Daniel Arsham a rรฉussi ร  trouver sa voie dans lโ€™art en sortant de sa zone de confort ou en se confrontant ร  des exercices inhabituels. Que ce soit par la dรฉcouverte de films de Salvador Dalรญ ou ses premiers projet photographiques, sa rรฉflexion sur la conception dโ€™une oeuvre plutรดt que sur lโ€™oeuvre en elle mรชme, lui a permis de trouver sa voie. Son travail reste nรฉanmoins trรจs technique et demande un temps de production important. La rรฉsolution de contraintes techniques importantes et sa volontรฉ dโ€™inscrire son oeuvre dans des expรฉriences narratives le conduisent ร  rรฉaliser des installations ร  grande รฉchelle.
Cโ€™est avec recul quโ€™il conseille ainsi aux jeunes artistes de faire confiance ร  leur intuition et de ne pas forcรฉment chercher dโ€™รฉlรฉments rationnels dans la construction de leur oeuvre.


Daniel Arsham has managed to find his way in art by leaving his comfort zone and by facing unusual exercises. Whether by discovering Salvador Dalรญ’s films or his first photographic projects, his thoughts on the conception of a work rather than on the work itself, allowed him to find his way. His work remains very technical and requires significant production time. The resolution of important technical constraints and his desire to put his work into narrative experiences led him to realize large-scale installations.
It is with hindsight that he advocates for young artists to trust their intuition and not necessarily look for rational elements in the construction of their work.

Daniel Arsham a construit son style sur la base de trois expรฉriences.
Il est nรฉ daltonien et, trรจs tรดt dans sa carriรจre, ses oeuvres sont restรฉes monochromes. Partant de nuances allant du noir au blanc, il sโ€™est peu ร  peu aventurรฉ dans la couleur grรขce ร  des verres lui permettant de voir des teintes plus variรฉes.
Cโ€™est en faisant le rencontre de Merce Cunningham quโ€™il sโ€™initie au design architectural en construisant les dรฉcors de scรจne des spectacles du grand chorรฉgraphe.
Enfin, cโ€™est un voyage sur lโ€™รŽle de Pรขques qui lui fait dรฉcouvrir des vestiges archรฉologiques et lโ€™inspire pour dรฉvelopper son oeuvre et ses installations autour de la perception du temps. Cette terre volcanique a orientรฉ ses sculptures vers des matรฉriaux tels que le cristal, la cendre ou diffรฉrents minรฉraux et gemmes.


Daniel Arsham built his style on three experiences.
He was born colorblind and, very early in his career, his works remained monochrome. Starting from shades going from black to white, he has gradually ventured into color thanks to glasses allowing him to see more varied shades.
It is by meeting Merce Cunningham that he got initiated to architectural design by constructing the sets of the stage of the great choreographer’s shows.
Finally, a trip to Easter Island allowed him to discover archaeological remains and inspired him to develop his work and installations around the perception of time. This volcanic land has oriented his sculpture towards materials such as crystal, ash or different minerals and gems.

Daniel Arsham est un artiste amรฉricain connu pour ses sculptures faites de cristaux et ses manipulations dโ€™รฉlรฉments architecturaux. Nรฉ ร  Cleveland, cโ€™est ร  Miami quโ€™il passe la majoritรฉ de son enfance. Repรฉrรฉ trรจs tรดt comme un dessinateur talentueux, il entre alors en รฉcole spรฉcialisรฉe et pratique beaucoup la photographie. Cette รฉpoque sera marquรฉe par lโ€™ouragan Andrew qui occasionnera de nombreuses destructions dans la rรฉgion, et notamment celle de sa maison. Ces รฉvรฉnements le conduiront ร  sโ€™intรฉresser ร  lโ€™architecture qui occupe encore aujourdโ€™hui une grande place dans son travail.


Daniel Arsham is an American artist known for his sculptures made of crystals and manipulations of architectural elements. Born in Cleveland, he spent most of his childhood in Miami. Spotted very early as a talented draftsman, he then enters a specialized school and practices a lot of photography. This time will be marked by the hurricane Andrew which will cause many destructions in the region, and in particular his familyโ€™s house. These events will lead him to gain interest for architecture that still occupies a large place in his work today.