Faceless Head No. 036
Artistic Description of the Head
This head with softened features seems to bear a discreet, almost invisible smile, concealed within the raw material. The half-closed eyes suggest a state of calm, of inner meditation. The rough texture and cracks in the clay contrast with the silent gentleness of the expression, as if a fragile light persists behind the scars of time.
Artistic Description of the Collection
In 100 Faceless Heads, this work offers an intimate vision of resilience. It reveals how joy and serenity can survive even amidst erosion, inscribed in the fissures of existence.
Symbolism
Buried Smile embodies the quiet strength of a discreet hope, one that hides in the shadows but illuminates from within.
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.
