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Petit Bonhomme bleu mat F1,
2024
Henri Iglésis
Sculpture : metal, lacquer
49 x 35 x 20 cm 19.3 x 13.8 x 7.9 inch
< $ 5,000
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Type
Unique work
Signature
Hand-signed by artist
Authenticity
Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the gallery
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Medium
Dimensions cm • inch
49 x 35 x 20 cm 19.3 x 13.8 x 7.9 inch Height x Width x Depth
Support
Sculpture sold with metal pedestal
Dimensions of pedestal:
4.5 x 25 x 21 cm
1.8 x 9.8 x 8.3 inch
Display
The sculpture cannot be displayed outdoors
Artwork sold in perfect condition
Artwork location: France
Blown sheet metal sculpture representing a little man.
Brushed polished stainless steel base.
Matte finish.
Dated and signed by the artist on the side and underside of the base.
In 2008, this boilermaker became a sculptor, through the surprising invention of a process that would become his trademark: blown sheet metal. During the creation of a statue in the image of his son, he came up with the idea of injecting air into a piece of sheet metal that had been welded beforehand. This original shaping process, which he refined and developed, is now officially registered, and the expression "blown sheet metal" is copyrighted. It is therefore through this unique technique that the artist's whimsical creativity unfolds, allowing his overflowing imagination and mischievous humor to take concrete form. His refined works are imbued with a characteristic lightness: visual lightness, mixing the weight of patinated metal with the flexibility of air; but above all, the lightness of a dreamlike, colorful and carefree world.
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Henri Iglesis is of Spanish ancestry, born in 1964 in Perpignan, France, the city where he grew up, lives and works today. In 2008, this metalworker became a sculptor, through the surprising invention of a process that has become his trademark: sheet metal blowing.
The figure of his father, a turner-adjuster, was certainly determinant in the development of the young boy. Henri Iglesis spent his childhood in the studio of this craftsman, whom he fervently loved and admired.
"Don't touch anything, just watch and you'll learn," his young son was advised. Viewed in this light, it is easier to understand Henri's love of manual work and metals, which he was always exposed to and from which he draws his art.
Henri Iglésis finished his schooling in 1981, graduating with a double degree "sheet metal worker" and "welder". He set about working in his manufacturing studio without delay. He also kept regularly visiting his father's studio, in which he constructed diverse objects in hammered sheet metal. It was in 2008, as he was creating a statue representing his son, that the idea occurred to him to inject air into a piece of soldered sheet metal. He then proceeded to polish and develop this original process of shape-making, which is today officially registered, and the term "blown sheet metal" is copyrighted.
It is thus through the means of this singular technique that Iglésis expresses his whimsical artistic creativity and concretizes his overflowing imagination and mischievous sense of humor. His streamlined works are characterized by a feeling of lightness: a visual lightness of shined metal mixed with the soft flexibility of air. It is a colorful, playful and insouciant world that Henri Iglésis draws us into.
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The figure of his father, a turner-adjuster, was certainly determinant in the development of the young boy. Henri Iglesis spent his childhood in the studio of this craftsman, whom he fervently loved and admired.
"Don't touch anything, just watch and you'll learn," his young son was advised. Viewed in this light, it is easier to understand Henri's love of manual work and metals, which he was always exposed to and from which he draws his art.
Henri Iglésis finished his schooling in 1981, graduating with a double degree "sheet metal worker" and "welder". He set about working in his manufacturing studio without delay. He also kept regularly visiting his father's studio, in which he constructed diverse objects in hammered sheet metal. It was in 2008, as he was creating a statue representing his son, that the idea occurred to him to inject air into a piece of soldered sheet metal. He then proceeded to polish and develop this original process of shape-making, which is today officially registered, and the term "blown sheet metal" is copyrighted.
It is thus through the means of this singular technique that Iglésis expresses his whimsical artistic creativity and concretizes his overflowing imagination and mischievous sense of humor. His streamlined works are characterized by a feeling of lightness: a visual lightness of shined metal mixed with the soft flexibility of air. It is a colorful, playful and insouciant world that Henri Iglésis draws us into.
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