Truteau (1970) - The Botanist Alien





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Frédéric Truteau's The Botanist Alien is a unique PLA sculpture (12 × 20 × 9 cm) with a resin flower, signed and dated 2025, sold directly by the artist with a certificate of authenticity.
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The Botanist Alien
Work from the series "the alien lost/stuck on earth"
3D object, Alien in PLA, Flower in resin, painted and varnished
(Do not expose to excessive heat)
Original Work
Unique Piece
1/1
Signed
(Sold without the spray can)
Delivered with certificate of authenticity
Artist listed on Artprice and Artnet
France,
Shipping with insurance
About the work:
"Aloe" (Alien Lost On Earth) embodies a human being who feels like a stranger in the modern world, immersed in a society where cultural richness seems to be in decline, growing insecurity, and a future devoid of clarity. This evocative character transports us into the heart of a deep nostalgia for the 1980s, a time that poignantly reflects a past now distant and irreplaceable, carrying timeless memories.
Despite feeling out of place in this world, he nevertheless tries to blend in, exploring subtleties to gradually assimilate.
About the artist:
Frédéric Truteau, self-taught painter, was born in Marseille in 1970; he now lives near Aix-en-Provence.
With Frédéric Truteau, humor and irony are precious artistic tools. A device to counter the commonly accepted ideas and situations. Dare, disrupt, upset, surprise, no matter what. For Frédéric Truteau, the essential is to provoke a reaction by sharing his own vision of things.
The Botanist Alien
Work from the series "the alien lost/stuck on earth"
3D object, Alien in PLA, Flower in resin, painted and varnished
(Do not expose to excessive heat)
Original Work
Unique Piece
1/1
Signed
(Sold without the spray can)
Delivered with certificate of authenticity
Artist listed on Artprice and Artnet
France,
Shipping with insurance
About the work:
"Aloe" (Alien Lost On Earth) embodies a human being who feels like a stranger in the modern world, immersed in a society where cultural richness seems to be in decline, growing insecurity, and a future devoid of clarity. This evocative character transports us into the heart of a deep nostalgia for the 1980s, a time that poignantly reflects a past now distant and irreplaceable, carrying timeless memories.
Despite feeling out of place in this world, he nevertheless tries to blend in, exploring subtleties to gradually assimilate.
About the artist:
Frédéric Truteau, self-taught painter, was born in Marseille in 1970; he now lives near Aix-en-Provence.
With Frédéric Truteau, humor and irony are precious artistic tools. A device to counter the commonly accepted ideas and situations. Dare, disrupt, upset, surprise, no matter what. For Frédéric Truteau, the essential is to provoke a reaction by sharing his own vision of things.

