Today’s first task, and of this life,
Is one look towards my mother.
My hands mingled with the earth,
and never parted from her.
My mother alienated from her body.
Alone in her world,
Far from us, her children.
Today’s first task, and of this life,
Is one look towards my mother.
My hands mingled with the earth,
and never parted from her.
My mother alienated from her body.
Alone in her world,
Far from us, her children.
THE MOTHER 1979 Bronze brown patina H 37 x L 17 x P 15 in.
The hands came,
Stemming from the head,
Reflection,
emotions facing the world of the living.
THE HEAD IN THE HANDS 1980 Bronze brown patina THE MOTHER 1979 Bronze brown patina H 35.5 x L 18.5 x P 13 in.
The body vacant or too present
Engulfing me in its cruelty
Tyranny of desire,
Depression,
Fear,
Sinking
SINKING 1980 Bronze brown patina H 20 (7/8) x L 13 x P 5 in.
Then came resistance,
“RESILIENCE” finally discovered.
One hand in the depth of the chasm
Hands allowing
To be,
To search,
To breathe.
RESISTANCE 1980 Bronze brown patina H 21 5/8 x L 12 1/4 x P 7/8 in.
Finally above the chasm
A rope born from nowhere
From which I pull myself skywards.
Head above water
I live…
THE ROPE 1980 Bronze green patina H 17 x L 13 (3/4) x P 8 (3/4) in.
And love came
The other
Who can enter my world.
THE LOVE CAGE 1980 Bronze green patina H 37 (3/4) x L 17 (3/4) x P 13 (3/8) in.
So Man bending on the ground rose himself like (ou as) a snake,
and held out towards her, that Other, nimble, was dancing in the air.
She danced winding around his arm, as if a trunk, giving him a reason to exist.
GRAVITATION 1981 Bronze green patina H 42 (1/8) x L 17 (3/4) x P 15 in.
With one caress,
The woman becomes master of her lover.
LOVE 1982 Bronze brown patina H 15 (3/4) x L 15 (3/4) x P 23 (5/8) in.
One would need two to be skillful.
THE MAN WITH TWO RIGHT HANDS 1982 Bronze brown patina H 31 (1/2) x L 19 (5/8) x P 19 (5/8) in.
As in a parade
Man travesties his feminity.
THE ANDROGYNE 1982 Bronze brown patina H 25 (5/8) x L 11 (1/2) x P 14 (1/4) in.
My father, on leaving
bequeathed me with his LOVE of LIFE.
STELA 1982 Patinated resin H 21 (1/2) x L 27 (1/2) x P 19 (1/2) in.
True coalescing-terrifying-of a single world
COALESCING 1983 Bronze brown patina H 9 (1/2) x L 17 x P 10 (1/4) in.
Like an external skeleton it also holds us…
COERCION 1983 Bronze ocre patina H 27 (1/2) x L 22 (3/4) x P 9 (1/2) in.
For each of them it creates a foundation
The dream forever lost…
Of a bond that would let us be
THE BOND 1983 Bronze brown patina H 21 (1/2) x L 21 x P 7 (1/2) in.
Desire and death.
PILAR 1984 Hard gypsum H 66 (7/8) x L 19 (5/8) x P 19 (5/8) in.
The child came out adult from his egg
THE EGG 1984 Bronze brown patina H 26 (3/8) x L 19 (5/8) x P 13 in.
THE GOAT I 1984 Bronze ocre patina H 27 (1/2) x L 28 (3/8) x P 7 (7/8) in.
THE GOAT II 1984 Bronze ocre patina H 27 (1/2) x L 28 (3/8) x P 7 (7/8) in.
One can always dream…
THE SUN KING 1984 Bronze brown patina H 35 (1/2) x L 14 (1/2) x P 13 in.
He looks at himself as an apple being peeled.
PEELING I 1986 Bronze brown patina H 11 x L 6 (1/4) x P 6 in.
He looks at himself as an apple being peeled
What is left beneath the appearance of being ?
PEELING II 1986 Bronze brown patina H 10 (3/4) x L 7 (3/4) x P 7 in.
He looks at himself as an apple being peeled
What is left beneath the appearance of being ?
Emptiness…
PEELING III 1986 Bronze brown patina H 11 (1/2) x L 7 x P 8 in.
He looks at himself as an apple being peeled
What is left beneath the appearance of being ?
Emptiness…
The lack we wrap,
That slips away and make us be.
PEELING IV 1986 Bronze brown patina H 11 (1/2) x L 8 x P 7 in.
TWINS 1987 Bronze black patina H 18 (1/2) x L 13 (3/4) x P 13 (3/4) in.
A kiss that makes us melt.
SHELL 1988 Bronze brown patina Diam. 23 (1/4) x Prof 5 (7/8) in.
The maiden who has no arms to caress me with
She just wants to let herself be seen…
To be in sight.
MAIDEN 1988 Bronze brown patina H 38 (1/4) x L 18 (7/8) x P 11 (1/2) in.
