Artist Alexandre Benjamin Navet turned New York’s 5th Avenue into an immersive, floral sketchbook:
One morning earlier this month, French artistbroadly smiled as he strolled down New York’s 5th Avenue, right through his latest work.
“It’s really emotional to see all these beautiful people taking pictures and enjoying it,” he said. “You don’t know what to expect when you start this kind of project. It’s amazing to see all the interactions and the joy that’s on everyone’s faces.” Navet has the preppy style of a native Parisian. He wore a blue blazer, and his slim, tailored gray jeans matched his ever-present cap. He sat down at an outdoor table at a plaza. In front of him, a group of tourists posed next to a giant sculpture of a vase of flowers that was surrounded by freshly planted pink, yellow, and red begonias.installation, running down the busy thoroughfare from 57th to 49th Street throughout the month of May.
“The idea was walking through a giant sketchbook,” Navet said of his 5th Avenue takeover, which has turned the 12 blocks into a veritable canvas for the artist’s colorful sculptures of vases and grand arches. It even encompasses an outdoor café. Each piece is adorned with live flowers. As they grow, the sculptures’ appearances change as well. “It’s all about spring and creating surprise in the city,” Navet said.Every project begins with Navet’s hand sketches. His oeuvre is defined by a sense of naivety, a childlike Crayola-scribble utopia that is balanced by a fine-tuned sense of scale, proportion, and adult perspective. His style is utterly distinctive, thriving on this dichotomy that embraces his two sides.
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