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Face to Face (2019) Sculpture by Christophe Bregnard
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Limited Edition (#6/7)
Sculpture,
Glass
/
Wood
on Other substrate
- Dimensions Height 59.1in, Width 39.4in / 35.00 kg
- Fit for outdoor? No, This artwork can not be displayed outdoor
- Categories Sculptures from $20,000 Minimalism
created especially for the exhibition at POPA,
the viewer is truly part of the work.
He enters a circular space where nature has
disappeared to give way to an industrial world,
barely capable of evoking a flower or a tree.
Face to Face invites a symbolic reading
thorough. Indeed, from 2014, the artist
regularly refers to the symbolism of numbers,
whose organizing and structuring power he perceives.
One of them, the number seven, is particularly
present in his work. Mystical cipher (in the
Hebrew tradition, the seven-branched candlestick
personifies divinity and light) and symbol of
the totality of the universe (in the Christian tradition,
the world was created in seven days), the value "seven"
determines, for example, the number of mirrors
in Dead Sea and flowers in Face to Face. As to
to the number six which fixed the hexagonal shape of the
mirrors, it is inspired by the structure of the cradle, a
wild flower of our regions. In geometry
sacred to the artist, the hexagon also embodies the
transition between the square and the round, between the earthy
and the spiritual. The transition in turn symbolizes a
passage, a stage, a becoming.
Cycles, Dead Sea, Sky Reflect and Face to Face form
a set of works where the mirror plays a role
determining. Erected, it is not without evoking the
psyche. However, in the French language, the psyche
also refers to the soul. The seven giant flowers that
make up Face to Face appear as so many
of psyches returning to man his responsibility
towards nature. These oversized flowers can
also include parabolic antennas capable of
capture our desires and questions, while
multiply them
Christophe Bregnard is a contemporary Swiss artist. Attracted as much by the recovery of objects (wheel rims, steam baskets, wedding globes) as by contemporary materials (resin, lacquer, polystyrene), the artist is primarily interested in the questions raised by the work. Some of his sculptures evoke plausible three-dimensional objects such as a wine barrel, or an old bulb, while others do not use any known vocabulary.
Nature plays an essential role in Bregnard approach. It offers him a meditative setting from which he draws his inspiration and sometimes even the raw material of his creations (peacock feathers, blue thistles, wood mushrooms). Cut, sanded, caressed, the slats of wood submit to the artist's requirements and become, under his hands, the imprint left by a flower, a giant halo or a desert.
Christophe Bregnard has exhibited all across Europe and won the Lachat Prize for Visual Arts in 2018. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Laurent Marthaler Contemporary have featured Christophe Bregnard's work in the past.
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Nationality:
SWITZERLAND
- Date of birth : 1975
- Artistic domains: Works by artists with a certified artist value,
- Groups: Certified Artists Contemporary Swiss Artists