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Place of Origin: French
Black glazed ceramic mural sculpture by Patrick Crulis, 2024
By Patrick Crulis
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Black glazed ceramic mural sculpture by Patrick Crulis.
2024. Unique piece.
H : 20.1 x 18.5 x 15.3 inches.
Approximate sizes.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Beaux Arts French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Amber Colored Natural Stone with Wood Stand
Located in Miami, FL
Natural amber stone found in Corsica on a wooden stand painted black.
Makes a lovely gift.
Will enhance any shelf, table or countertop.
Category
20th Century French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone
$160 Sale Price
20% Off
Earthenware sculpture by Georges Martin, circa 1980- 1990
By George Martin
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Earthenware sculpture vase by Georges Martin.
Artist monogram on the base.
Unique piece.
Circa 1980- 1990.
H : 18.9 x 8.7 x 15.7 inches.
Category
20th Century Beaux Arts French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Captivating Sculpture by Guy Lartigue
By Guy Lartigue
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and tall, geometrical sculpture by renowned French artist Guy Lartigue, who is notably praised for his monumental outdoor fountains and sculptural works that masterfully c...
Category
1970s Vintage French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Cement, Aluminum
Carved French Stone Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning carved stone lamp made in France, circa 1970s. Depicts a cave with stairs. Looks great on and off. Hand switch on the cord. Great piece of usable a...
Category
1970s Vintage French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone
$2,500
Prenant by Alicia Penalba
By Alicia Penalba
Located in PARIS, FR
Sculpture in Polished bronze, Foundry: Valsuani
Edition of 6 - Artist proof. Signed: A Penalba E. A.
Category
1960s Vintage French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$42,016
Figurative plaster sculpture from the 1950s with a French origin.
By Émile Gilioli, Jean Arp, Joan Miró
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
This plaster sculpture depicting a Virgin and Child, from the 1950s hails from a workshop located in the southern region of France.
Despite bearing a few minor imperfections, it sta...
Category
1950s Vintage French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
$1,334 Sale Price
38% Off
Ancient French Stone Mortar from 17th Century or Earlier
Located in Houston, TX
This is really very early and has incredible presence in person. Looks like many of the artifacts I've seen in the museums. It originated from the countryside of France and is a grea...
Category
17th Century Antique French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Elie Nadelman Plaster Cast "Recherche des Formes"
By Elie Nadelman
Located in Sharon, CT
A plaster cast of Elie Nadelman's important early proto-cubist Draped Standing Female Figure "Recherche des Formes" c.1908. Height 23", Base 11.50 x 8".
Category
Early 1900s Art Deco Antique French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Raku Fired Ceramic Sculpture Nude Woman
Located in Miami, FL
White Crackle Raku fired glazed pregnant lady sculpture.
This figurative sculpture was made from a combination of white stoneware and porcelain clay. T...
Category
20th Century French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone
$680 Sale Price
28% Off
"Stalagmite 1" Full Black Mosaic Sculpture by Franck Scala, France, 2022
Located in New York, NY
"Stalagmite 1" belongs to the "Stalagmites" series of mixed media sculptures exclusively made of recycled material used by Franck for other pieces of art. They derive from a geological inspiration and are infused with influences from nature's beauty.
Born in 1995, self-taught, Franck Scala...
Category
2010s French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
A Primitive Ceramic Shield by Tim Orr France 1970s
By Tim Orr
Located in HYÈRES, FR
An exceptional and rare piece by Tim Orr.
Provenance : His own garden ( we conserve the exterior patina )
Made in 1970's
In three parts.
Not signed
Category
1970s Vintage French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Abstract Midcentury Bronze Sculpture by Jacques Duval, Brasseur
By Jacques Duval-Brasseur 1
Located in Miami, FL
Unique piece, abstract bronze sculpture, contrasts between the green wrought patina and the bright polished bronze.
Well balanced Mid-Century design, perfect proportions.
