Artwork details
- Medium : Stone Without Stand
- Dimensions : Length: 10.6in, Height: 17.7in, Depth: 13.8in
About this artwork
ATHANOR, CAEN stone sculpture, unique piece, signed OLIVE. Sculpture in direct carving revealing to the sandstone of the glance its own philosophical meaning to reflection, to meditation. ATHANOR, crucible, furnace of the Alchemist allowing him to carry out his research to create the Philosopher's Stone (lapis philosophorum).
Philippe Olive
France
Credentials
- Works on commission
« I am on a perpetual quest, which takes advantage of tense curves, to energize the movement and propel forms into space. »
Philippe Olive is an award-winning French sculptor who has exhibited nationally, as well as in Canada and Germany. He believes that to be an artist, one must invest in artistic research in order to be fully free to create. Olive’s works delve into themes of femininity, movement, lightness, sensuality and wandering. His sculptures materialize around feminine curves through forged steel, stone, wood and bronze.