Kalos-Sthénos

Saint-Priest, France

2018

Fanny Allié

Kalos-Sthénos is a permanent installation from french artist Fanny Allié, created with support from Rubis Mécénat for the Parc des Sens in Saint-Priest, France.

Kalos-Sthénos is a park bench in the form of a young man working out. The model for this bench was doing street workout in Thompkins Square, Manhattan, NY, when the artist asked him to pose.

This bench is a positive, poetic and vibrant presence within the Parc des Sens, aiming to gather young and older alike and to initiate a dialogue around its shape.

 

Artwork visible since 6 September 2018
Parc des Sens, 69 800 Saint-Priest, France

Fanny Allié

Fanny Allié obtained her Master’s degree from the École Nationale Supérieure de la Photographie, in Arles, France in 2005. The artist’s work has been presented in solo exhibitions at Hudson Yards Hell’s Kitchen Alliance, Princeton University, Equity Gallery, Hyatt Centric (Philadelphia), DOT Art, A.I.R. Gallery, NYC Parks, Fresh Window, and Saint-Eustache church (Paris, France). Her work has also been included in group exhibitions at Mana Contemporary, Hamburg Museum of Arts and Crafts, NYU/Gallatin Gallery, Dorsky Gallery, Freight+Volume, BRIC Rotunda Gallery, Pratt Institute, UConn University, and The Bronx Museum, among others. 

Fanny Allié is the recipient of various fellowships and residencies, including AIM (Bronx Museum), BRIC Lab Fellowship, Emergency Grant from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, A.I.R. Fellowship Program, Robert Blackburn Printmaking Fellowship, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Studio Program, Yaddo Residency, Dieudonné Workspace Residency, NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship (Craft/ Sculpture), MacDowell Fellowship and The Puffin Foundation.

 

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