Signed pi...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Vintage Modernist Lamp by Marco de Gueltzl, 1980s
By Marco de Gueltz
Located in Paris, FR
A decorative 20th century vintage modernist lamp realized by French artist MarCo de Gueltzl circa 1980s made out of sculpted sandblasted glass and patinated steel in its original vin...
Category
20th Century Modern French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Important glazed stoneware sculpture by Michel Lanos, Circa 1990-2000
By Michel Lanos
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Important glazed stoneware sculpture by Michel Lanos.
Artist signature under the base.
Circa 1990-2000.
Unique piece.
H : 26’ x 17’ x 8.5’ inches.
Category
1980s Beaux Arts Vintage French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Late 19th Century Bronze / Marble Sculpture
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Late 19th century well executed large patinated bronze figural sculpture of a seated cupid / winged putti resting of an oval marble base. The piece is in great condition. Minor wear ...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Abstract Stoneware Sculpture by La Borne Potters, circa 1970, Signed
By La Borne Potters
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
An abstract stoneware sculpture, circa 1970 by La Borne Potters.
Signed.
Unique piece.
Category
20th Century Beaux Arts French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Brown glazed stoneware sculpture by Laurent Dufour, 2023
By Laurent Dufour
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Brown glazed stoneware sculpture by Laurent Dufour.
Artist signature under the base. 2023. Unique piece.
H : 28.7’ x 10.2’ x 11.8’ inches.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Beaux Arts French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Signed Yascal French Bronze Twisted Square Cube Sculptures Pair Of
Located in North Miami, FL
These amazing and fabulous pair of signed French bronze square cube sculptures are meticulously intertwined works of bronze braided and twisted rope giving a spaghetti like design. T...
Category
1980s Organic Modern Vintage French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
White Plaster Set of 3 Sculptures, France 1980s
Located in Aspen, CO
Unique Plaster Sculptures 1980's France
Category
1980s Vintage French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
$1,700 / set
Unique Ceramic Sculpture by Pierre Martinon, circa 2000
By Pierre Martinon
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
An unique ceramic sculpture with black glaze decoration by Pierre Martinon.
Perfect original conditions.
Signed at the base "P. Martinon ".
circa 2000.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Beaux Arts French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Articulated Artist Models
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A great pair of early 20th century artist models.
Good original surfaces.
Professionally mounted on a faux slate cube.
Can be taken off the base
Category
1920s Vintage French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wool
Interesting Plaster Sculpture, circa 1950
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This beautiful interesting sculpture is made of plaster. This is a French work, circa 1950.
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
$1,776 Sale Price
20% Off
Primitive Wood Mold
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Primitive wood mold with fantastic patina
Different shapes available - priced separately but wonderful as a collection
France circa 1940s.
Category
1940s Vintage French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Porcelain Sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2022
By Wayne Fischer
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer.
Perfect original conditions.
Signed.
Unique piece.
2022.
How can an inert object produce deeply unsuspecting, indecipherable, uncontrollable emotions?
Wayne Fischer is an artist who can create works that force one to ask such moving questions as this. If he doesn’t know why, if he can’t explain the deepest reasons of his artistic research, he definitely knows the workings and limitations of the artistic process he invented.
He has never deviated from the course he set for himself since university; translate life. The works presented here show the evolution of his creations over the past thirty years. If Wayne Fischer has received several international prizes and quickly obtained the recognition of his peers in ceramics, nevertheless he retains a singular position at once unavoidable and disturbing. His sculptures are paradoxical, powerful and sensual, and cause a certain unease. They are beautiful, carnal, touchable, all the while being outside the standard idea of beauty. The ambiguity of attraction and rejection is at the heart of this evolution.
The pieces from the 1980s and 90s are imposing by their size, stature and symmetry, which give them balance. They generate surprise, curiosity and play between contrasts that are both soft and aggressive. They reference the body, muscles, and torso, without presenting an exact reality. They are double-faced, seductive, and enigmatic. Wayne’s shapes are inspired by shells, bivalves, sometimes presented as though they are floating in space. But the reference of the marine world to the mysterious female body has only one interpretation and only history and emotion condition the reaction of the spectator: he accepts or refuses to see, to be seduced. He is touched or he flees.
