Artist Baptiste Debombourg Creates A Sculpture That Looks Like A Roller Coaster Of Chairs

August 4, 2015

Stellar By Baptiste Debombourg

Artist Baptiste Debombourg has created ‘Stellar’, a sculpture located in the public square at Place du Bouffay in Nantes, France.

Stellar By Baptiste Debombourg

Working together with Le Voyage à Nantes, the aerial sculpture took 11 months to create and is made from 1200 chairs.

Stellar By Baptiste Debombourg

When designing the sculpture, Baptiste Debombourg was inspired by artwork that Robert Delaunay made for the “Palais de l’Air” during the Paris World’s Fair in 1937, as well as the surrounding cafes and restaurants in the square.

Stellar By Baptiste Debombourg

Stellar By Baptiste Debombourg

Stellar By Baptiste Debombourg

 

Photography courtesy of Galerie Patricia Dorfmann – Paris