This head wears a cap marked with a luxury logo, standing in stark contrast with the raw and fragile terracotta. The face is barely shaped, its surface scarred with uncertain lines. The worn, tattered textile amplifies the gap between the illusion of prestige and the harshness of matter.
Within 100 Faceless Heads, this piece denounces the emptiness of brands and luxury, reduced to a hollow sign upon fragile material. It highlights the tension between social image and material reality.
The “D&G” logo, a symbol of wealth and global fashion, here becomes irony and critique: prestige is fleeting, and identity cannot be reduced to a brand. Clay remains, reminding us of human fragility beneath superficial artifices.
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.