The more recent sculptures are appreciated in the fullness of their round volume and the search for a pure universal beauty. “Metamorphosis,” the work recently awarded by the Bettencourt Foundation, is from this series of pieces wheel- thrown and deformed which pushes the porcelain from the inside so the bulges evoke the movement of waves or the musculature of several bodies. The exactness, the clean breaks, the assurance of lines and valleys are testimony to the interior power that governs the creation. The life energy expressed is also felt by the artist as the origin of ceramics. All the pieces are curved and tense. They show no marking, no sign of the hand, no imprints, and yet give an impression of spontaneity, as if a dropped piece of clay found its form by chance. Depending on the angles, the content becomes “the origins of the world...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Beaux Arts French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Daum, France. Large sculpture in clear art glass. Abstract form.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Daum, France. Large sculpture in clear art glass.
Abstract/free form.
Circa 1960.
Perfect condition.
Dimensions: H 46.0 cm. x W 25.0 cm. x D 12.5 cm.
Category
1960s Modern Vintage French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
Japanese Style Ceramic Tea Pot and Cup Contemporary Zen
Located in Miami, FL
A very nice contemporary Japanese style ceramic tea pot and tea cup.
This zen teapot has three parts that allow for perfect tea brewing.
Glazed.
Ce...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$795 Sale Price / set
33% Off
White Marble Abstract Sculpture by Jean Frederic Bourdier
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
White marble floor sculpture with black marble base
One of a kind sculpture
Signed by the artist
Jean Frederic Bourdier
Category
1990s Modern French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble
French Modernist Sculpture Saint John Baptist Bronze by Jean Lambert-Rucki Paris
By Jean Lambert-Rucki
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Jean Lambert-Rucki (French 1888-1967.) Patinated Bronze Statuette on hardwood plinth of St. John the Baptist.
Retains original paper label on bottom inside from Foundry; Adalc Paris, Made in France. Wooden base is stamped, Cheret Paris...
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$3,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Colette Souter-Emery: "Relief N°1", patinated metal bas-relief, 1971
By Colette Sauter-Emery
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Colette Sauter-Emery : "Relief n°1 "
Abstract composition made of assembled nails on a patinated metallic board
Monogrammed '"CS" on the front lower right of the sculpture
Sticker ...
Category
1970s Modern Vintage French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Iron
Bronze Sculpture "Temple franco-japonais" 1988, by Catherine Val
By Catherine Val
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Bronze, Jean Capelli Foundry, 2/8, signed.
Category
20th Century French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Shelomo Selinger (1928): Anthopomorphic striaght carved sculpture
By Shlomo Harush
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Shelomo SELINGER (1928-) : Anthropomorphic sculpture
Straight carved pink granit sculpture, uniq piece standing on a massive light brown coloured wood base representing a strange an...
Category
1970s Modern Vintage French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Granite
Sculpture Entitled "La Citadelle" by Pierre Martinon, circa 2000
By Pierre Martinon
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Ceramic sculpture entitled « La Citadelle » by Pierre Martinon.
Perfect original conditions.
Signed and dated at the base "Pierre Martinon 2000".
Unique piece.
Far from...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Beaux Arts French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Bronze Sculpture "Sanctuary" 2005, by Catherine Val
By Catherine Val
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Bronze Sculpture
Lalloz Foundry,
Signed and Numbered : 1 / 8
Bibliography:
Pierre Descargues, Catherine Val la Clandestine, Paris, Area/Descartes & Cie, 2011.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Catherine Noll Arched Silver Plate and Gradient Lucite Sculpture Vintage
By Catherine Noll
Located in North Miami, FL
This special vintag tall lucite and silver plate elegant and organic arched sculpture was designed by Catherine Noll whose famous grandfather was Alexandre Noll. He was a well know sculptor who made fabulous sculptures out of carving simple wood. This sculpture which resembles a form of a horn was done in 1970. The arched form is lucite and the square base is silver plate. The lucite has gradients of gray tones as light hits it. It is organic modern with elegant lines. Catherine Noll was mainly a Parisian jewelry designer who started her illustrious design career back then. The materials she worked with in jewelry consisted of wood, ivory, Perspex and crystal. Catherine was in art school at the famous Beaux Arts when her noted and famous sculptor grandfather; Alexander Noll...
