Faceless Head No. 035
Artistic Description of the Head
This head is traversed by rope ties that constrict and fragment the surface, erasing the features in favor of a network of scars and tensions. The knot at the top becomes both an anchor point and a reminder of the weight of constraints. The oxidized and rough material combines with the natural fiber to reveal an identity that is simultaneously hidden, restrained, and marked.
Artistic Description of the Collection
In 100 Faceless Heads, this work explores the visible and invisible constraints that shape individuals: social obligations, painful memories, the weight of traditions. It highlights the struggle between imprisonment and the persistence of the individual.
Symbolism
The bound mask evokes the tension between erasure and inner resistance, reminding us that even beneath the bonds, a presence continues to vibrate.
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.
