When he is not refining new collaborations, he is working in his studio or filming a new episode of his television series “Sur le murs,” which showcases the talents of French-speaking street artists around the world. Richard Orlinski (1966) has enough time to devote to his faceted sculptures carved like precious stones (such as his famous Kong!), to write books such as Pourquoi J’ai Cassé les Codes, to design timepieces such as the Classic Fusion Chronograph Titanium for Hublot with a faceted case.
“The most difficult part of creating a watch it’s about working on extremely small scales. I’d never made a sculpture on such a tiny surface, so to facet objects of this size while considering the mechanism of the watch is a complicated thing. It’s a good thing the Hublot teams are such experts, because it’s not a simple thing to do.”
It comes from everyday life. I listen a lot to the people around me too, whether it’s my friends, my family, or my employees. We’re a great team and that’s what I love the most. I think 10 or 20 brains are stronger than one. I’m also very attentive to my community on social networks and elsewhere, they’re very engaged and I sometimes take inspiration from their ideas too.
I don’t necessarily have a favorite, but my Kong is undoubtedly the most iconic piece. It represents the silverback gorilla, an endangered species with DNA almost identical to our own. It can stand upright, so you can interpret it in different ways and make it say whatever you want.
To be honest, it’s pretty much the same. You must think about the design, and then choose the material with which you want to work this new piece. Making watches like Hublot’s is also art, it’s just made on a much smaller scale, so you must work within those constraints.
I’d like to be remembered as someone who tried to democratize art and make it accessible to everyone. I like to exhibit in the streets to bring art out into the public eye, for free. I also do collaborations like the one with Hublot, to bring art into people’s everyday lives in places where you wouldn’t expect it.
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