Category
1970s Modern Vintage French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
Pate De Verre Glass Scultputre Entitled "Chimère" by Victor Roman for Daum
By Daum
Located in London, GB
A fascinating limited edition pate de verre glass abstract study of the ferocious fire breathing Chimera with excellent lilac colour and very fine detail. Stamped Daum France, signed Roman and numbered 23/200.
Additional Information
Height: 16 cm
Condition: Excellent Condition
Circa: 1970
Materials: Pate de Verre Glass
SKU: 5966
About
Daum Glass
Pâte de Verre is a rare and ancient glassmaking technique, which dates back to 5000 bc...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Important sculpture in glazed stoneware by Philippe Lambercy, circa 1980-1990.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Important sculpture in glazed stoneware by Philippe Lambercy.
Artist monogram on the base. Circa 1980-1990.
H : 12.9’ x 28.7’ x 8.3’ inches.
Category
20th Century Beaux Arts French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Oak Bark Tabletop Sculpture by Lionel Hamon
Located in Geneve, CH
Oak Bark Tabletop Sculpture by Lionel Hamon
Dimensions: Ø 35 x H 60 cm.
Materials: Brass.
Finish: Light patina.
Available in three finishes: black patina, light patina, and gold pl...
Category
2010s Post-Modern French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
$6,662 / item
Vintage Bronze Bracelet Cuff Object with Unique Markings
Located in New York, NY
Exact origin unknown. Handsome desk accessory.
Category
Early 20th Century Primitive French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
ALICIA PENALBA - Fruit de Mer
By Alicia Penalba
Located in PARIS, FR
Alicia Penalba was an Argentinian sculptor, who graduated from the Ecole Supérieure des Beaux-Arts. Her impressive technique combines spirituality and abstraction, and her sculptures...
Category
1960s Vintage French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Black glazed stoneware sculpture by Michel Lanos, Circa 1980-1990
By Michel Lanos
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Glazed stoneware sculpture by Michel Lanos.
Artist signature under the base.
Circa 1980-1990.
Unique piece.
H : 27’ x 17’ x 12’5 inches.
Category
1980s Beaux Arts Vintage French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic Sculpture with Brown Glaze Decoration by Tim Orr, circa 1970
By Tim Orr
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A ceramic sculpture with brown glaze decoration by Tim Orr.
Perfect original conditions.
Signed under the base,
circa 1970.
Category
20th Century Beaux Arts French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Brutalist abstract wrought iron sculpture from the 1970s
By François Thévenin
Located in LE CANNET, FR
Interesting artisanal French work from the 1970s
Wrought and welded iron sculpture
This highly decorative piece is in the same vein as other designers such as Sido and Francois Theve...
Category
1970s Brutalist Vintage French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Contemporary Glass sculpture - Above by Perrin & Perrin
By Perrin & Perrin
Located in Paris, FR
Above by Perrin & Perrin, 2013
Build in glass sculpture
One-off
Martine and Jacki Perrin sculpt together as one, forming a duo enriched by their individualities. For over a decade th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass
19th Century Bronze statue ' Le Serment' by Oscar Ruffony.
By Ruffony
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality late 19th century patinated bronze statue of a classical young semi clad swordsman, titled ' The Oath'.
Signed to the base O. Ruffony
Oscar Ruffoni, whose artist name ...
