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ALUALEATOIRE CHAIR, 2020

Creator: Hélène de Saint Lager
Offered by: Galerie Des Lyons

Description
ALUALEATOIRE CHAIR, 2020
HÉLÈNE DE SAINT LAGER

Random cast aluminum 35,5’’ x 17’’ x 18,5’’ Customizable [√] Unique, signed “HSL”

Customizable
Can be made in different sizes and/or materials despite its singularity. In some cases, can also be used as a model to create a different work. Tailor-made is our mindset, in addition to the different works and materials we present in our catalogues, we develop various projects and 3Ds in preparation for our development. Contact us of a tailor-made project.

BIOGRAPHY
Hélène de Saint Lager is a graduate of the École du Louvre where she studied History of Art. Since then, her artistic career has included painting restoration, millinery creation, sculpture, casting, and metalwork. Today, she is best known for her furniture made of resin, which bridges the worlds of design and sculpture. For the past fifteen years, Hélène has been creating an extensive range of compelling works in her home-studio-laboratory on the outskirts of Paris. They are infused with her distinctive aesthetic, a blend of potency and airiness rooted in use of familiar materials in unexpected ways. A tireless exploration of how substances catch and redirect light that leads to magnetic, uncanny works of art. This fascination, Hélène is the first to experience it: « My obsessions are of matter and sediment. I superimpose the layers of resin and throw them with fine materials, puddles, shavings, holographic films. Time freezes, as if caught himself in this transparent glaze ». In addition to resin, Hélène uses bronze and aluminum to make tables, chairs, lights, mirrors, and table sculptures. « We pour ladles of molten metal into the hollows of sand moulds or on top of thick steel plates. The magma shivers like liquid mercury as it spreads, but the coolness of the air makes it settle and solidify almost instantly, petrifying the flow into currents ». It is this “embracing of the random” that gives her compositions such mesmerising depth and an almost hypnotic quality. Though she may be unaware of it, Hélène’s inclusion resin works bring the art of painting into sculpture and molding. Suspended shapes create three-dimensional pictures where material stuff escapes into the depths. Strewn particles float, sink, and spread in compositions that embrace randomness and celebrate the irresistible pull of the abyss. Hélène is the first to confess to an uncontainable fascination with levels of depth. « For me, materials and sediment are veritable obsessions. I spread layer after layer of resin and toss lightweight materials, shavings, bits of holographic film. Time stops. I capture and freeze it in a limpid, limpid glaze ». The great decorator Jacques Garcia was one of the first to notice his singularity and to make numerous and sometimes monumental orders for his projects. This is how she made the resin furniture of Schiaparelli, including a large flower table and a profusion of butterflies that fly, motionless, on the stair ramps and on the mirrors. Her universe is also highly appreciated by New York decorator Bryan J. Mc Carthy, who regularly orders lighting and furniture for his clients. PARIS Rue de Beaune, 9 75007, Paris LB@galerie-des-lyons.fr clement@galerie-des-lyons.fr +33 (0)6 24 27 19 89 CANNES Rue Macé, 10 06400, Cannes LB@galerie-des-lyons.fr +33 (0)6 64 76 49 34 +33 (0)6 83 85 12 73 Page 4 sur 13 BIBLIOGRAPHY Personal exhibitions 2020 French connection, Twenty First Gallery, New-York, USA 2013 Restaurant l’Institution, Jacques Garcia Project, Lyon, France 2012 Salons Schiapparelli, Place Vendôme, Jacques Garcia Project, Paris, France 2010 Mes alu-aléatoire, Paris, France 2004 Galerie Artcurial, Champs-Elysées, Paris, France 1994 Hotel François I, Paris, France Art Fair 2019 Galerie Martel Greiner, PAD, Paris, France Modism 1993 Hat collection, Carrés Hermès, for Motsch, Paris, France 1992 Hat collection, for Isabelle Allard, Paris, France

More Information

Customization Options:	Can be made in different sizes and/or materials despite its singularity. In some cases, can also be used as a model to create a different work. Tailor-made is our mindset, in addition to the different works and materials we present in our catalogues, we develop various projects and 3Ds in preparation for our development. Contact us of a tailor-made project.
Documentation:	Signed
Period:	New
Creation Date:	2020
Styles / Movements:	Modern, Contemporary, Collectible Design
Product Type:	Unique
Incollect Reference #:	497836

Dimensions

W.	18.5 in;	H.	35.5 in;	D.	17 in;
W.	46.99 cm;	H.	90.17 cm;	D.	43.18 cm;

Message from Seller:

Founded in 1986, the Galerie des Lyons is a family business, originally an art gallery specializing in painting and bronzes from the 19th and 20th centuries, it has diversified since the new generation represented by Benjamin des Lyons and Laure Mutti des Lyons to become a hybrid space dedicated to the art of living and contemporary collectible design.