This head is marked by strings wrapped around the skull, resembling both a crown and a restraint. The roughly modeled and asymmetrical face reveals an incised mouth and a prominent nose. The eyes remain faint, blending into the raw surface of the clay. The whole figure evokes a tension between inner voice and imposed silence.
Within 100 Faceless Heads, this piece conveys the idea of constraint and memory. The cords encircling the head symbolize invisible bonds that shape human life—traditions, legacies, but also social or political restrictions.
The bound head embodies both protection and constraint. The strings may be interpreted as ties of kinship and transmission, but also as marks of captivity. It questions the fragile boundary between belonging and servitude, between memory and burden.
A sculpted memory, a universal story
The “100 Faceless Heads” collection brings together one hundred unique sculptures, hand-shaped in terracotta and rusted metal. These works embody the invisible faces of our collective history: undocumented migrants drowned at sea, victims of slavery, the forgotten of genocides, the nameless whose memories fade away.
Each of these heads, deliberately devoid of features, symbolizes a life, a past, a suspended story. Faceless, they become the silent bearers of individual and collective memories, inviting us to reflect on our shared humanity.
Through this series, the artist calls on us to recognize these erased lives and to rebuild bridges between past and future. “I raise a glass to the undocumented who perish in seas and deserts, I denounce the macabre thunder of cannons and wars…” he declares, expressing the emotional and political power of this work.
“100 Faceless Heads” is far more than an art collection: it is a sculptural photo library, a call to memory, to dialogue, and to a deeper understanding of our common roots.
Passionate about collective memory and questions of identity, the artist works with clay and metal to give form to what is often invisible or forgotten. Through the series “100 Heads Without Faces,” he offers a space for reflection and dialogue on the wounds of the past and the hopes for a more just future.
