Carl ANDRE (né en 1935)

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Carl ANDRE (né en 1935)
Goliath, 1986 Tube en fonte d'acier. 13 demi-cercles horizontaux, ligne ondulée, mis bout à bout. Cast iron-filled steel tube. 13 semi-circles in horizontal, undulating line, end-to-end. H_3,5 cm L_170 cm P_20 cm (3,5 x 10 x 16 cm chaque élément) Provenance: - acquis directement auprès de l'artiste en 1986 - restée dans la même collection depuis - collection privée Bibliographie: Catalogue Carl Andre - Stedelijk Van Abbemusueum Eindhoven Repr. p.166 - Nr 16 - GOLIATH Un certificat d'authenticité de l'artiste sera remis à l'acquéreur. "My art springs from my desire to have things in the world which would otherwise never be there" This unique work finds its origin in Brussels about 1986. During a walk Carl Andre was fascinated by a boy named David who is interest in contemporary art and decided to offer him an artwork. The artist composed the sculpture on the spot out of found pieces of half-circle formed steel tubes which were found after a long walk around Brussels. These were found around the site of the Basilica of the Sacred Heart (Koekelberg/ Belgium). The works was titled "GOLIATH", which was a reference to the David & Goliath story as the boy's name was David. By reading the story as an allegory, it becomes a universal story, in which almost everyone can identify. Every person has to fight with a Goliath in his or her life, whether this is a disease, a person or a system. CARL ANDRÉ Sculpteur américain, Carl André est l'un des protagoniste du ‘Minimal Art', art qui s'est développé aux États-Unis dès le milieu des années soixante. Suivant les termes de ce mouvement, qui désignent l'utilisation mesurée et rigoureuse de structures géométriques simples et l'utilisation de couleurs primaires, le travail de Carl André attire l'attention sur la façon de percevoir les oeuvres, les matériaux qui les composent et l'espace qu'elles créent. Cet
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