
Antoine Dufilho
Metal sculpture
His unique work consists of exposing an alternation of solid and empty, materializing a skeleton, breaking down the forms into successive layers. A movement is created by this sequenced representation.
Between the names Dufilho and Bugatti, there is an almost palpable link, which was woven through the passion of several men.
It was first Jacques, Antoine’s great-uncle, who had the chance to collect Bugattis. This immense passion was passed on to his nephew and naturally, as one passes on a genetic heritage, the torch passed to Antoine.
It is by being aware of his roots that a man can grow. Antoine Dufilho knows them, his roots, which lie in art and medicine. His work proves it.
As a child, Antoine Dufilho learned about the visual arts from his great-uncle, actor, painter and sculptor. Later, medical studies allowed him to discover and dissect the complexity of human biomechanics.
Architectural studies then led him towards a new approach to sculpture, in particular towards the work of the framework, which once exposed reveals a succession of full and empty, bringing lightness and dynamism to the general
shape.
Antoine Dufilho is self-taught, he experiments with different techniques such as molding and welding to gradually build the aesthetics of his art around this DNA which characterizes him.