A primary bond
GUT COUPLE 1998 Bronze brown patina H 38 (5/8) x L 20 (7/8) x P 11 in.
Man builds his foundation by fitting himself together.
THE OBSESSED 1998 Bronze brown patina H 27 (1/2) x L 9 x P 4 (3/4) in.
For a life with us…
MEMORY FOR HERVE 1998 Bronze green patina H 27 (1/2) x L 8 (1/4) x P 8 (1/4) in.
Ideas can flourish.
PERFORATED HEAD VASE 1999 Bronze brown patina H 18 (1/2) x L 10 (5/8) x P 8 (5/8) in.
A bond that drapes emotions.
A SHEET FOR TWO 2000 Bronze brown patina H 18 (7/8) x L 10 (1/4) x P 4 in.
She feeds of our gaze.
THE DANCER 2000 Bronze brown patina H 69 (1/2) x L 59 (3/4) x P 25 (1/8) in.
I do not dare say anything about it
PHANTASM 2000 Bronze brown patina H 18 (1/8) x L 15 (3/4) x P 8 (5/8) in.
An unsteady balance
BREAKING UP 2000 Bronze black patina H 21 (5/8) x L 25 (5/8) x P 11 in.
To my mother, my mum…
THE CHAINED WOMAN 2000 Bronze black patina H 41 x L 10 (5/8) x P 8 (5/8) in.
As a whiff through a house without windows.
Desire passes through me without building my passion…
THE GRILLE 2000 Bronze brown patina H 41 x L 10 (5/8) x P 8 (5/8) in.
THE MOTHERHOOD 2000 Bronze brown patina H 27 (1/2) x L 66 (7/8) x P 11 (3/4) in.
A couple as in a dream…
COUPLE OF ANGELS 2001 Bronze brown patina H 29 x L 17 (3/4) x P 9 in.
She is
Fascinating, attractive and repulsive
But she wants you as long as she hasn’t been able to devour you…
PRAYING MANTIS 2001 Bronze silver patina H 57.9 x L 24.4 x D 11 in.
FAMILY PORTRAIT 2002 Patinated resin H 180 x L 120 x P 43 cm.
One is always a child
When a woman rejects you…
GO FUCK YOURSELF 2003 Bronze brown patina H 29 (1/2) x L 20 x P 5 (1/2) in.
The confinement of fantasms…….
put into shape, we play with it…….
PENETRATION 2004 Patinated resin H 52 (3/4) x L 24 x 15 (3/4) in.
She only looks at her own history…
THE PEBBLE WOMAN 2003 Bronze silver patina h31.5 x L 11.8 x PD 7.9 in.
Half a man mounting half a woman,
and human being is born.
GENERIC M-F 2003 Bronze brown patina H 37.4 x L 9.8 x D 8.66 in.
Half a man mounting half a woman,
and human being is born.
GENERIC M-F 2003 Bronze silver patina H 37.4 x L 9.8 x D 8.66 in.
The Farandole of all people of the world.
GENERIC OF THE WORLD 2003 Bronze brown and silver patina
Her curves drive you insane.
BLACK ONDULATION 2004 Bronze silver patina H 39 x L 9 (1/2) x P (1/2) in.
She is beautiful everywhere
like a flower you caress.
THE FLOWER WOMAN 2005 Bronze silver patina H 55 x L 31.5 x D 9.8 in.
A rooted woman developing and growing,
ready to bear her fruit.
THE TREE WOMAN 2005 Bronze silver patina H 38.4 x L 10.6 x D 9.4 in.
Would a child fulfill her ?
THE PREGNANT WOMAN 2005 Bronze silver patina H 63 x L 15.7 x D 17.7 in.
An opening, not willing to make appear anything of herself,
wraps her like jewels…
THE CLEFT WOMAN 2005 Bronze silver patina H 39.37 x L 13.8 x D 11.8 in.
She pierces you …
THE QUEEN 2006 Bronze brown patina H 65 x L 17.7 x D 15.7 in.
She was to be called “Flamenco”
but a nun’s headdress imposed itself,
encircling her face.
THE NUN 2007 Bronze brown patina H 64.9 x L 19.7 x D 21.6 in.
They entwine.
THE DANCE 2007 Bronze brown patina H 64.9 x L 21.6 x D 21.6 in.
THE WALKING MAN 2007 Bronze steel patina H 64.9 x L 11.8 x D 7.9 in.
THE LITTLE BLOSSOM GIRL 2008 Bronze silver patina H 30.3 x L 13 x D 13 in.
FATHER AND CHILD 2009 Bronze unpolished patina H 59 x L 15 x D 22.8 in.
CHRISTIANE’S PRESENCE 2009 Bronze brown patina H 63 x L 15 x D 14 in.
THE COCK 2009 Bronze brown patina H 61.4 x L 13.8 x D 1 in.
TRIBUTE TO CHRISTIANE 2009 Bronze silver patina H 61.4 x L 16.9 x D 9.4 in.