Alex Palenski
Alex Palenski is a contemporary sculptor who lives and works between Paris and Normandy. Born into a family of artists, he was soon drawn to steel construction and sculpture.
It was his grandfather, a designer, who trained him. As Alex Palenski puts it, "it was from him that I learned to marry aesthetics with technique.
It's always seemed quite normal to me to create and make what you need: lamps, tables, chairs... and also - and above all - what you don't need."
Like a goldsmith, the artist tortures and cuts metal, taming it into graceful forms that play with light.
His first sculptures were created at the age of 20, using copper rods and mirrors. The rest is nothing but research to improve the balance, movement, lightness and curves of his stabiles and mobiles. Steel can be worked like paper; malleable, curves can be created, always with finesse. Then comes aluminum, brass and gold plating to flesh out his art.
Alex Palenski also creates abstract plaster sculptures. Metal is always present, in the sculpture, but hidden by the softer plaster and the undulating forms of his sculptures. The search for balance is always present, as is the search for poetry.
Alex Palenski's artworks can be found in private collections all over the world: New York, Rio, Moscow, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Beirut, Geneva, London...
Entirely handmade, each piece is unique and stamped.
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