Category
Late 19th Century Classical Greek Antique French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pollès "The Little Sower" 2010 - Abstract Bronze Sculpture
By Dominique Polles
Located in New York, NY
- "The Little Sower" (La Petite Semeuse) by Pollès
-36 x 21 x 19 cm
-Edition 1/4
-Provenance: France
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antonine de Saint Pierre. “Le Printemps XXL”. Contemporary work.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Antonine de Saint Pierre, signed and numbered.
Decorative panel entitled “Spring”, in corten metal. Oak frame.
Contemporary French work.
Dimensions: H 126 x W 90 x D 6.5 cm
Refer...
Category
20th Century French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Antonine de Saint Pierre. “Couple de Mai”. Contemporary work.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Antonine de Saint Pierre, signed and numbered.
Decorative panel entitled “Couple de Mai”, in corten metal. Blonde oak frame. Contemporary artist work.
Dimensions: H 165.5 x W 60 x ...
Category
20th Century French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Fernandez Arman, Plexiglass, Paint Tubes, Mixed Media, Lucite/Plastic Sculpture
By Arman Fernandez
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great Arman sculpture showing paint tubes acrylic and plexiglass structure. He was very well known for musical instrument in parts and accumulation of objects inside clear plexiglass...
Category
1970s Modern Vintage French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Plexiglass
French Gilt Bronze Brooch by Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A brooch in gilded bronze by French art jeweler Line Vautrin circa 1950s-1960s. The unusual model depicts the mathematical sign of infinity, on which appears in relief inscription of...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Jean Campa. Abstract metal sculpture. 1980s.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Jean Campa, by.
Abstract patinated metal sculpture. Triangular shaped base.
French work realized in the 1980s.
Dimensions: H 73 x W 63 x D 27 cm
Reference: LS6217809C
Category
Late 20th Century French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Ceramic Sculpture by Gérard Brossard, to La Borne, circa 2000
By Gérard Brossard
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A ceramic sculpture by Gérard Brossard to La Borne.
Perfect original conditions.
Signed "Gérard Brossard".
Unique piece,
circa 2000.
Category
20th Century Beaux Arts French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Black glazed stoneware sculpture by Michel Lanos, Circa 1980-1990
By Michel Lanos
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Black glazed stoneware sculpture by Michel Lanos.
Artist signature under the base. Circa 1980-1990.
H : 19.5’ x 6.5’ x 8’ inches.
Unique piece.
Category
1980s Beaux Arts Vintage French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Jean-Claude Capmarty, Sculpture Lumineuse "Avec Nuances", France, 2010
Located in Catonvielle, FR
Jean-Claude Capmarty defines himself as a "soft sculptor". This creator, who died in 2014, is the author of numerous installations in France and around the world. He uses stretch fil...
Category
Early 2000s Other French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Jacques Darbaud Totem In Glazed Ceramic
By Jacques Darbaud
Located in Jersey City, NJ
The world of Jacques Darbaud. This Totem is like an homage for the flora and fauna. It can be either indoor or outdoor. It is in ceramic white and yellow.
Category
2010s Mid-Century Modern French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Stoneware Sculpture by Maarten Stuer, Entitled "Bloc in Motion", 2020
By Maarten Stuer
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A ceramic sculpture "Bloc in motion" by Maarten Stuer.
This piece can be put indoor or outdoor.
Artist monogram under the base.
2020.
Unique piece.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Beaux Arts French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Glass Alchemy Green Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture glass alchemy green made with
Glass paste, with strips glass paste polished
and molded, colored with pigments in green
powder and casted on a raw stone base.
Exceptional...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2015
By Wayne Fischer
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer.
Perfect original conditions.
Signed.
Unique piece.
2015.
How can an inert object produce deeply unsuspecting, indecipherable, uncontrollable emotions?
Wayne Fischer is an artist who can create works that force one to ask such moving questions as this. If he doesn’t know why, if he can’t explain the deepest reasons of his artistic research, he definitely knows the workings and limitations of the artistic process he invented.
