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VASSIL
France
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Artist highlights
- Works on commission
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Artwork details
- Medium : Bronze Without Stand
- Dimensions : Length: 35in, Height: 27.6in, Depth: 19.7in
- Edition : 3 / 8
- Artist's proof : 4
About this artwork
"The panicked Thomson's gazelle attempts a turn at the precise moment the cheetah catches up with her."
Stretched to its limit on the leg that allows it to dodge, the gazelle makes a brief, dramatic movement to survive. I leave it to the viewer to imagine what happens next. The cheetah pursuing it also has the right to live. The gaze, the center of expression, is also given importance. The movement, deliberately disjointed for its expressiveness,… accompanies it in this frantic flight.
The patina of the bronze may vary slightly.
This piece is designed to form a group with the cheetah run, presented in the first series. However, both pieces also stand well on their own.
Stretched to its limit on the leg that allows it to dodge, the gazelle makes a brief, dramatic movement to survive. I leave it to the viewer to imagine what happens next. The cheetah pursuing it also has the right to live. The gaze, the center of expression, is also given importance. The movement, deliberately disjointed for its expressiveness,… accompanies it in this frantic flight.
The patina of the bronze may vary slightly.
This piece is designed to form a group with the cheetah run, presented in the first series. However, both pieces also stand well on their own.
VASSIL
France
Credentials
- Works on commission
A passionate self-taught artist, Vassil was born in 1949. He began sculpting by carving and quickly moved on to modeling. His artistic expression developed through animal subjects. He then adopted bronze, the only material capable of capturing the movement and frenetic pace of his creations.
For Vassil, choosing animals as the sole subject of his work was not a matter of chance, nor was it driven by aesthetic concerns. For him, animals were a means of expressing more easily what he could not have achieved with any other subject. There is a greater freedom to communicate through the lens of animal life, and for an artist who celebrates all aspects of existence, animals offer a powerful way to express everything without taboo. From the outset, expressiveness and movement have characterized Vassil's world. He thus distinguishes himself from the vision of past masters, for whom animals were an aesthetic element that made the object beautiful. His vision of animals is resolutely contemporary.
For Vassil, choosing animals as the sole subject of his work was not a matter of chance, nor was it driven by aesthetic concerns. For him, animals were a means of expressing more easily what he could not have achieved with any other subject. There is a greater freedom to communicate through the lens of animal life, and for an artist who celebrates all aspects of existence, animals offer a powerful way to express everything without taboo. From the outset, expressiveness and movement have characterized Vassil's world. He thus distinguishes himself from the vision of past masters, for whom animals were an aesthetic element that made the object beautiful. His vision of animals is resolutely contemporary.
VASSIL
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