Bronze Sculpture for Sale
And So Came Life, 2024
Painting : aerosol paint, acrylic · 40 x 40 x 2 cm 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch · Ready to hang
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About the artwork
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Painting : Unique artwork
Condition
Artwork sold in perfect condition, not framed, ready to hang
Authenticity
Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the artist
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Signature
Hand-signed by artist
Technique & Support
aerosol paint , acrylic on canvas
Dimensions ( cm • inch )
40 x 40 x 2 cm 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch Height x Width x Depth
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Independent artist
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Vetted seller since 2020 • Top Seller
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Description
Gaëlle Wagner's painting “And So Came Life" represents a vibrant visual explosion of color and energy, reminiscent of meteor showers that might have struck the Earth in early geological history, providing the essential elements for the emergence of life.
The composition is organized around a central luminous point from which a multitude of colored projections seem to spring forth. These projections, declined in bright tones of yellow, bright pink, deep purple, and white, evoke both the destructive and creative power of meteorites, symbol of the initial chaos that would have given birth to life.
Technically, Wagner uses a highly expressive method here, similar to action painting or drip painting, techniques popularized by Jackson Pollock. The splashes and projections of paint, applied dynamically, create a rich texture and an impression of perpetual movement, as if each droplet of paint symbolized a particle of life in formation.
The color palette is bold, contrasting dark hues that evoke the mystery of the cosmos with bright colors that symbolize the energy of creation. The mix of colors gives the illusion of expansion, as if the universe were exploding with life.
This highly gestural work captures a key moment in Earth's history, when primordial chaos gives way to the emergence of a new form of order—life itself.
In "And So Came Life", Gaëlle Wagner subtly but powerfully questions the fundamental cycles of existence: creation, life and death. The central explosion, evoking both the violent and cosmic origin of life, also symbolizes the fragility and transience of existence. This work seems to ask profound questions about the forces that shape the universe and humanity's place in this grand scheme.
Wagner, through this pictorial exploration, highlights the links between destruction and creation, a recurring theme in his work. It seems to remind us that life, in all its complexity, is born from violent and chaotic events, and that death, like birth, is an integral part of the cosmic cycle.
By playing with these dualities, she invites the viewer to contemplate not only the origin of life on Earth, but also the way in which life perpetuates itself, transforms itself and dies out. Her gestural and abstract style, where matter and color collide, thus becomes the ideal medium to evoke these great existential questions.
Presentation
In the light of the Masters…
For lovers of art history, Gaëlle Wagner's work is part of the continuity of the great explorations of abstraction, from Monet to Klimt, from Pollock to Rothko. Nourished by this heritage, she develops a singular pictorial language, where composition, material, and color open up a renewed view of the sensible world.
In the Concrete Abstractions of Gaëlle Wagner, each work is born from a rigorously constructed composition made up of photographic fragments. This structure constitutes the foundation upon which the artist builds to develop her work. She progressively superimposes projections and runs to enrich the pictorial surface and gradually give it density. The artist conducts a deep reflection on pigment, color, light, and their interactions. Gravity and natural phenomena, which might seem to guide the painting, are integrated into this process without ever taking precedence over the artist's will.
Because, for Gaëlle Wagner, it is above all about building, through her technique, a sensory experience. The underlying structure of the work and its progressive enrichment become the guiding thread that accompanies the viewer towards a state of presence and attention.
Her approach is inspired by the way nature organizes its own forms. In a landscape, a rock, a sky, or a sea bottom, nothing exists in isolation: each element takes meaning through the relationships it maintains with the others. It is this logic of interdependence that the artist transposes into her painting. Colors are never thought of separately; they exist one for the other, building images that evoke horizons, mineral phenomena, or aquatic depths, without ever seeking to illustrate them, but rather to bring forth the memory, the impression, or the evocation.
Up close, the eye discovers the richness of the material, the nuances and interactions between the pigments. From a distance, these elements unite into a coherent image, where each part becomes indispensable to the balance of the whole.
This double reading is at the heart of her work. It invites the viewer to a sensory experience, between abstraction and reminiscence, where what nature reveals meets what it leaves suspended. The artist always works with purpose, guiding the gaze towards what she calls a Concrete Abstraction.
Presented in many personal and collective exhibitions, Gaëlle Wagner also creates live painting performances on monumental formats. Her works are now in private collections in France, Europe, and the United States.Discover similar artists
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