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“Le patrimoine” combines with materials’ physical properties to yield pieces intimately connected to the Swiss Alps. I harvested pine cones from village trees and wood from abandoned furniture and the local carpenter. The pieces rely on and highlight the physical characteristics of their materials. I modify materials as little as possible, trying not to manipulate them beyond their inherent properties. I let the dimensions of wood scraps dictate dimensions of the piece. Pine cone scales lend themselves to staggered stacking much like wooden tiles of Swiss chalets. The series draws on land and environmental arts where the human hand manipulates and rearranges nature, injecting order into the entropic environment. These works are short-lived, temporal, site-specific, and experiential. Though using natural materials, in contrast, my work seeks to preserve and recontextualize while being experiential in a more intimate and personal way, hung on a wall or held in one’s hands. In the “ wunderkammer” of centuries past, preservation and private individual delight created treasure troves of “arteficialia” and “naturalia”. My works carry the same appreciation for the material wonders both manmade and natural. Everything carries some remarkable aspect making it worthy of appreciation and elevation. My process embodies this idea. I diligently prepare, store, and employ materials which in their ordinary context would not warrant even an initial glance. I treat each individually plucked pine cone scale as if it were gold. Unlike Joseph Cornell’s surrealist assemblages, my compositions take the form of regimented compositions. Despite the formal surface, they are “memory boxes”, each containing a bit of the essence of my life in the Swiss village.

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  1. Une Reconfiguration 4: Nael avait raison by Bao-Khang Luu, Image 1.

    Une Reconfiguration 4: Nael avait raison, 2023

    pine cone scales, wood, acrylic

    23 x 23 x 3.125 in (58.42 x 58.42 x 7.94 cm)

    $2,000

  2. Une Reconfiguration 2: Le Printemps pour Sophie by Bao-Khang Luu, Image 1.

    Une Reconfiguration 2: Le Printemps pour Sophie, 2023

    pine cone scales, wood, cardboard, wood putty, acrylic

    5.5 x 5.5 x 1.75 in (13.97 x 13.97 x 4.45 cm)

    $400

  3. Une Reconfiguration 27, Image 1.

    Une Reconfiguration 27, 2022

    box - pine cone scales, wood, acrylic, thermoplastic, Black Magic ink, watercolor, water-based wood stain, water-based varnish | lid - cardboard, thermoplastic, wood filler, watercolor, acrylic, water-based varnish

    5.1875 x 3.625 x 3.625 in (13.18 x 9.21 x 9.21 cm)

  4. Une Reconfiguration 25: Le Crépuscule aux Dents du Midi by Bao-Khang Luu, Image 1.

    Une Reconfiguration 25: Le Crépuscule aux Dents du Midi, 2021

    pine cone scales, wood, acrylic

    12 x 28.75 x 2.75 in (30.48 x 73.03 x 6.99 cm)

    $1,450

  5. Une Reconfiguration 1 by Bao-Khang Luu, Image 1.

    Une Reconfiguration 1, 2021

    pine cone scales, wood, acrylic

    12.4 x 12.4 x 3.5 in (31.5 x 31.5 x 8.89 cm)

    $850

  6. Une Reconfiguration 3 by Bao-Khang Luu, Image 1.

    Une Reconfiguration 3, 2021

    pine cone scales, wood

    10 x 10 x 2.95 in (25.4 x 25.4 x 7.49 cm)

    $750

  7. Une Reconfiguration 8, Image 1.

    Une Reconfiguration 8, 2020

    pine cone seeds, wood

    9.05 x 9.05 x 2.75 in (22.99 x 22.99 x 6.99 cm)

  8. Une Reconfiguration 5: Les Paysages nichés de Bretaye by Bao-Khang Luu, Image 1.

    Une Reconfiguration 5: Les Paysages nichés de Bretaye, 2020

    pine cone scales, wood

    22.5 x 33 x 3.125 in (57.15 x 83.82 x 7.94 cm)

    $3,000