ALIEN
conceived in 2012
bronze with brown patina
height: 600 cm (19’ 8”)
cast as an edition of 3 + 2 Artist’s Proofs in bronze resin inscribed ‘Breuer-Weil / 2012’ and ‘Alien’
Exhibited:
Sotheby’s: Beyond Limits, Chatsworth House, 2013
Grosvenor Gardens, London 2013-2015 (part of Westminster City Council’s ‘City of Sculpture’)
The Berardo Collection, Lisbon (permanent collection)
National Trust, Mottisfont House, Hampshire, 2015-2016
David Breuer-Weil at Christie’s, A Private Sales Exhibition, an exhibition of monumental sculpture across London, June - July 2017
St Pancras New Church, London, 2017 - 2019
David Breuer-Weil: Sculptures in The Secret Garden, Kemp Town, Brighton, April - September 2023
An extension of the ‘Visitor’ series, Alien is a vast 6 metre tall work depicting a humanoid fgure crash landed in the earth. It’s circling legs suggest that this a more permanent development as the fgure struggles to free itself from the ground.
Alien installed at Mottisfont House, Hampshire, 2015 - 2016
“I have always been fascinated by the idea that we are not alone, that a massive alien might suddenly land on earth. I wanted to capture the sense of wonder and shock that such an arrival would generate. Every new work of art is an alien, an unexpected arrival. But I also think that an extra- terrestrial being would look like us, but perhaps much larger or smaller. However, the title Alien also suggests something quite different: the diffculty of being an outsider. My father arrived in England from Vienna with his parents as refugees in 1938. My grandfather was interned as an enemy ‘Alien’, a great paradox given the reasons he had to leave Austria, something that my family often spoke about. Sometimes immigrants hide their true identity beneath the surface, like this sculpture. Many of my works, both paintings and sculptures, explore the theme of belonging or alienation. But with this work I wanted to use a vast, breathing human form to express the profound feelings associated with these themes. And I needed the massive scale to portray the intensity of these emotions.”
Alien installed at Mottisfont House, Hampshire, 2015 - 2016
Alien exhibited at David Breuer Weil: Sculptures in The Secret Garden, Brighton, 2023
Alien (alongside Brothers) installed at St Pancras New Church, London, 2017 - 2019