Artist:
Fabien Mérelle
Title:
Pentateuque
Year:
2010
Adress:
Statue Square (temporary)
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Nous avions connu l’oeuvre dessinée en 2010, voici maintenant la sculpture. Fabien Mérelle a en effet décidé de matérialiser son Pentateuque et en a présenté une version tridimensionnelle au Art Stage Singapore 2013. Cette pièce semble donc revêtir une grande importance pour l’artiste français. Rien d’étonnant à cela puisque le dessin comme la sculpture sont éminemment symboliques et ouvrent de nombreux niveaux de lecture. Citons simplement que, culturellement, l’éléphant évoque la mémoire et la sagesse tandis que l’intitulé « Pentateuque » renvoie aux textes religieux et notamment aux cinq premiers livres de la Bible. Des écrits dont le poids a conditionné de nombreux chapitres de l’Histoire et dont l’interprétation a énormément varié selon l’époque et le lieu.
Translation
We had known the work drawn in 2010, here is now the sculpture. Fabien Mérelle decided to materialize his Pentateuch and a three-dimensional version presented to Art Stage Singapore 2013. This piece seems to be of great importance for the french artist. Nothing surprising since drawing as sculpture are highly symbolic and open to many levels of reading. Simply include that, culturally, the elephant evokes memory and wisdom while the"Pentateuch" title refers to religious texts, including the five first books of the Bible. Writings whose weight has conditioned many chapters of history and whose interpretation has greatly varied depending on the time and place.
www.designboom.com:
french artist fabien mérelle presents ‘pentateuque’ as part of the 2013 art stage singapore exhibition at the marina bay sands. the animated sculpture depicts a man withstanding the weight of an elephant – a translation of an illustration by the same artist into three dimensional volume lightheartedly referencing the maxim ‘to have the weight on one’s shoulders’. mérelle uses the tools of humor, storytelling and whimsy to direct the spirit of his pieces, with ‘pentateuque’ a charming nod to his childhood.
www.bloomberg.com:
A sculpture by French artist Fabien Merelle at the Hong Kong Statue Square. It sold for 250,000 euros to a Southeast Asian collector.
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The Edouard Malingue Gallery has gained recognition for installing large-scale public sculptures around Hong Kong. Running with the exhibition of Zhang Huan at the gallery, the monumental sculpture Three Heads, Six Arms was placed on public display at 1881 Heritage in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon. In 2012, the gallery organised the first public installation of Laurent Grasso's work Anechoic Pavilion on the rooftop of Pier 4, in Central Hong Kong. In May 2013, Fabien Mérelle’s life-size sculpture 'Pentateuque' was installed in Statue Square in Central Hong Kong to popular acclaim.
Nous avions connu l’oeuvre dessinée en 2010, voici maintenant la sculpture. Fabien Mérelle a en effet décidé de matérialiser son Pentateuque et en a présenté une version tridimensionnelle au Art Stage Singapore 2013. Cette pièce semble donc revêtir une grande importance pour l’artiste français. Rien d’étonnant à cela puisque le dessin comme la sculpture sont éminemment symboliques et ouvrent de nombreux niveaux de lecture. Citons simplement que, culturellement, l’éléphant évoque la mémoire et la sagesse tandis que l’intitulé « Pentateuque » renvoie aux textes religieux et notamment aux cinq premiers livres de la Bible. Des écrits dont le poids a conditionné de nombreux chapitres de l’Histoire et dont l’interprétation a énormément varié selon l’époque et le lieu.
Translation
We had known the work drawn in 2010, here is now the sculpture. Fabien Mérelle decided to materialize his Pentateuch and a three-dimensional version presented to Art Stage Singapore 2013. This piece seems to be of great importance for the french artist. Nothing surprising since drawing as sculpture are highly symbolic and open to many levels of reading. Simply include that, culturally, the elephant evokes memory and wisdom while the"Pentateuch" title refers to religious texts, including the five first books of the Bible. Writings whose weight has conditioned many chapters of history and whose interpretation has greatly varied depending on the time and place.
www.designboom.com:
french artist fabien mérelle presents ‘pentateuque’ as part of the 2013 art stage singapore exhibition at the marina bay sands. the animated sculpture depicts a man withstanding the weight of an elephant – a translation of an illustration by the same artist into three dimensional volume lightheartedly referencing the maxim ‘to have the weight on one’s shoulders’. mérelle uses the tools of humor, storytelling and whimsy to direct the spirit of his pieces, with ‘pentateuque’ a charming nod to his childhood.
www.bloomberg.com:
A sculpture by French artist Fabien Merelle at the Hong Kong Statue Square. It sold for 250,000 euros to a Southeast Asian collector.
www.wikipedia.org:
The Edouard Malingue Gallery has gained recognition for installing large-scale public sculptures around Hong Kong. Running with the exhibition of Zhang Huan at the gallery, the monumental sculpture Three Heads, Six Arms was placed on public display at 1881 Heritage in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon. In 2012, the gallery organised the first public installation of Laurent Grasso's work Anechoic Pavilion on the rooftop of Pier 4, in Central Hong Kong. In May 2013, Fabien Mérelle’s life-size sculpture 'Pentateuque' was installed in Statue Square in Central Hong Kong to popular acclaim.