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 (b. 1967) lives and works in Paris. He is graduated from the Ecole des Gobelins art school in Paris with a degree in graphic design and a degree in animated movies. Alban has worked as a set designer for the cinema industry. His art has been permanently exhibited in art galleries in Paris for several years and has been exhibited by The French Art Studio in the UK since 2006.

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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