Lalanne at Ben Brown
By Olivier Krischer
FRANCOIS-XAVIER LALANNE,
A selection of work by the well-known sculptor couple Claude and her husband, the late François-Xavier Lalanne, is being shown in Asia for the first time. Both artists create works intended to be both functional and non-functional. For example, François-Xavier’s Gorille Consolé (2005) is a glass-top table, held aloft by a sculpted golden gorilla seated underneath, grasping two of the branch-like table legs, which are trimmed with delicate gold leaves.
