Thibault Hazelzet Laocoon « Apollon »
Price on request
Unique
2023
Patinated Bronze, Patinated Steel, Glazed Ceramic, Light Fittings
40 x 55 x 35 cm
15.7 x 21.7 x 13.8 in
Thibault Hazelzet’s Laocoon light series comprises bronze artworks that re-appropriate techniques from his previous work in ceramics and jewellery. Bronze components of each model are cast via the lost-wax bronze casting method, which is able to capture minute details in the final mould, and Hazelzet uses old cameo engravings to imprint their designs in relief.
Enamelled ceramic pieces are then combined with the bronze, allying the two materials and making each piece unique. The artist is always in search of strong contrasts in his work, with these pieces varying between a ‘barbarian classicism’ and a ‘civilised vandalism’. References to antiquity are clear throughout the artworks, displayed as structures verging on ruins.
Artist
Thibault Hazelzet
Thibault Hazelzet is a French experimental artist born in 1975. He lives and works in Paris. Trained as a painter, Thibault Hazelzet works in the medium of photography, sculpture, painting, and lately in metal with a collection of jewellery and design pieces. His latest jewellery and design creations mix ceramics with cast bronze, aluminium, or silver.
