Alban and the authentic fake
The first impression on discovering Alban’s art is usually that of surprise. These old rusty pieces of metal are actually faked – they are combined sculptures and paintings that have been constructed by the artist out of wood, plaster and resin. They look heavy, but are in fact very light.
Alban takes his inspiration from aircraft wrecks and industrial machinery, but the scale is distorted, colours are magnified and the subject itself is often invented. His work incorporates iconic representations of various cultures through the use of flags, symbols and language, thus creating something that, although it never really existed, can still resonate with our memories and imagination. Like artists from the Hyperrealism movement, Alban is playing with illusions and the notion that the real and the reproduced have often become dangerously interchangeable in our image-saturated age. | '18.5' by Alban, 2007 (detail) |
Alban participated to Art London at the Royal Hospital in Chelsea >see photos
and to SLICK art fair in Paris, October 2008 >see photos
Alban will participate to 'Connexion' in Cork Street, Mayfair, November 18-21 >more info
Latest artworks by Alban presented at Slick Paris in October 2008
![]() | Yummy Mixed media 150x150 cm available |
![]() | June in Omaha Mixed media 150x120 cm available |
![]() | Close to the clouds Mixed media 150x150 cm available |
![]() | New Year in Barcelona #2 Mixed media 150x120 cm available |
![]() | V for Victory Mixed media 150x150 cm available |
![]() | Jet 61 Mixed media 100x100 cm available |
![]() | Calling Jack Mixed media 150x150 cm available |
Other recent artworks by Alban
![]() | Escape from Typhoon Mixed Media 300x150 cm sold |
![]() | Yellow Cab Mixed Media 150x150 cm sold |
| Russian Dream Mixed Media 150x150 cm sold |
![]() | Cheese! Mixed Media 150x150 cm sold |
![]() | So Inviting Mixed Media 120x100 cm sold |
![]() | Road to the North Pole Mixed Media 130x130 cm sold |
![]() ('12', detail) | 12 Mixed Media 53x180 cm sold |
Making of 'Escape from Typhoon' - 2008


Alban's studio in Paris

Alban at London Art Fair 2008

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