"HUMAN FORM N°1" _ 2/8 Sculpture

The discovery of the works of Giacometti was fundamental and revealing for this french artist Catherine VILLA, especially when this latter created « L’Homme qui Marche » (The Walking Man), a sculpture showing a being in motion whose body is stretched to the extreme and whose massive feet give the impression of holding the body back and nailing it to the ground. When looking at these miraculously emerged beings, we also stand still. The image which appears in the light is of ourselves. Where do we come from? The artist seems to be asking. What roots do we have and what legacy can we leave? Close to people, Catherine literally integrates us to the work, she sends us back to our origins, to our condition, showing our fragility together with our hopes. Her characters are always the same as in real life, always in question, always waiting. They are the protagonists of their own life-stories. The links that bind us to each other are questioned: « Il fallait qu’ils se séparent » (They had to separate), « Il y avait si longtemps » (It’s been such a long time), « Étreinte Immobile » (Immobile Hug)….. are just a few of the evocative titles which underline her work. The human being is a being in a relationship but what does he make of it? It is a case of evoking the moments which mark our lives, moments of separation, moments of solitude or of discovery and exchange. "When I sculpt," she writes, "I like to put my fingers in the ground, leave a trace ..." We must not forget that nature is in each of us and that we are part of a whole which surpasses us inevitably. "My sculptures, sometimes stuck on solid wood are in the same vein to find under the clay, our roots and the great bond with the earth. This is an expression of the hand that completes in three dimensions what my painting expresses."

Sculpture:Bronze on Bronze

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:4 W x 16 H x 4 D in

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