Rebecca Warren United Kingdom, b. 1965
Bon Voyager, 2023
Hand-painted bronze on MDF trolley
190 x 60 x 70 cm (approx) / 75 x 23 1/2 x 27 1/2 in (approx)
Edition 1 of 2, plus 1 AP
British artist Rebecca Warren (b.1965) gained recognition in the 1990s for her bold, and by turns grotesque and elegant, unfired clay sculptures of women. Early works sampled the output of...
British artist Rebecca Warren (b.1965) gained recognition in the 1990s for her bold, and by turns grotesque and elegant, unfired clay sculptures of women. Early works sampled the output of artists including Edgar Degas (1834-1917), photographer Helmut Newton (1920-2004) and cartoonist R. Crumb (b.1943), compounding elements from their works to create new distinctive forms.
Bon Voyager (2023) is a life-size bronze nude on a sloping trolley, head turned in curiosity, vivid colour on her knotted bow. The anatomical waywardness of the gouged surfaces, blurred hands and melting feet give the sculpture the sense of a complex human presence in the process of forming itself.
Provenance
The Artist
Galerie Max Hetzler
Exhibitions
Paris, Fondation Giacometti, ASensitiv: GIACOMETTI / WARREN, April – July 2023