Eroded Memory

Faceless head no.012
  • Dimensions: 25 x 18 x 18 cm
  • Materials: Terracotta, rust, natural oxidation, residual pigments
  • Availability: Available
  • Price: On request
Artistic description of the head

This head, eaten away by rust and scarred with cracks, seems to emerge from time itself. Its faded features evoke a fragile, spectral human presence, suspended between remembrance and oblivion. The oxidized surface reveals shades ranging from reddish-brown to dark gray, echoing the scars of time.

Artistic description of the collection

Part of the series 100 Heads Without Faces, this piece belongs to a vast ensemble where each head is a memory, a silent witness of human history. It joins a polyphony of sculptures that evoke the disappeared, the anonymous, the forgotten—yet those who remain embedded in our collective conscience.

Symbolism

It embodies the fragility of existence and the erosion of memory. Like an unearthed relic, it denounces the corrosion of time and the loss of collective identity, while offering a poetic strength of resilience.

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Description

The “100 Faceless Heads” Collection

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.

A committed and universal message

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.

Additional information

Dimensions 20 × 30 cm