Monumental sculpture · Marble & stone
01 / Sculpture studies
Eight starting points for a conversation. Each gesture can be reconsidered through scale, stone, surface, and the place it will inhabit.
Concept visualizations supplied by the artist. Working titles are descriptive; stone types, dimensions, and fabrication feasibility are established during design.
Difference held in a single gesture.
Discuss this direction ↗A moment of attention, made physical.
Discuss this direction ↗02 / The artist
French-American artist,
designer, and architect.
Gregory Neveu is a French-American multidisciplinary artist, designer, and architect. Trained at Olivier de Serres in Paris, he developed his aesthetic expertise across London and New York, bridging architectural design, spatial experiences, and monumental sculpture.
As the founding Creative Director of Source Creative since 2015, Neveu has directed spatial and visual environments for global luxury institutions. This immersion in material luxury, spatial proportion, and physical permanence directly informs his transition into monumental fine art.
In an era governed by transience and digital acceleration, Gregory Neveu introduces a body of monumental stone sculpture that bridges the pinnacle of classical craftsmanship with contemporary visual culture.
Neveu’s practice interrogates a central loss of modern civilization: the disappearing heritage of monumental stone carving. Where cathedral builders spent generations shaping marble to establish permanence, contemporary culture is defined by fleeting screens and instant gratification. Neveu responds by creating physical anchors in time sculptural interventions that prompt the viewer to slow down, ground themselves in the present, and reconnect with tangible reality.
Neveu’s formal vocabulary draws from the minimalist reduction of Constantin Brâncuși and Donald Judd, paired with the bold cultural legibility of Jeff Koons. His primary motifs haptic digital hand gestures and universal emoji iconography sublimate the screen-bound vernacular into enduring monoliths of white marble and deep stone.
Synthesizing frontier AI-driven robotic carving with traditional hand-chisel finishing, Neveu reframes the future of physical art-making. By transmuting ephemeral pixels into timeless monuments, Gregory Neveu establishes an essential aesthetic sanctuary for a hyper-accelerated world.
03 / From intention to stone
A commission begins with you and Gregory Neveu. The place, the feeling, and the meaning come first. Digital precision then serves the artistic intention, while human judgment carries it through to the final surface.
Discuss the setting, the people who will encounter the work, and what it should evoke. Neveu develops artistic directions from that exchange. The images above are invitations to imagine, rather than a fixed catalogue.
Decision: agree the creative brief and scope of design exploration.Three-dimensional sculpting and digital engineering refine silhouette, gesture, proportions, and scale. Views in the intended setting help you consider the relationship between the sculpture and its surroundings.
Decision: approve the design, dimensions, stone, finish, and fabrication scope.The proposed fabrication route uses Monumental Labs’ New York workshop. Its digitally controlled robots remove stone according to toolpaths prepared by skilled fabricators.
Machine work follows the approved digital model.Carvers refine the surface by hand under the artistic direction. A contour, a crease, the transition from polish to texture: these decisions bring sensitivity and character to the form. Neveu’s vision echoes the historic atelier, where a team realizes an artist’s intent and the final details carry a personal voice.
Decision: review the finish and the details that define the work.Before delivery, the team coordinates access, transport, lifting, foundations, and installation with the appropriate site professionals. The work’s final presence depends as much on its setting as on its form.
Decision: confirm site readiness and the installation plan.04 / Material & surface
Explore the possibilities. Exact stone, finish, and block availability are confirmed as part of your commission.
Illustrative material studies. Natural color, veining, and texture vary; physical samples guide the final selection.
Polished, honed, or visibly worked surfaces change how a sculpture holds light. Samples and finish studies inform the final choice.
Interior and exterior works have different requirements. Exposure, climate, maintenance, structural needs, and the selected stone are reviewed together before approval.
05 / Planning a commission
Begin the conversation early, especially when a sculpture is part of a building or landscape project. A delivery date is established after the design, material, fabrication slot, and site requirements are understood.
Scale, design complexity, stone availability, finishing, engineering, transport, and site access all affect the scope. A project-specific proposal should distinguish design development, fabrication, and installation before production is authorized.
No. A place, a feeling, or an interest in a particular gesture is enough to start. Artistic ideation follows the conversation with Neveu.
The design and stone must be reviewed for the intended climate and exposure. Foundations, anchoring, drainage, access, and maintenance are considered with qualified project professionals.
Yes, these are central design decisions. Final choices depend on the form, block availability, structural feasibility, setting, and budget.
A location or site photograph, a rough sense of scale, any relevant date, and an indication of budget if you have one. Early information helps frame a useful conversation; complete specifications are not needed.
Monumental Labs is the proposed fabrication provider for this approach. A formal collaboration and each project’s responsibilities, pricing, and schedule remain subject to agreement.
06 / Commissions
For a landscape, an architectural setting, or a private collection. Every monumental commission begins with the relationship between an idea and a place.
Share what you have in mind. An early thought is enough to begin.
Gregory Neveu
gregory.neveu@gmail.com
917 593 5131