I have been working with sylvain chartier since 2024. Here i present a 1/8 scale painted metal sculpture with a certificate of authenticity. here is his background: born in metz in 1961 – dnsep (national higher diploma in visual arts), 1985, hear (haute école des arts du rhin), strasbourg, sarkis studio – taught drawing at the hear (haute école des arts du rhin) public workshops from 2002 to 2014; sculpture from 2010 to 2014 – founder of the nideck giants sculpture symposiums since 2003 solo exhibitions 1982 hear annex, strasbourg 1986 hill stables, niederhaslach 1987 itinerary, vandœuvre 1989 28 pieces, molsheim 1990 sculptures, park and library, obernai 1991 transit gallery, strasbourg 1992 the park venue with m. Sternjacob & a. Bourinet, saint honoré-les-bains 1993 graphigro, strasbourg 1994 le faubourg gallery, strasbourg finnegan’s gallery, strasbourg 1996 arp’resst, aubette 1928 with m. Klein, strasbourg 1998 château gallery, môtiers, switzerland 1999 hellweg gallery with s. Weber ludenscheid, germany 2002 sculptures with g. Starck, la laiterie, strasbourg 2006 bartholdi high school library with j. Kitzbihler, colmar 2017 the courtyard, 11 pieces, aluminum, metal, and automotive paint, würth museum park, erstein 2018 lotel, oberhaslach hôtel des xv, strasbourg la pyramide, oberhaslach group exhibitions 1982 adeas gallery, strasbourg 1983 j. & j. Donguy gallery, paris 1984 grands & jeunes d’aujourd’hui (greats & young artists of today) with g. Fromanger, grand palais, paris 1985 neues (new works) in the artist's words: "i experiment with volume and develop my personal research 'from drawing to sculpture, from sculpture to drawing.' i approach volume by questioning techniques and materials, focusing on an idea, a concept, or a search for spontaneity. My intention is to free myself from the monolith by replacing work on mass with work on lines of force, transparencies and voids, and to get closer and closer to drawing in space.