Antoine Dufilho

Antoine Dufilho (born 1985 in Lille, France) is a contemporary artist and sculptor whose practice explores the relationship between movement, architecture and formal decomposition. Born into a family of artists and doctors, he began studying architecture before turning to sculpture, a discipline in which he finds total creative freedom. His work is characterized by an aesthetic built around repetition, rhythm and structure. Antoine Dufilho fragments forms - often taken from the world of automobiles or modernist architecture - into a succession of planes, metal rods or cut-out volumes. This decomposition creates the illusion of movement, allowing the silhouettes to visually reconstitute themselves as the viewer moves around the work. Fascinated by engineering, mechanics and design, he revisits automotive icons such as Bugatti, Ferrari and Porsche, reinterpreting them through a refined sculptural style combining steel, aluminum and resin. His sculptures combine technical precision, a sense of rhythm and an almost architectural dimension. Antoine Dufilho exhibits regularly in Europe, the United States, the Middle East and Asia. His works feature in numerous private collections, and appeal as much to contemporary art lovers as to design and automotive enthusiasts. His ability to transform industrial symbols into poetic, dynamic sculptures makes him one of the singular voices on the French contemporary scene.