Michel BASSOMPIERRE à Caen-la-Mer
Douceur Animale
Dans le cadre du millénaire de la ville de Caen, dix œuvres monumentales du Grand Maître de la sculpture contemporaine Michel BASSOMPIERRE sont exposées à Caen et Ouistreham Riva-Bella jusqu’au mois de novembre.
Six sculptures sont à découvrir devant l’Hôtel de Ville de Caen, tandis que quatre autres jalonnent la Promenade de la Paix à Ouistreham Riva-Bella. Un dialogue sensible entre Art et nature, au cœur de la ville.
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Michel BASSOMPIERRE is one of the most important artists in the field of contemporary animal sculpture.
Born in Paris in 1948, he was captivated from childhood by drawing and modeling. He grew up between an artist mother and a scientist father. This duality will influence his future work, which combines a resolutely contemporary plastic approach with an essential anatomical rigor.
Trained in René LELEU's studio at the School of Fine Arts in Rouen, Michel BASSOMPIERRE learned to look. Thanks to the thousands of sketches he made at the zoo or in the circuses, he built his understanding of the body of the animal, this skilfully articulated machine whose line and movement he captured. In line with François POMPON, he gets rid of the anecdote to get to the point.
Favoring animals with round shapes, bears, gorillas, elephants or horses, he achieves a silhouette that is both soft and precise, where light never strikes the shadow. This visual relationship translates his link to the wild world for which he nourishes a great fascination, far from any anthropomorphism.