Philippe Pasqua Figurative Sculptures

Mirror polished bronze butterfly vanity artist's proof 1/4 Signed Through his extraordinary journey, the French artist, Philippe Pasqua, has emerged as one of the major artists of his generation. His taste for the monumental is opposed to the attraction he has for what is most vulnerable and deep. For several years, the artist has also been going to Carrara frequently, where he sculpts skulls weighing several tons that are like massive stars radiating telluric energy. At the foundry, he produces large bronze casts that are then plunged into baths of chrome. The skulls that emerge — human or animal, like that of the hippopotamus — become like mirrors: sometimes you only see their blinding reflection, sometimes they disappear, so that what they are reflecting emerges. And on approaching them, inevitably it is our own image that we see. He explores the theme of butterfly-decorated vanities, emphasizing the contrast between the symbol of the soul in ancient Egypt and the great fragility of existence.The skulls represent the spirit of the elders who take flight to become butterflies by the purity of their souls, symbolizing a new cycle of life to celebrate the ephemeral and the infinite. He launches into the realization of a tyrannosaurus Rex in aluminum-chrome of 7 meters long and 4 meters high, composed of 350 bones molded on a real prehistoric skeleton and assembled one after the other. Pasqua’s huge sculptures have embellished the streets of Paris, and were exhibited at the 53rd Venice Biennale, in Moscow, Germany, Beijing, Monaco, Israel and the United States. His latest exhibition in September 2017, extended until January 2018, was a great success. Today, Philippe Pasqua is considered one of the most important sculptors and painters working in France, and his works collects large sums in auctions. Pasqua has exhibited in several museums to great acclaim, including his retrospective at Ahlers Foundation (Hanover, Germany, 2010), “Painting and Drawing” at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art (June 2010) , Galerie Zemack juin 2017 and the monumental show “Boarderline” at the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco (2017). To invest the premises of the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco with monumental works, all inspired by a single theme: the preservation of the oceans and our planet, this is what Philippe Pasqua set himself as a challenge. An extraordinary work where XXL pieces interact with the museum's permanent collections. This "Borderline" exhibition featured twelve works, some of which were created especially for the place ("Santa muerte...

Symbolic of sculpture The monumental olive tree bronze casts chromed represents the life of the Spirit, longevity and family peace, as he so rightly embodies the blessing given to m...