Bronze Sculpture for Sale
Painting : oil
22 x 14 x 2 cm 8.7 x 5.5 x 0.8 inch
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Hand-signed by artist
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Dimensions cm • inch
22 x 14 x 2 cm 8.7 x 5.5 x 0.8 inch Height x Width x Depth
Support
Framing
Black floater frame
Artwork dimensions including frame
25 x 17 x 4 cm 9.8 x 6.7 x 1.6 inch
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Artwork location: France
It took the artist 56 round trips in 1°C water to create this painting at Lac du Lou in Val Thorens
50 cm under the inverted ice at an altitude of 2000 meters
This captivating work is much more than an underwater art performance beneath the ice. It embodies the ephemeral fusion of bold art and the delicate fragility of our icy environment. In a striking feat, I paint upside down under the ice while holding my breath, symbolizing the fleeting nature of creation in the face of the inevitable melting of this frozen world. Beyond its visual beauty, this performance evokes the vulnerability of our ecosystems. Each year, the progressive melting of the ice underscores climate change and threatens our precious high-altitude freshwater sources. In 2021, the ice was 70 cm thick; in 2022, during this performance, it was 50 cm; and as the years go by, it will become increasingly impossible to recreate this type of performance under the ice. This work resonates as a poignant call to preserve these frozen mountain oases, highlighting the vital importance of protecting our environment in the face of growing climate instability. By contemplating this artistic representation, we are invited to meditate on the delicate union between art, our environment, and the imperative need to preserve these fragile ecosystems for future generations.
There are lives shaped by the ocean.
Sofiane Benyahia's career was built in these depths.
For 8 years, he lived immersed in a world that few humans know: more than 10,000 hours below the surface, in the absolute silence of the abyss.
An extreme experience that radically transforms his relationship to living things, time, and breathing.
A former submariner, he then left steel and technology to return to the body.
With freediving, he rediscovers a free, conscious, meditative immersion.
This shift becomes a quest.
A world tour in freediving to encounter the ocean, and its fragility.
Today, Sofiane Benyahia is a committed underwater artist.
His works, performance painting, analog photography, underwater dance short film, are entirely created while freediving.
Each creation is an immersion.
Every immersion is a message.
Where he shows that the ocean is a wonderful place
Once we got to know him.
Through his work, he doesn't just show the ocean:
It reveals what humanity is losing.
It shares visual experiences capable of slowing down, marking, and deeply reconnecting with underwater life.
His medium of expression: water.
His language: art in silence.
His mission: to make the invisible visible.
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