Vincent Gagliostro and Johan Creten in front of 'The Cradel' partially gilded and patinated , welded and cast bronze sculpture, lost wax casting on integrated bronze base 245 x 70 x 90 cm.
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Dear Shaded Viewers,
Dark Continent, the title of Johan Creten's current exhibition is inspired by Freud's famous metaphor. Johan is fascinated by the woman and her convolutions. She is embodied in all the traits of the mother. Both nurturing and devouring , simultaneously creator and destructor. Johan Creten discovers the hidden power of the earth behind the apparent fragility of ceramics.
Back view
The artist uses the technique of lost-wax bronze casting or the handmodeled and glazed stoneware, which he'd previously explored in his exhibition Contrepoint 2 at the Louvre in 2004, in order to imitate the delicate folds of the earth.
Later,
Diane
