Fabrice Langlade's "Haiku #3" features a monochromatic, sculptural composition with smooth, flowing shapes depicting a child, a rabbit, and a cloud-like structure interacting with a dilapidated building. The figures are stylized and simplified, emphasizing gesture and form over detail. The work employs a minimalistic aesthetic reminiscent of both childhood innocence and surrealistic motifs, inviting the viewer into a dreamlike narrative. Langlade explores familiar imagery through a lens of decorative intrigue, evoking a sense of time and memory. ...
French sculptor Fabrice Langlade began his artistic practice by drawing from images and found objects he had collected—figures in postcards found lying at the bottom of drawers, almanacs containing forgotten or disused knowledge, and frequently replicated or recognizable images. The stereotypical worlds, motifs, and frequently utilized representations of things are a key source of inspiration for Langlade. In his current practice, he still draws on this fascination with the decorative, but also explores the monumental at the core of his work. Through rescaling, translating, and material transpositions, Langlade’s world is one of clichés—something familiar yet uncanny, leaving us disconcerted by the work. Our attention is captured by his imagery; we are drawn into his world and its sense of time. Langlade’s work becomes clearer over time as our eyes construct the space in which the works exist. ...
