Souvenir Émergeant

Head WITHOUT a Face no. 079

  • Dimensions: 23 x 17 x 16 cm (approximate)
  • Materials: Terracotta, rust, natural patina
  • Availability: Available
  • Price: Upon request

 

Artistic description of the head
This head seems to emerge from a mass of material, like a buried memory resurfacing. The soft volumes contrast with a surface oxidized in places, giving the impression of a face being reconstructed through the material.

 

Artistic description of the collection
It is part of the collection of 100 Heads without Faces, representing emergence and reappearance. Where some heads seem to disappear, this one, on the contrary, suggests a resurgence of memory.

 

Symbolism
It evokes the idea that nothing is ever completely erased: memories always end up resurfacing.

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Description

The “100 Heads WITHOUT Faces” Collection

A Sculpted Memory, a Universal Story

The “100 Heads WITHOUT Faces” collection brings together one hundred unique sculptures, handcrafted from terracotta and rusted metal. These works embody the invisible faces of our collective history: undocumented migrants drowned at sea, victims of slavery, those forgotten in genocides, the anonymous whose memories are fading.

Each of these heads, deliberately devoid of features, symbolizes a life, a past, a story suspended in time. 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 invites us to acknowledge these erased lives and to rebuild bridges between the past and the future. “I open the graves of the undocumented migrants who drown in the seas and in the deserts, I denounce the macabre sounds of the cannons of war…”, he affirms, thus expressing the emotional and political power of this work.

“100 Heads WITHOUT Faces” is much more than an art collection: it is a sculptural archive, a call to remembrance, to dialogue, and to a better understanding of our common roots.