Michel BASSOMPIERRE à La Mamounia
La Mamounia est fière de présenter l’univers captivant de Michel BASSOMPIERRE, Grand Maître de la sculpture animalière. Ses œuvres en bronze, à la fois majestueuses et poétiques, révèlent la force et la fragilité de la faune sauvage.
Jusqu’au 20 janvier 2025, La Mamounia Marrakech accueille onze œuvres en bronze et cristal, dont quatre monumentales, issues d’une collection privée de la fondation SAHAM.
Ces sculptures sont un hommage vibrant à la beauté et à la vulnérabilité de la vie animale. Au cœur des jardins et espaces de La Mamounia, ces œuvres dialoguent avec le cadre naturel, offrant une expérience unique d’introspection et d’évasion face à la puissance silencieuse de la faune.
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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.