French artist Baptiste Debombourg puzzles us once again with his latest installation “Stellar“, which is part of the “Le Voyage à Nantes“ festival and can be marveled at until August 30th at Place du Bouffay in Nantes.

Never shying away from making art in rather unorthodox ways with a strong sense for the absurdities life has to offer, Debombourg's dynamic sculpture can be seen as a playful take on the art of socializing.

“It is only natural that Baptiste Debombourg designed his project after observing the Place du Bouffay and the great presence of outdoor cafés and restaurants. An outdoor patio is synonymous with socializing. The chair composing, it can be seen as representative of a person. The artist decided to play with this presence by creating a large aerial sculpture that contradicts the gravity of everyone anchored to the ground. In a dialogue with the volume of the public square and the height of the buildings, two ellipses of chairs rise up into the air, meet, and then separate. The shape also takes its inspiration from an artwork that Robert Delaunay made for the “Palais de l’Air” during the Paris World’s Fair in 1937. In it, the artist put man back in his place as an integral part of his environment, subjected to its laws.“