Paul de Monchaux
Intrados, 1996
Purbeck spangle limestone
48 x 28 x 25 cm
18.9 x 11 x 9.8 in
18.9 x 11 x 9.8 in
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Monchaux’s sculpture is built around simple geometrical figures that, while inert in themselves, can come to life in the right combination; he compares them to notes of a piano. His...
Monchaux’s sculpture is built around simple geometrical figures that, while inert in themselves, can come to life in the right combination; he compares them to notes of a piano. His choice of material for a particular piece is determined by its ability to carry the form and distribute light across its surfaces. He has a long-standing interest in the sculptural origins of symbolic architecture and his recent work has drawn on historian Joseph Rykwert’s writing about the gender of columns. He does not make a distinction between his commissioned and freestanding work, regarding both as part of the same exploration. The shape of his sculptures is crisp, lucid and non-representational. Yet at the same time they are steeped in the human body. The longer one looks at his sculptures, the more subtle, complex and rewarding they become.
Exhibitions
FOLDS, May 2021, Tristan Hoare Gallery, London, UKJoin our mailing list
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