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France
Sculpture, Ceramic on Ceramic
Size: 8.7 W x 9.4 H x 7.9 D in
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Cactus City is a terracotta sculpture representing a fantasy town somewhat in the shape of a cactus. It is a central rock with slightly protruding rocks on the sides, all carved into buildings. It is a small town, or just a village, completely set out of the outside world. There is only one entrance door in the rock dowstairs, connecting Cactus City outside. What could have fueled the creation of such a city? Surely the fear of a world of dangers, the need for protection, or perhaps just the will of a community to grow by itself, in very necessary harmonious relations. Because lots of harmony and patience you'll surely need to be able to live in Cactus City, as every house in so intertwined with its neighbours... Fear of outside dangers might have pushed here for more harmonious relationships inside the city. A good thing for a bad one. Cactus city could be a metaphor of human living: we try to protect ourselves from many potential - real or imaginary - dangers, but the real dangers are perhaps much more from within human nature. And if we succeed in controlling them, it would open the door to happiness and harmony. Cactus city's dystopic environment might become an example of human excellence.
Sculpture:Ceramic on Ceramic
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:8.7 W x 9.4 H x 7.9 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships in a Box
Delivery Time:Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments.
Handling:Ships in a box. Artists are responsible for packaging and adhering to Saatchi Art’s packaging guidelines.
Ships From:France.
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I am a French and Polish artist, born in Paris in 1972. Coming from a family of artists (my mother Julita is a sculptor, my sister Gabrielle a painter, my brother Pierre a music composer...) I've expressed myself in my childhood mainly through drawing. Then for many years I dropped art totally and went into studies and work, to realise a few years back I cannot live without creating. A peak time is my New York experience for a few month in 2008, where I briefly just plunged into creation, before coming back to what had become my normal everyday life... After that, this urge for creation has grown on me progressively until a recent making out in 2011, when returning from a very enriching experience as a plumber in Bangladesh slums, where I had spent about a year and a half... Quite lost at my return home, I can say I slowly came back to myself only through art. The action of sculpting was a highly restructuring experience to me.It rebuilt me and gave a new meaning to my life. Since then, I've been creating and considering myself as an artist. In the meantime I got married and am a father of adorable twin boys, born in 2016. With this parenthood experience my creation has necessarily evolved, I considered myself primarily as a sculptor, but with restricted time and access to my clay workshop in Touraine I had much frustration. Hence my latest sculpture projects with various materials including recyclables and rubbish, my recent return to drawing, my discovery of collage and also painting to a lesser extent. Today, another page will be turned with our installation mid 2017 in a new house in Saint Cloud, near Paris, with the possibility of having a workshop at home, and generally more space and more time dedicated to creation.
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