Karl Lagasse - Wall Trade Center Spirite 1 and Spirite 2 Towers

Plaster, Mirror, Acrylic on two wood sculpted towers. - Hand signed - 2006/2009

Karl in one of the current top 10 selling sculpture artist's in the world, and is the hottest current artist in all of France.

Two Original towers sculptures "Wall Trade Center Spirite" 1 & "Wall Trade Center Spirit 2" by Karl Lagasse.

1/1. Original.

The towers represent a tribute by Karl Lagasse to the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York City, United States.Karl started work on the two towers in 2006, and finalized his tribute, after three years of work, dedicating them in 2009. They have a destroyed style with many panels intentionally scratched and broken by the artist, as is common theme with Karl's other tower sculptures.

Karl feels the deep connection that exists between France and the United States.

Karl Lagasse was just commissioned to install an 8-Meter Bronze Dollar in Manhattan this coming October, and the other eight large dollars have sold for over 1 million USD.

Both tower sculptures are appox 80 cm tall and 16 cm wide.

Each is hand signed, and come with a certificate of authenticity from Karl's Studio. The items arrived to our gallery created and direct from Paris.

Karl has made very few original one of one sculptures, and his other towers have broken recent records at auction houses throughout Europe and Asia.

Don't miss your only chance to own these incredible pieces.

Artist KARL LAGASSE

Karl Lagasse, born April 4, 1981 in Paris, is a French artist. He is the creator of the One Dollar sculpture as well as the trophy for the 43rd edition of the Deauville American Film Festival.

Karl Lagasse's career began in 1996 with the sale of his first work in Antwerp, he was then 15 years old. A few years later, in 2003, he prepared his first exhibition in Paris where he exhibited his works which combine collages and painting, as Yvaral Vasarely, son of the Hungarian plastic artist Victor Vasarely, had suggested to him when they met in 1998.He began sculpture in 2004 and found inspiration by watching Les Nuits Blanches [Which?]. He then began to look for his style and began the series of Buildings and towers, totem works made of different materials. The same year, he left Paris to settle in Normandy.

In 2006, Isy Brachot (famous Brussels gallery) devoted an exhibition to him. In 2008, he returned to Paris to exhibit at the Espace Pierre Cardin. Paintings, sculptures and photographs are presented. A film on the realization of the works is also screened there. 2009, year of creation of one of the most emblematic works of the artist, the One Dollar. A work resulting from his admiration for the United States but also symbolizing what it is possible to do with a single dollar; "Making art with $ 1".

In 2010, he was chosen to represent the town of Deauville (Normandy) on the occasion of the equestrian world championship Horsemania which takes place in Lexington (United States), a town twinned with the Norman seaside resort, for which he realizes a sculpture .After the “One Dollar, whose success is international, he presents another work which will also become emblematic, the Cryptogram One. It is at the Art Monaco fair in 2011 that the public discovers it.

To celebrate the 65th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival in 2012, he created a 2.80 m by 60 cm wide tower sculpture in cement, wood, glass and photos in collaboration with Corbis and exhibited it at the Carlton Cinema Club. The artists present at the festival are invited to sign the work.

After Cannes his celebrity exploded. Now paintings and sculptures sell everyday in the six to seven figure range at Galleries and auction houses worldwide.