Sculpture - Technique mixte - sur Structure métallique circulaire mobile : squelette didactique bossu habillé de rose, foulard et ceinture de scout, tête moulée en résine, chaussures d’enfant vernies avec tissu imitation léopard, système électronique et domotique,câbles, ampoules, moteurs 12v,…<br>
Dimensions
Dimensions en cm (H x L x P) : 135 x 113 x 78 Poids : +/- 50 Kg Caisson de transport : 157 x 127 x 90 cm
The two
moving parts are skeletons[1] with the face of the
artist. They evoke the prisoners accused of genocide in Rwanda, recognisable by
their pink clothes. The colour is imposed but it is up to the families to
provide the clothes; thus the social differences are perceptible according to
the colour, the wear and the quality of the fabrics. The skeletons, meanwhile,
abolish the origins since the bones are white for all.
In Plus d’Opium
pour le peuplethe plastic bag on the head of the skeleton refers to the
Khmer Rouge who choked their victims to death to save bullets. Atlas is
a hunchbacked scout who carries the world and whose accessories refer to the
prison capos in Congo. These skeletons question both death and the cycle of
life.
[1] These three works were produced in the
context of the exhibition Plus d’opium pour le peuple. See on this
subject the catalogue of the exhibition: Johan Muyle. Plus d’opium pour le peuple. Charleroi, BPS22, 2006.
