Faceless Head No. 015
Artistic Description of the Head
This terracotta sculpture, corroded by time, presents itself as a face in transformation. The rough texture and oxidized deposits evoke the erosion of time, which simultaneously erases, deforms, and reveals.
Artistic Description of the Collection
100 Faceless Heads comprises a collection of sculpted presences, each bearing the trace of a unique memory. Far from anonymity, each head testifies to the diversity of human stories and their fragility in the face of oblivion.
Symbolism
The work expresses the vulnerability of memories and identities confronted with the passage of time. It reminds us that even when erased, the imprints of humanity persist and resonate.
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.
