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Martine DemalWriting is a Journey by Martine Demal - Contemporary bronze sculpture, abstract2018
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Writing is a Journey is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Martine Demal, dimensions including patinated brass base are 43 × 130 × 36 cm (16.9 × 51.2 × 14.2 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of a limited edition of 8 editions + 4 artist’s proofs, and comes with a certificate of authenticity.
This sculpture is part of the series ‘Signs & Writings’. Martine Demal is working the forms towards the abstract, she delivers a dynamic impulse to the artwork’s material. By also choreographing together the used and void spaces, she draws out of her abstract sculptures an almost musical rhythm.
Martine Demal aspires to create sculptures that are dense yet light at the same time, sculptures that combine power and strength, using the magic of traditional bronze craftsmanship combined with elegance of form and proportion. She search for balance in almost fragile forms and proportions, taking full advantage of the possibilities that bronze offers her, despite its weight and density.
Photo credit: © Christian Baraja, © Martine Demal, @ ADAGP
- Creator:Martine Demal (1948, French)
- Creation Year:2018
- Dimensions:Height: 16.93 in (43 cm)Width: 51.19 in (130 cm)Depth: 14.18 in (36 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Paris, FR
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU803113539952
Martine Demal
With her contemporary sculptures, Martine Demal explores the different possibilities of bronze, pushing her chosen material to its limits while embarking on a journey of more than several decades toward self-realization and reflection.
Born in 1948, Demal graduated from the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1970. The French artist's career began in graphic design and ceramics. However, she discovered a passion for sculpting after meeting celebrated French sculptor Louis Derbré. Derbré invited Demal to become his student, but she declined, insisting she had to find her own style.
Inspired by the human body, Demal initially worked with live models. “In a human body, you have a landscape, a painting, a volume; you have everything,” she said. As her sculpting process evolved, Demal’s human sculptures transformed from figurative to more abstract forms.
From her workshop and atelier in Ivry-sur-Seine in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, Demal continues to challenge herself, seeking to create bronze sculptures that represent power and strength and materialize as blocky, dense forms as well as slender human figures. The interplay of shadow and light is a recurring theme in her abstract and figurative sculptures such as In Line (1994), The Passage (1997) and Writing is a Journey (2018).
Demal regularly exhibits her works in solo and group shows in France and throughout Europe and has won numerous awards. These include the Louis Derbré Prize, the Jacqueline Thome-Patenôtre Prize, a medal awarded by the town of Garches and the Pierre Gianadda Foundation Award, presented by the Académie des Beaux-Arts — Institut de France.
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