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Autruche

Quentin Garel

  • Year : 2017
  • Material : Bronze
  • Editions : Edition of 8 + 4 AP
  • Signature : Hand-signed
  • Thèmes : Animaux, Monumentale
  • Dimensions : L 47 x l 25 x H 43 cm

With Ostrich, Quentin Garel transforms the animal into a presence that is at once monumental, fragile, and singularly human. Cast in bronze, the bird’s silhouette is stretched to extraordinary proportions, playing on the tension between anatomical realism and strangeness.

The artist is less concerned with representing the animal than with revealing a new, almost archetypal form. The ostrich’s verticality, its long neck, and its simultaneously elegant and disconcerting appearance give it a powerful sculptural presence. Between fascination and irony, Garel thus questions our perception of living things and the ever-shifting boundary between the natural and the fantastic.