Flying Man

Molenstraat

Perhaps you have dreamed of it: floating through the streets of the place where you live. Close to the ground or high up in the sky, your perspective changes and you move much faster than when your feet are on the earth. The air carries you, weightless. This brightly illuminated flying man made of wire mesh by Cédric Le Borgne might awaken that desire within you. The wind in your hair and a sense of absolute freedom. Where would your flight take you?

The works of Cédric Le Borgne appear and disappear, drifting between dream and reality. For him, space is a playground, a place to meet and to share. What impression does this work make on you? Share it with one another and feel connected.

In Oirschot you will find two more works by this artist. In the Boterkerkje you can see Fleur and Sitting Boy. All sculptures are part of Cédric Le Borgne’s Voyageurs. As the artist himself says. The travellers watch over us. They take care of us. They play with us. They spark our imagination.

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About the artist

Cédric Le Borgne

Cédric Le Borgne was born in Paris in 1972 and lives and works in Toulouse. After studying applied arts at the École Normale Supérieure de Cachan in Paris, he created his first works in Toulouse in 1997. Since then, his artworks have travelled the world.

I began this project after a long world trip. I observed daily life in Pakistan, India, China, Egypt and Chile. At the same time I monitored myself. I was searching for my place in the world. I came home and wanted to express myself as an artist in my own environment, in my own street. In the late nineties I installed my first Travellers together with friends in the streets of my neighborhood in Toulouse, using streetlights or car headlights with a battery. It was like a game, it was really fun. Later they travelled the world, from Geneva to Seoul, from London to Singapore.

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