Stelae II (Large)

Stelae II (Largeà is a sculpture made of charred oak wood by the French artist Alban Lanore. In this sculpture, Alban Lanore combines wood with a steel base, which enhances the work’s sense of lightness while ensuring its stability.

The sculptures in the Stelae series draw inspiration from archetypal forms. Their verticality, monolithic nature and geometric simplicity lend them a presence that is both quiet and evocative. These contemporary steles transcend any monumental or commemorative reference to become sculptural, almost totemic, presences that engage in a dialogue with space and light.

Alban Lanore’s abstract charred-wood sculptures explore the relationships between material, geometry, and space in a constant quest for balance. The artist seeks to reduce forms and lines to their most essential expression through a minimalist sculptural language. He creates works in which stability and imbalance, stillness and movement, fullness and emptiness are balanced in a subtle interplay of tensions.

His sculptures, crafted from a single beam or log, preserve the natural continuity of the wood, whose grain and irregularities interact with the precision of the geometric lines. After a lengthy process of hand-carving, they are burned with a blowtorch. This stage, which is emblematic of his approach, intensifies the contrasts, brings out the forms and gives the works their powerful visual presence.

Far from being a simple surface treatment, calcination gives the wood a deep black colour that absorbs light, creates a sense of unity in the piece, and highlights its construction. The sculptures are finally finished with a protective wax or oil coating, depending on whether they are intended for indoor or outdoor use.

Regularly exhibited in galleries, art fairs, and contemporary art exhibitions, Alban Lanore’s sculptures have been featured at PAD Paris, the Modern Art Fair, and the Salon Réalités Nouvelles, among others, and are now part of numerous private collections in France and around the world.

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