Nicolas Lavarenne
, French Sculptor

2013 Prix de La Napoule Recipient, Nicolas Lavarenne is a French sculptor, known for his monumental bronze figures. Balanced on poles up to 20 feet tall, his sculpture showcases muscular figures frozen in a moment of movement– a leaping man, a somersaulting gymnast, a riding jockey. Towering above its audience, Lavarenne’s striking art elicits an ambiguous tension: are the figures rising toward the sky or falling back to Earth?

Château de La Napoule
Mandelieu-La Napoule, France
May – July, 2013