Wall Street Journal, and a third exhibition in Spring Street, Alben is best known in New York and France.

ABRAHAM

Aug 15, 2016

Françoise ABRAHAM dancing since the age of six, formed by professors from the Paris Opera, classical dance.

She discovered very quickly contemporary dance, it will be interpreted in different companies: Redah, R.Chopinot, Jazz Ballet in Paris, she will forever be marked by the symbiosis of life in motion.

The dancer is interested very quickly to the costumes, she invents her clothes. But her curiosity leads her to go further in the search form.

She slips imperceptibly costume decor then delves into the way of design. Her designs first recognized by professionals, get a major success with the public.

Demanding, rigorous, Françoise Abraham gets filled tense forms of sensuality. His female characters are propelled into space with speed and energy.

And curiously, although she likes to cultivate her curves, her sculptures show an amazing lightness.

Of course the color resin, personal technique developed by Francoise allows fantasy and give free rein to his imagination overflowing with fertility.

With this new creative field, these tinted colored resins in the mass are unique in the Art market, with an always original decor and a touch of madness.

Françoise Abraham continues her ongoing research with accessories that accompany his characters come and bring more expression of a reflection on our freedom.

Between technical skills and creativity, Francoise Abraham knows preserve this great little spark that gives life another perfume.

Co-Chair of the Salon d’Automne of the sculpture section of Paris until 2008, Françoise permanently exhibited in galleries and private exhibitions in Singapore, Paris, New York or The Hague …

The form in space with imagination, exuberance, lightness, humor and roundness. That sums up the personality of his work.

Françoise danced his sculptures.

Conquering China
… Today, Françoise Abraham adds a new string to its bow as it inaugurated a monumental sculpture of 5 meters high, in Shenzhen China, in the city center in front of a luxury shopping center. Pressing this woman, who has been permanently installed, is called “LADY FASHION”. This project was made possible by a property developer, a great art lover, who wished to have this “Fashion Lady” before the Centre that it has just built …