Faceless Head No. 039
Artistic Description of the Head
This head is marked by a line that crosses its surface, like a border etched into the material. The incisions resemble symbols, almost ancient writing, while the folds and layers of clay reinforce the impression of a divided face, split into territories. The raw and uneven relief evokes both a scar and an intimate boundary.
Artistic Description of the Collection
In 100 Faceless Heads, this piece explores the notion of limits and fractures. It highlights the visible and invisible boundaries that shape identities and separate beings, while also emphasizing their fragility in the face of the erosion of time.
Symbolism
Inner Boundary embodies the divisions that run through the soul and society. It questions the lines we draw to protect ourselves or distinguish ourselves, but which often end up confining us.
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.
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.
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.
