photographs by Ernest Puerta
"Memorial"
The AFN memorial (morts des guerres d’Afrique du nord) was inaugurated in November 2009 in the presence of numerous personalities. It was commissioned by the independent Hérault Memorial Association, chaired by Mr Jacques Bousquet.
We designed this memorial with 4 hands and two heads, in collaboration with architect Philippe Bousquet. We were lucky enough to be asked to design a work with the sea in the background. The idea of not breaking the skyline with a monument erected high up was immediately obvious to us. Gradually, as we worked on twenty or so models (see article devoted to the making of the memorial), the shape stabilized. The result was a monument made up of 3 blocks of 8 mm thick cor-ten steel, positioned at man-height.
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identification of the artwork
title
Memorial
reference
9
material
acier cor-ten
expression
sculpture
number
unique item
year
2009global size (estimate)
6 m x 3 m x 60 cm
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dimension model
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Private collection
dimanche 14 novembre 2010par Stéphane Gantelet
To access the article on the making of the Memorial, click here.
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