En Sicile, 2026
Painting : resin, sand · 100 x 30 x 4 cm 39.4 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch · Ready to hang
CHF 729
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Type
Painting : Unique artwork
Condition
Artwork sold in perfect condition, not framed, ready to hang
with stretcher frame
Authenticity
Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the gallery
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Signature
Hand-signed by artist
Dimensions ( cm • inch )
100 x 30 x 4 cm 39.4 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch Height x Width x Depth
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Description
A red line crosses the space. It stretches vertically on a dark, grainy background. The material imposes its presence. The contrast between the deep black and the brilliance of the red creates an immediate tension.
The artist uses a mixture of resin and sand here. This technical choice brings a raw texture. The relief recalls eroded, almost mineral surfaces. The minimalist composition focuses the gaze on a single fluid line.
This abstract approach plays on the duality of textures. On one side, the roughness of the support evokes stone or burned earth. On the other, the red pour seems organic, almost liquid. The balance is precarious and precise.
The scene suggests a wake or a scar on arid ground. The work with pigments emphasizes a desire to return to the essential. The irregular aspect of the edges reinforces the impression of nature. The whole presents itself as a captured fragment, a trace left on a dense material.
Presentation
Alain Mandon presents himself as a self-taught artist. First a painter and then a sculptor, he created his first sculpture 5 years ago now, driven by his wife's breast cancer (ablation then breast reconstruction). Unable to accept himself in his new physique, he creates a first bust made from the molding of her body, wishing to show her her beauty in broad daylight. A first success both psychologically for his wife and artistically, which will consolidate him to realize other pieces with this technique.
Since then, he has devoted a large part of his work to the creation of sculpted busts representing fragments of almost essentially female bodies. Working from real models, he first makes a plaster cast and then uses it to shape his sculptures in the projection of molten tin.
Alain Mandon is particularly attracted by the raw aspect of materials such as pigments, sand, resin, concrete, but also metal in general and pewter in particular, which over time has become his favorite material. The artist will work with the material in such a way as to give them an uneven effect as if they had been eaten away by time, which gives an almost antique aspect to his sculptures, like relics that have survived the centuries.
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