Johan CRETEN

Terre fertile. Terre fébrile

solo show

June 3, 2016 - November 20, 2016

Chateau de Pommard, Pommard, France

"La Cathédrale" / "The Cathedral" 2000 - 2007 / Bronze patiné, fonte à la cire perdue, tampon de fonderie, signé avec les initiales / Patinated bronze, lost-wax casting, foundry stamp, signed with initials / 190 x 50 x 53 cm / 6.2 feet x 19 3/4 inches x 20 3/4 inches / 2/2 AP d’une édition de 3 + 2AP
Courtesy Studio Creten and Perrotin

"Why does Strange Fruit always look so sweet?" 1998 - 2008 / Patine multicolore, fonte de bronze à la cire perdue, inscrit "from Mexico to Paris", daté 2008, titré, signé et tampon de fonderie Artcasting / Multi-colored patina, lost wax bronze casting, inscribed "from Mexico to Paris", dated 2008, titled, with the Artcasting foundry stamp / 305 x 114 x 102 cm / 10.0 feet x 44 3/4 inches x 40 1/4 inches / Edition of 4 + 2 AP
Courtesy Perrotin

"Le Berceau (De Bakermat)" / "The Cradle (De Bakermat)" 2009 - 2010 / Bronze patiné et partiellement doré, bronze soudé et fonte à la cire perdue sur socle intégré. Tamponné, signé et daté. Tampon de fonderie et tampon aigle / Partially gilded and patinated , welded and cast bronze sculpture, lost-wax casting on an integrated bronze base with removable front. Stamped, signed and dated. Foundry-stamp and Eagle-seal / 245 x 70 x 90 cm / 8.0 feet x 27 1/2 inches x 35 1/2 inches / Unique artwork
Courtesy Perrotin

Courtesy Perrotin

"The Collector" 2010 / Bronze soudé, fonte à la cire perdue, éléments mécaniques (porte caché avec clef), patine multicolore. Signé, daté et tampon de fonderie / Welded bronze, lost-wax casting, mecanical elements (hidden door with key), multicolored patina, signed, dates and foundry-stamp / 250 x 53 x 68 cm / 8.2 feet x 20 3/4 inches x 26 3/4 inches / Unique artwork
Courtesy Perrotin

Courtesy Perrotin

"La Grande Vague pour Palissy" 2006/2011 / Grès émaillé, émaux lustrés (Production Manufacture de Sèvres) / Glazed stoneware, luster glaze (Production at the Manufacture de Sèvres) / 137 x 70 x 80 cm / 54 x 27 1/2 x 31 inches / 1/1AP from an edition of 3 + 1AP + 1 model
Courtesy Perrotin

"Odore di Femmina - The New Wound" 2012 / Grès émaillé / Glazed stoneware / 99 x 52 x 45 cm / 39 x 20 1/2 x 17 3/4 inches / Unique artwork
Courtesy Perrotin