François WEIL
757
2011 - 251 kg - 94 x 215 x 215 cm
Granite de Brusvily - Acier
757
2011 - 251 kg - 94 x 215 x 215 cm
Granite de Brusvily - Acier
759
2011 - 4 243 kg - 125 x 450 x 450 cm
Petit granite d'Anthisne - Acier
816
2013 - 2 349 kg - 75 x 260 x 260 cm
Ardoise d'Angers - Acier
816
2013 - 2 349 kg - 75 x 260 x 260 cm
Ardoise d'Angers - Acier
818
2013 - 1 001 kg - 115 x 190 x 190 cm
Andesite de Magura Ilvei - Acier
818
2013 - 1 001 kg - 115 x 190 x 190 cm
Andesite de Magura Ilvei - Acier
828
2014 - 10 kg - 17 x 40 x 40 cm
Andesite de Magura Ilvei - Acier - Feuille d'or
828
2014 - 10 kg - 17 x 40 x 40 cm
Andesite de Magura Ilvei - Acier - Feuille d'or
828
2014 - 10 kg - 17 x 40 x 40 cm
Andesite de Magura Ilvei - Acier - Feuille d'or
833
2014 - 979 kg - 95 x 170 x 160 cm
Granite de St Pois - Acier - Feuille d'or
834
2014 - 10 999 kg - 270 x 490 x 490 cm
Granite de Brusvily - Acier
834
2014 - 10 999 kg - 270 x 490 x 490 cm
Granite de Brusvily - Acier
842
2014 - 101 kg - 115 x 185 x 185 cm
Schiste du Val Maggia - Acier
842
2014 - 101 kg - 115 x 185 x 185 cm
Schiste du Val Maggia - Acier
842 - 843
2014 - 101 kg - 115 x 185 x 185 cm
2014 - 177 kg - 127 x 194 x 194 cm
Schiste du Val Maggia - Acier
843
2014 - 177 kg - 127 x 194 x 194 cm
Schiste du Val Maggia - Acier
843
2014 - 177 kg - 127 x 194 x 194 cm
Schiste du Val Maggia - Acier
849
2015 - 7 001 kg - 195 x 330 x 330 cm
Andesite de Magura Ilvei - Acier - Feuille d'or
849
2015 - 7 001 kg - 195 x 330 x 330 cm
Andesite de Magura Ilvei - Acier - Feuille d'or
849
2015 - 7 001 kg - 195 x 330 x 330 cm
Andesite de Magura Ilvei - Acier - Feuille d'or
862
2015 - 1,20 kg - 5,5 x 13 x 15 cm
Ardoise de Grube Bocksberg Eschenbach - Acier - Feuille d'or
862
2015 - 1,20 kg - 5,5 x 13 x 15 cm
Ardoise de Grube Bocksberg Eschenbach - Acier - Feuille d'or
868
2015 - 547 kg - 197 x 180 x 180 cm
Ardoise du Vermont - Acier
878
2015 - 121 kg - 31 x 102 x 102 cm
Ardoise du Vermont - Acier - Feuille d'or
878
2015 - 121 kg - 31 x 102 x 102 cm
Ardoise du Vermont - Acier - Feuille d'or
891
2016 - 20 kg - 55 x 46 x 40 cm
Granite d'Andeer - Acier
891
2016 - 20 kg - 55 x 46 x 40 cm
Granite d'Andeer - Acier
899
2016 - 1 807 kg - 95 x 166 x 175 cm
Marbre de Chemtou - Acier
901
2016 - 3 869 kg - 177 x 342 x 342 cm
Pierre ollaire de Chiavenna - Acier
901
2016 - 3 869 kg - 177 x 342 x 342 cm
Pierre ollaire de Chiavenna - Acier
912
2017 - 2 627 kg - 135 x 268 x 268 cm
Ardoise du Vermont - Acier
912
2017 - 2 627 kg - 135 x 268 x 268 cm
Ardoise du Vermont - Acier
François Weil was born in 1964 in Paris.
In 1986, he graduated from the National School of Applied Arts and Crafts in Paris.
In 1988, he obtained his diploma in sculpture from the National School of Fine Arts in Paris. In 1997, he was awarded the Pierre Cardin Prize by the Academy of Fine Arts in Paris.
In 2006, he received the Grand Prize at the Poznan Sculpture Biennale in Poland.
In 2013, the Château de Chambord hosted an exhibition of his works.
In 2016, he was awarded the Pierre Gianadda Foundation Prize by the Academy of Fine Arts.
The MIFAC Grand Prize was awarded to the director of the film representing his work.
Since 1989, François Weil has exhibited his work in Europe, Asia, and the United States. He is the creator of numerous monumental works.
François Weil spins monumental stones that he collects from around the world (Albania, France, China, Egypt, Russia, Mali, Romania, Italy, Belgium, South Korea, Germany, India).
He creates astonishing mobile sculptures full of poetry and lightness, reminiscent of menhirs and dolmens; timeless stones carrying history, energy, and movement.
François Weil plays with the laws of gravity and inertia. The stone vibrates, speaks, moves, and breathes; through energy, it questions and surprises us. The artist explores the relationship between movement and balance, lightness and gravity, instant and eternity.
Using blocks of Angers slate, Vermont red slate (USA), Volvic lava, Brusvily granite, Averdon limestone, or Carrara marble, which he elegantly and energetically assembles, adding steel axes, he creates works with axial and lateral rotations that, with a small amount of energy, set themselves in motion, leaving us dizzy.