Bruno Rousseaud SHELL (THE END)
Price on request
Edition of 12
2023
Stoneware, White Enamel, Red Spray Enamel
26 x 35 x 23 cm
10.2 x 13.8 x 9.1 in
SHELL
Through a transformation into ceramic, Bruno Rousseaud domesticates the shell, capturing a frozen moment of nature. A moment when everything stops. The shell is punctuated by an array of holes able to hold flowers for remembrance and form the sentence in Braille; THE END.
THE END
For a racing driver, the helmet is his most defining object. It is an extension of himself and his personality. The act of hanging up the helmet signifies the end of his career. The helmet becomes the emblem he leaves behind if death strikes him in the middle of a race. The mythology of the racing driver is made up of speed, risk, and danger. The helmet is a bulwark against this chaos.
The wall-hanging piece presented here pays homage to both symbols, combining the fragility and obsolescence of a protective object that, through an act of violence and chance, is both a simple shell and commemorative shrine.
Artist
Bruno Rousseaud
For over twenty years, Bruno Rousseaud has chosen the world of cars and machines as a space for artistic investigation. He extracts their physical components to build falsely familiar artworks, separating the object from its associations and recontextualising license plates, windshields, tyres, and mirrors in the bodies of his sculptures.
