A FALL FROM GRACE
Lhouette unveils his iconic Angel Cake motif in a monumental Bronze Sculpture.
Produced in collaboration with internationally renowned bronze art foundry Pangolin Editions, and Arkley Fine Art a leading UK independent contemporary gallery platform, championing distinctive artists, ambitious projects and collectable contemporary art.
THE BRONZE AGE.
The new sculpture takes Angel Cake beyond Lhouette's established mixed-media language and reimagines the work as a substantial three-dimensional bronze monument.
Standing at over 2m in height and weighing approximately 500kg the double sided Angel motif set onto bronze cast oil drum was commissioned by a private patron & developed through an extensive process of hand cut stencil layered-modelling, mould-making, molten casting, finishing and patination.
The project represents 18 months of development, bringing together Lhouette's studio practice with the specialist knowledge and traditional bronze-making techniques of the Pangolin team.
The Angel Cake motif has existed within Lhouette’s visual vocabulary for the last 15 years, appearing across paintings, editions, and resin shaped wall reliefs and a multitude of other mixed media forms. From its beginnings as a simple spray-painted stencil the motif has continually evolved while retaining its instantly recognisable silhouette.
Over that time, Angel Cake has been shown globally, with works and installations appearing everywhere from JFK Airport to major international art fairs including Miami Art Fair, alongside numerous iterations now held in private collections around the world.
The move into bronze gives the character a whole new arena of play.
MADE IN BRITAIN
The sculpture was cast by Pangolin Editions in Gloucestershire one of Britain's premiere fine-art foundries, whose history of producing sculpture spans more than three decades working with the worlds most recognised artists such as Damian Hirst, Antony Gormley, Marc Quinn, Stik, and the late Yayoi Kusama.
The process has been documented extensively through photography and film, offering a behind-the-scenes record of the sculpture's development from the artist's studio through to casting, finishing and final installation.