He has never deviated from the course he set for himself since university; translate life. The works presented here show the evolution of his creations over the past thirty years. If Wayne Fischer has received several international prizes and quickly obtained the recognition of his peers in ceramics, nevertheless he retains a singular position at once unavoidable and disturbing. His sculptures are paradoxical, powerful and sensual, and cause a certain unease. They are beautiful, carnal, touchable, all the while being outside the standard idea of beauty. The ambiguity of attraction and rejection is at the heart of this evolution.
The pieces from the 1980s and 90s are imposing by their size, stature and symmetry, which give them balance. They generate surprise, curiosity and play between contrasts that are both soft and aggressive. They reference the body, muscles, and torso, without presenting an exact reality. They are double-faced, seductive, and enigmatic. Wayne’s shapes are inspired by shells, bivalves, sometimes presented as though they are floating in space. But the reference of the marine world to the mysterious female body has only one interpretation and only history and emotion condition the reaction of the spectator: he accepts or refuses to see, to be seduced. He is touched or he flees.
The more recent sculptures are appreciated in the fullness of their round volume and the search for a pure universal beauty. “Metamorphosis,” the work recently awarded by the Bettencourt Foundation, is from this series of pieces wheel- thrown and deformed which pushes the porcelain from the inside so the bulges evoke the movement of waves or the musculature of several bodies. The exactness, the clean breaks, the assurance of lines and valleys are testimony to the interior power that governs the creation. The life energy expressed is also felt by the artist as the origin of ceramics. All the pieces are curved and tense. They show no marking, no sign of the hand, no imprints, and yet give an impression of spontaneity, as if a dropped piece of clay found its form by chance. Depending on the angles, the content becomes “the origins of the world...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Beaux Arts French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Porcelain Sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2022
By Wayne Fischer
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer.
Perfect original conditions.
Signed.
Unique piece.
2022.
How can an inert object produce deeply unsuspecting, indecipherable, uncontrollable emotions?
Wayne Fischer is an artist who can create works that force one to ask such moving questions as this. If he doesn’t know why, if he can’t explain the deepest reasons of his artistic research, he definitely knows the workings and limitations of the artistic process he invented.
He has never deviated from the course he set for himself since university; translate life. The works presented here show the evolution of his creations over the past thirty years. If Wayne Fischer has received several international prizes and quickly obtained the recognition of his peers in ceramics, nevertheless he retains a singular position at once unavoidable and disturbing. His sculptures are paradoxical, powerful and sensual, and cause a certain unease. They are beautiful, carnal, touchable, all the while being outside the standard idea of beauty. The ambiguity of attraction and rejection is at the heart of this evolution.
The pieces from the 1980s and 90s are imposing by their size, stature and symmetry, which give them balance. They generate surprise, curiosity and play between contrasts that are both soft and aggressive. They reference the body, muscles, and torso, without presenting an exact reality. They are double-faced, seductive, and enigmatic. Wayne’s shapes are inspired by shells, bivalves, sometimes presented as though they are floating in space. But the reference of the marine world to the mysterious female body has only one interpretation and only history and emotion condition the reaction of the spectator: he accepts or refuses to see, to be seduced. He is touched or he flees.
The more recent sculptures are appreciated in the fullness of their round volume and the search for a pure universal beauty. “Metamorphosis,” the work recently awarded by the Bettencourt Foundation, is from this series of pieces wheel- thrown and deformed which pushes the porcelain from the inside so the bulges evoke the movement of waves or the musculature of several bodies. The exactness, the clean breaks, the assurance of lines and valleys are testimony to the interior power that governs the creation. The life energy expressed is also felt by the artist as the origin of ceramics. All the pieces are curved and tense. They show no marking, no sign of the hand, no imprints, and yet give an impression of spontaneity, as if a dropped piece of clay found its form by chance. Depending on the angles, the content becomes “the origins of the world...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Beaux Arts French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Porcelain Sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2022
By Wayne Fischer
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer.
Perfect original conditions.
Signed.
Unique piece.
2022.
How can an inert object produce deeply unsuspecting, indecipherable, uncontrol...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Beaux Arts French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
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