Les Lalanne
Known individually and collectively since the 1960s, Les Lalanne’s respective practices remained recognizably distinct over their decades-long careers. Having rediscovered the Renaissance art of casting forms from life, then employing contemporary electroplating techniques, Claude Lalanne achieves a delicacy and sensitivity in her work unparalleled in cast bronze. François-Xavier’s works similarly achieve a streamlined elegance in their profound simplicity. His subjects consist of a menagerie of animals, stylized forms oftentimes married with functionality. In his words, “The animal world constitutes the richest and most varied forms on the planet.” Today, Les Lalanne’s works are included in premier museum collections and public venues across the world. In 2021, the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts, mounted Les Lalanne’s first dedicated art museum exhibition in the United States since 1977, soon followed by a major exhibition at the Palace of Versailles in France.
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