Faceless Head No.042
Artistic Statement of the Head
This face bears vertical incisions carved into the crown, evoking either stylized hair or ritual scarification. Red, yellow, and green pigments enhance the raw surface, imbuing the head with a vibrant intensity. Half-closed eyes, an angular nose, and a discreet mouth convey a meditative expression, as if this head were carrying ancestral memory.
Artistic Statement of the Collection
Within 100 Faceless Heads, this piece explores the interplay between raw matter and color as a sign of life. It embodies the tension between silence and expression, between erasure and trace.
Symbolism
The head with colored scars symbolizes memory inscribed on body and skin. Each engraved line and pigment mark reminds us that both personal and collective histories are etched into flesh and clay.
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.
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.
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.
