La Vie d'Avant et d'Après (Before and After Life) – Photographie, photography, temps, time, mémoire, memory, transformation, forêt, forest, statue,, 2025
Photography : color edition, HD print, fine art print · 80 x 60 cm 31.5 x 23.6 inch
$525
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Photography : numbered and limited to 10 copies
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Artwork sold in perfect condition, not framed
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80 x 60 cm 31.5 x 23.6 inch Height x Width x Depth
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“Before and After Life” is a contemporary art work exploring time, memory, and the transformation of existence, through a figurative approach infused with surrealist undertones. The artwork is presented here as a photograph of an in situ installation, capturing a specific moment of this sculptural intervention.
The piece depicts a sculpture created by the artist in his garden in Fontainebleau, showing a man leaning against a moss-covered rock within a lush forest. The striking contrast between the luminous whiteness of the sculpted figure and the deep greens of the surrounding natural landscape enhances the visual and symbolic intensity of the scene. The relaxed, contemplative posture of the figure conveys a sense of serenity, stillness, and harmony with nature.
The careful anatomical detailing, from the sculpted muscles to the expressive facial features, reflects a strong technical mastery and a sensitive engagement with the human figure. The symbolic fusion of man and stone suggests a timeless connection between humanity and the earth, between permanence and transformation.
Situated at the intersection of sculpture, photography, and site-specific installation, Before and After Life offers a poetic meditation on the human condition, inviting viewers to reflect on their own relationship to nature, time, and memory.
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Born in 1982, the artist Romano lives and works in Paris. Having drawn and painted from a very young age, he studied in the evenings at the École Nationale des Beaux Arts in Paris while working as Artistic Director in a communications agency during the day, before attending the Créapole design school. This was when he began to make his mark on the capital’s walls, trying out several disciplines to express his spontaneity: drawings, oil paintings, acrylics, photography, stencils and collages. He developed his artwork, featuring faces, bodies and colours, to focus on more committed pieces, a result of his cultural education: an combination of French classicism and 90s hip hop. His sensitivity to two cultures which are so different leads him to ask questions about « living together ». In 2013, he collaborated with the artists Riks and Tiez to create the « LeMouvement » collective. Together, they work to celebrate diversity and, through works like « Les parapluies », extol the vibrancy of a diverse society. This work of art, combining realism and poetry, captures shared moments between two Parisians, bound by their differences, united under an umbrella. These photographic collages are displayed in the streets to create a link between subjects and passers-by. As part of this focus on bringing people together, Romano has created a fresco on the wall of the first refugee reception centre in Porte de la Chapelle. The collective has also paid tribute to the victims of the attacks of 13 November on the façade of the Ministry of Culture, Rue Saint-Honoré.
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