Ian Philip - Lot 10

Ian Philip Alpine A110 Bleu de France Pièce UNIQUE 1/1 Resin sculpture, fiberglass, acrylic paint and body gloss varnish. Matte black lacquered base. Dimensions: 70 x 35 x 15 cm for the Alpine and 80 x 40 x 2 cm for the base. Thanks to Thierry Doreau for the shoot in the Driver 402 showroom. With galleries in Paris, Cannes, Reims and Namur, events on his calendar, and even and major automotive events such as Rétromobile, Ian Philip is definitely 100%, or more, in artistic creation. After a long period in the Marvel world, Ian Philip is now transposing his pop codes and their heroes, who are as charismatic charismatic but more real than the comic-book stars Formula 1 champions. His approach is one of fascination, respect, but also humor and joy. the same distance that a child's gaze a child's eye. For many of us, this relationship for many of us, the same relationship we feel for and motorsport. This is undoubtedly one of the reasons for the artist's success. artist's success. A sculptor as much as a painter, Ian Philip is as comfortable with color as he is with form. A natural from his background as a body painter. He shapes his prototypes by hand, restoring the volumes and volumes and lines of iconic Ferrari models, Aston Martin, Porsche and Alpine. He invents the hybrid silhouettes of his Business series, 3D images of gentlemen drivers and revisits helmets. It takes hours of patient, meticulous work, in an aseptic atmosphere, to achieve the exact exact finish. At the end of the day is the sheer brilliance of the material gliding glides over the curves. A vitamin-rich miracle propelled by spray gun or aerosol. or aerosol. A bomb effect; in the language of the imagination, each of Ian Philip's pieces is an eye-catcher. As a lover of beautiful cars, we're obviously to his aesthetic reinterpretations and powerful reinterpretations. Whether it's the GT silhouettes on the Skate, the scaled-down sculptures of the sculptures of the F40, portraits of Lewis Hamilton, his muse Hamilton, his muse, or the Brick series of Lego-style with Lego-style F1 champions, Ian Philip's style play with contemporary codes and bend them to his own and to his own taste.