honorable mention
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title
The renascence of statues
The stakes associated with their conservation are many: it is about ensuring their sustainability, sometimes to restore them, without however distorting them.
When we contemplate portraits in museum halls, the empty eyes of the characters seem to look in the void with indifference and weariness.
Nevertheless, the sometimes expressionist realism emanating from the busts of antiquity seems to have ignored the centuries that they passed through in the company of thousands of visitors.
Whether mythological or civil society, they inspire respect, admiration and fascination.
But who really lies behind these austere portraits, petrified and immortalized in marble, bronze or stone ?
This series endeavors to rediscover the carnal truth and the psychological dimension of the faces which, famous or unknown, served as models for the sculptors of antiquity.
In one detail: these busts, which have been observed so often by the public in museums of art and history, are freed from their historic bonds and decide to adopt progressively, according to their desires, a style of clothing that reflects fashion and the appearances of our 21st century.
As a journey through time, these famous or anonymous faces unveil their strength and weakness, in a word : their humanity.
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entry description
If certain works of art seem to pass through the centuries without losing their value, it is above all that, in a desire for preservation and transmission, men have endeavored to take care of them.The stakes associated with their conservation are many: it is about ensuring their sustainability, sometimes to restore them, without however distorting them.
When we contemplate portraits in museum halls, the empty eyes of the characters seem to look in the void with indifference and weariness.
Nevertheless, the sometimes expressionist realism emanating from the busts of antiquity seems to have ignored the centuries that they passed through in the company of thousands of visitors.
Whether mythological or civil society, they inspire respect, admiration and fascination.
But who really lies behind these austere portraits, petrified and immortalized in marble, bronze or stone ?
This series endeavors to rediscover the carnal truth and the psychological dimension of the faces which, famous or unknown, served as models for the sculptors of antiquity.
In one detail: these busts, which have been observed so often by the public in museums of art and history, are freed from their historic bonds and decide to adopt progressively, according to their desires, a style of clothing that reflects fashion and the appearances of our 21st century.
As a journey through time, these famous or anonymous faces unveil their strength and weakness, in a word : their humanity.
about the photographer
A former student of the School of Fine Arts and Applied Arts of Aix en Provence and Le Havre, long experience as a designer and designer in advertising, publishing and visual communication. Multiple artistic expression including photography, accompanies and enriches the practice of graphic design. Professor and trainer in the field of applied arts and plastic arts.back to gallery