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Laurent Proux

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    Born in Versailles in 1980, Laurent Proux lives and works in Paris. In his painting and drawing, Laurent Proux produces powerful and original imagery that seeks through his formal choices to resolve the questions raised by his subjects. Described by some as a realist due to the subjects he depicts—industrial machinery, workstations, sexualized bodies, etc.­—his style finds its emancipation through his never-ending exploration of pictorial solutions, the integration of aberrations, bringing planes into collision, the use of artificial colors, all freeing his oeuvre from the opposition between figuration and abstraction. He approaches the human form through fragments, exaggeration and the use of silhouettes to create a kind of body-cum-machine, politicized and under assault, often disturbing and occasionally sentimental. His canvases take the form of a stage, in an altered perspective and the artist addresses the spectator with a visual and intellectual enigma running through the image.

    Laurent Proux’s first institutionnal solo exhibition will take place at the Musée de l’Abbaye in Saint-Claude (FR) in 2025. His oeuvres are included in the collections of the National Center for Visual Arts (CNAP), the Occitan, Limousin and Nouvelle-Aquitaine regional contemporary art collections (FRAC) and the Paris Municipal Collection (FMAC). His work has been exhibited at the Mana Contemporary in Chicago (US), the Shanghai Art Museum (CN), the Moscow Center for Contemporary Art (RU), the Musée d’Art Contemporain in Lyon (FR), the Limousin FRAC in Limoges (FR), at the Lieu Commun in Toulouse (FR) and at the Musée d'Art moderne et contemporain de l'Abbaye Sainte-Croix aux Sables-d'Olonne (FR). Laurent Proux was a resident of the Casa de Velázquez in Madrid (ES).

    • Laurent Proux
    • Sunburn , 2024
    • Oil on canvas
      • 200 ×
      • 180 ×
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      • 78 3/4 ×
      • 70 7/8 ×
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      • 204 ×
      • 184 ×
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      • 80 5/16 ×
      • 72 7/16 ×
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    • Laurent Proux
    • Under the Tree IV (The Fall) , 2024
    • Oil on canvas
      • 220 ×
      • 182 ×
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      • 86 5/8 ×
      • 71 5/8 ×
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      • 186 ×
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      • 88 3/16 ×
      • 73 1/4 ×
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    • Laurent Proux
    • Mount Pelion , 2024
    • Oil on canvas
      • 200 ×
      • 180 ×
      •  cm
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      • 78 3/4 ×
      • 70 7/8 ×
      •  inches
      •  unframed
      • 204 ×
      • 184 ×
      • 5 ×
      •  cm
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      • 80 5/16 ×
      • 72 7/16 ×
      • 1 15/16 ×
      •  in
      •  framed

    • Laurent Proux
    • The Shadow of the Branch , 2024
    • Oil on canvas
      • 182 ×
      • 220 ×
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      • 71 5/8 ×
      • 86 5/8 ×
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      •  unframed
      • 186 ×
      • 224 ×
      • 5 ×
      •  cm
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      • 73 1/4 ×
      • 88 3/16 ×
      • 1 15/16 ×
      •  in
      •  framed

    • Laurent Proux
    • Dreaming Figure , 2024
    • Oil on canvas
      • 65 ×
      • 62 ×
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      • 25 9/16 ×
      • 24 7/16 ×
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      •  unframed
      • 69 ×
      • 66 ×
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      • 27 3/16 ×
      • 26 ×
      • 1 15/16 ×
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      •  framed
    • Laurent Proux
    • Hearing the Wind , 2024
    • Oil on canvas
      • 65 ×
      • 62 ×
      •  cm
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      • 25 9/16 ×
      • 24 7/16 ×
      •  inches
      •  unframed
      • 69 ×
      • 66 ×
      • 5 ×
      •  cm
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      • 27 3/16 ×
      • 26 ×
      • 1 15/16 ×
      •  in
      •  framed