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Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Indian and the Bird's Nest
Alternate Title:
L'indien et le nid d'oiseau
Image View:
Detail, face and bird's nest
Creator:
Gérard Garouste (French sculptor, born 1946)
Location:
exhibition: Fondation Maeght (Saint-Paul, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)
Location Note:
623, chemin des Gardettes
GPS:
43.70059 7.115085
Date:
2015 (creation)
Cultural Context:
French
Style Period:
Twenty-first century
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
bronze
Technique:
casting (process); modeling (forming)
Measurements:
110 cm (height) x 75 cm (width) x 55 cm (depth)
Subjects:
animal; human figure
Description:
Part of exhibition titled "En chemin" ('On the way') in June-November of 2015, which included 80 paintings, sculptures and drawings with new works, specially created in 2015 for the exhibition. Born in 1946 in Paris, Gérard Garouste lives and works in Paris and Normandy. As both painter and sculptor, he is obsessed by the origins of our culture, myths and the legacy left us by the old masters. His paintings are born of associations of ideas. Now unsettling, now joyful, they teem with animals, some of them fantastical, and a cast of different characters, including "the Indian". The bird's nest also frequently appears on the heads of his characters. (Source: Fondation Maeght [website]; https://www.fondatio n-maeght.com/en/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-GAROUSTE-MF-BBN- A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Indian and the Bird's Nest