Samy San is known for his imaginative and whimsical work that blurs the line between nostalgia and futurism. PROXIMHOPE unfolds like a speculative machine, an object that appears at once technological and strangely organic. Built from layered forms, soft industrial geometries, and delicately balanced volumes, the sculpture evokes an imaginary device whose function remains intentionally undefined.
The work embodies Samy San’s distinctive visual language, where playfulness and subtle unease coexist. Rounded shapes, protruding elements, and intricate details hint at mechanisms, sensors, or evolving structures yet resist any singular reading. The sculpture seems suspended between invention and transformation, as if emerging from a world where technology and imagination merge.
Samy San, PROXIMHOPE, 2019-2021, mix media (wood, plastic, metal, acrylic), 78 x 138 x 73 cm