Artist - Sculptor
Samuel Latour is a sculptor based in Rabastens, near Toulouse, where he lives and works. A graduate of École Boulle in Paris, he specialized in art shooting, especially on wood and bronze. He then enriched his practice by collaborating with designers, artisans and artists in workshops and art foundries.
Samuel Latour's sculptures are conceived as volumes to write, carrying an abstract language of lines and suspended gestures. The visible traces of their manufacture reflect a subtle tension between rigour and spontaneity, echoing the attention of the campus to the gesture, matter and singularity of creation.
The Collision series is based on a protocol linking graphic intent and volume creation. From drawings extracted from his notebook, Samuel Latour sculpts the wood in turn by eccentric shooting. He explores the repetition, variation and composition of patterns in the defined space of the cylinder.
Collision n° 53 - Walnut - H. 63 cm Ø 10 cm
Collision n°59 - Walnut - H. 47 Ø 9,5 cm
Collision n° 62 - Sycamore maple - H. 59 cm Ø 9,5 cm`
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